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[Missed Approach]

Fees at YYJ increase in the coming months in many area.

 

Everything from Parking your car, to the airlines, paying for terminal fee and ramp fees are all going up. Lot 1 is closer to the terminal, so basically higher fees for being closer to the terminal.

 

AIF will definitely be going up next year once the board votes on it.

 

 

Notice of Parking Rate Change Effective July 2, 2026

 

Effective July 2, 2026, daily parking rates in Long Term 1 will increase to $20.00 (currently $18.00). Long Term 2 will maintain its current rate of $18.00 per day, with a reduced rate of $9.00 per day after Day 5 for longer stays.

Edited by Missed Approach, 02 June 2026 - 09:32 PM.

[Mike K.]

You mentioned $30 for the AIF?

[Missed Approach]

You mentioned $30 for the AIF?

Yes, the board of directors will be voting on this soon and will roll out next April.

Parking, airline, aircraft parking, terminal tenants, private hanger owners, aviation and non-aviation tenants on airport land are all getting notice soon of higher rent and fees.

[Mike K.]

Sign of the times.

Thanks, MA!

[Missed Approach]

Pacific Coastal adds more Comox airport flights to Kelowna, but cuts Quesnel service, just months after starting it.

A route already served by Central Mountain Air. 

 

 

https://www.aerorout...g/260602-8pns26

[Victoria Watcher]

My ring was returned, thanks to a kind person

 

I recently travelled to Victoria, and after my flight landed at the airport, a small diamond ring slipped off my finger somewhere between the baggage carousel and the parking lot.

I unfortunately didn’t notice the ring was missing until past Brentwood Bay, but we drove back to the airport — against my protestations that we would never find it — and looked for it.

I was not surprised, although dismayed, that I couldn’t spot it but emailed Airport Security Lost and Found the next morning to see if it had turned up.

To my amazement and delight, they responded that someone had found my ring and took it to the Lost and Found office next to the terminal.

This person did not leave any contact information so I am writing this in hopes that they read it and know how grateful I am that they took the time to turn my ring in. I am so impressed with both their thoughtfulness and honesty, as both traits seem to be in short supply these days, especially where I am from.

My heartfelt thanks.

 

Myrna Holownia
Edmonton

 

 

https://www.timescol...d-ring-12367341

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 03 June 2026 - 02:00 PM.

[Missed Approach]

VAA finally posted April stats........ June 3rd. ( should be out mid month post period )

 

Very good April 2026 - up over all 10.5% all on .6% less flights

 

 

Domestic up 10.5%

Transboarder up 5.3%

Mexico up a whopping 18.3%  

 

Cargo up 21.8% ..... something that had been falling for some time.

Edited by Missed Approach, Yesterday, 08:39 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Another Single Aisle Crosses The Atlantic

Air Canada took delivery of its first Airbus A321XLR in April, and with it the airline joined a club that is reshaping how we think about long-haul flying. The XLR is the longest range single aisle Airbus has ever built, and Air Canada is about to point it across the Atlantic joining a list of peers getting longer by the day. The inaugural passenger flight is scheduled for June 15 from Montreal to Toulouse, with secondary European cities like Edinburgh and Berlin filling out a roughly dozen route network through the rest of 2026. The aircraft offers modern amenities like bluetooth audio and larger overhead bins with more storage.

For the better part of 60 years a transatlantic flight meant a widebody with two aisles and a galley the size of a studio apartment, this is a market shift. Air Canada is not alone. JetBlue, Aer Lingus, and Iberia have all leaned on long range narrowbodies to open thin transatlantic markets, and United has a large order of XLRs of its own, American and Delta too. Those are all in addition to Iceland Air which has a unique geographical position that makes it a shorter distance than the others. The economics are simply too good for airlines to ignore, and that is exactly what makes me cautious. Carriers have held off using single aisle planes until product changes in two areas occurred, 1) range capability, and 2) premium onboard product.

The Premium Cabin Has Evolved

Air Canada, like its peers, did not treat the XLR as a glorified domestic shuttle. Its version seats 182 people, split into 14 lie-flat Air Canada Signature Class suites and 168 economy seats, wrapped in the airline’s new “Golden Hearted” cabin design that mirrors the look of its Boeing 787-10. The front cabin is a real business class, not the angled recliner nonsense narrowbodies used to pass off on premium passengers.

https://liveandletsf...arrowbody-club/

[Victoria Watcher]

Sunwing Vacations and WestJet Vacations will indefinitely suspend operations in Cuba 'until further notice.'

 

https://www.ctvnews....ban-operations/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, Today, 09:28 AM.

[LJ]

^Same with AC and Transat.