New YYC International Terminal - Opens Oct 31/16
Oct 11, 2016, 10:56 am
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or go see 4 blue jays games abroad for the price of 1 in yyz
don't worry, we'll white whine for you
Oct 11, 2016, 11:54 am
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ok i must be missing or misunderstanding something because i read WR Cage's post re gate 70/71 to mean that ac only has one widebody gate that has any access to its mll, and ac has had two overseas flights that depart roughly the same time at least since canadian air folded. which definitely sounds like the type of problem yyc would impose onto itself, judging how they still can't construct security checkpoints without lineups down a hallway until they finally redid the ac concourse last year
Oct 11, 2016, 11:55 am
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Oct 11, 2016, 12:01 pm
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I guess this is symptomatic of airport authorities and other brilliant minds putting together a crappy terminal for an international gateway of some sort.
Anything positive to say about the new YYC int'l terminal aside from it being brand new?
Anything positive to say about the new YYC int'l terminal aside from it being brand new?
Oct 11, 2016, 12:05 pm
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Oct 11, 2016, 12:11 pm
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So we are to expect some inuksuit/inukshuks and green carpet. If we don't, then I will lodge a formal protest to have the terminal shut down.
Oct 11, 2016, 12:19 pm
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Oct 11, 2016, 12:20 pm
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you have to consider that it's not like, say, iah where the airport is owned by the city, has an open budget, is accountable to council (therefore--much to ua's chagrin & threats, allowed wn to fly intl out of hou), and ua itself is paying for an expansion that it's executing according to its specs.
this would be unheard of in canada. i know i know there's 99 reasons why it can't be efficient but ya.
btw ac was supposed to move into concourse d (now a) in the early 2000s, but refused once they saw the final product, mostly the lack of swing gates and scarce bag makeup units.
Oct 11, 2016, 12:24 pm
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Oct 11, 2016, 1:47 pm
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Oct 11, 2016, 1:50 pm
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wow brand new billion dollar terminal that's a year late and already above capacity.
wow.
they'll prob keep one flight at the b/c terminal.
this and no dining options more sophisticated than tim hortons and chili's.
yyc isn't a corporation. it's a "not-for-profit" old boys club run by the same inter-generational losers who have no experience--nor accountability--beyond yyc itself.
that's why the airport has this absolutely useless parallel runway (that ws' encore planes land on), and why the airport was able to extort a free 6 lane freeway and tunnel from taxpayers with $0 spent on their end.
corporations are at least accountable to someone. i guarantee you there is the same level of anti-competitive/protectionist/cronyist behaviour that is seen with yvr and its airside catering situation, something even the canadian "competition bureau" took notice of.
wow.
they'll prob keep one flight at the b/c terminal.
this and no dining options more sophisticated than tim hortons and chili's.
yyc isn't a corporation. it's a "not-for-profit" old boys club run by the same inter-generational losers who have no experience--nor accountability--beyond yyc itself.
that's why the airport has this absolutely useless parallel runway (that ws' encore planes land on), and why the airport was able to extort a free 6 lane freeway and tunnel from taxpayers with $0 spent on their end.
corporations are at least accountable to someone. i guarantee you there is the same level of anti-competitive/protectionist/cronyist behaviour that is seen with yvr and its airside catering situation, something even the canadian "competition bureau" took notice of.
Oct 11, 2016, 2:02 pm
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Oct 11, 2016, 2:03 pm
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Oct 11, 2016, 4:18 pm
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How so? Pretty much every rental car company in North America is satisfied if you produce a receipt showing a fill-up within 10 miles (assume 15km in Canada). No employee has ever asked me to produce one. You can fill up anywhere in the north half of the city and have the vehicle back at the airport with the gauge showing full.