Madrid Year-Round (Almost)
Sep 18, 2016, 7:01 am
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Madrid Year-Round (Almost)
Madrid for years has been one of our (my) seasonal gems operating generally between June & October. Looks like the season has been expanded to include service YYZ-MAD until January 6, with a slight interruption until March 1. Loads have been very healthy and being one of my regular runs, the 787 has served the route well. J carries a significant % of business traffic and PY has been extremely popular on the route. Service reverts back to the 767 through the quieter period, but great to have a continued direct link.
Sep 18, 2016, 8:36 am
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Madrid for years has been one of our (my) seasonal gems operating generally between June & October. Looks like the season has been expanded to include service YYZ-MAD until January 6, with a slight interruption until March 1. Loads have been very healthy and being one of my regular runs, the 787 has served the route well. J carries a significant % of business traffic and PY has been extremely popular on the route. Service reverts back to the 767 through the quieter period, but great to have a continued direct link.
Sep 18, 2016, 10:25 am
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Sep 18, 2016, 8:37 pm
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Madrid for years has been one of our (my) seasonal gems operating generally between June & October. Looks like the season has been expanded to include service YYZ-MAD until January 6, with a slight interruption until March 1. Loads have been very healthy and being one of my regular runs, the 787 has served the route well. J carries a significant % of business traffic and PY has been extremely popular on the route. Service reverts back to the 767 through the quieter period, but great to have a continued direct link.
Sep 19, 2016, 10:05 am
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Sep 19, 2016, 12:34 pm
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Sep 19, 2016, 4:37 pm
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Non-stop trumps connection if non-stop is mainline or flight duration < X, where X is one's personal threshold of tolerance for rouge minus. I have discovered that for me, X < 8 hours.
Sep 20, 2016, 5:56 am
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You know what? I'd have been happy to leave earlier for the airport if I had put the 8-hour rouge comfort in the proper perspective. AND if it cost me a 3-hour layover in FRA MLL, I am cool with that. Live and learn. More free wine in FRA MLL than on board YYZ-BCN Y class. (I didn't even see them selling wine.) And if I recall correctly, you get wine in mainline Y TATL.
But I would tend to agree that the connection is likely the superior option given the sheer discomfort of rouge.