Air Canada & rouge New Routes - Master Thread
Oct 4, 2019, 4:57 pm
#302
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my mistake. sorry
Oct 5, 2019, 11:48 am
#303
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Did you mean YYZ (Toronto) rather than YYG (Charlottetown).
Oct 6, 2019, 9:17 am
#304
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I recently flew YYZ-YQR that was on A319 or 320, Rouge metal with a Rouge crew, but reconfigured so that the entire cabin was Y. Haven't seen that before, but figured it had to be to address fleet shortages since the grounding of the MAX8.
Oct 6, 2019, 11:45 am
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You sure it wasn't an A321? The 320 and 319 rouge aircraft all have rouge J. There are several 321s that were purchased from WOW that are all economy; will likely get converted when MAX is back in air.
Oct 6, 2019, 7:26 pm
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This is the most likely explanation. Wasn't aware of the 321s purchased from WOW. Thanks!
Oct 7, 2019, 1:47 pm
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I've heard AC may be getting closer to announcing YVR-SIN.
That's from the same source that tipped me off a few months early to the AKL announcement.
That's from the same source that tipped me off a few months early to the AKL announcement.
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Oct 7, 2019, 3:16 pm
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One of the gents negotiating the SIN route on behalf of the airport authority was working feverishly to complete it prior to his departure to a quieter, less frantic airport. It's in the crossing Ts and dotting Is stage.
Oct 7, 2019, 11:04 pm
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yes that was my mistake. I confused YYG for YYZ. I am an LAX guy
Oct 11, 2019, 5:36 am
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https://www.routesonline.com/news/38...?highlight=air canada
Change for January, nice
I am not booked to BGI in January . Phooey
Change for January, nice
I am not booked to BGI in January . Phooey
Oct 17, 2019, 11:51 am
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I noticed that Air Canada Rouge has several flights operating from YVR to YYZ (2 flights outbound and 1 inbound) in November and December. I've only seen mainline on this direct route before. Not happy to see this recent development. AC must be seeing competition from discount carriers. I hope this experiment fails.
Oct 17, 2019, 12:00 pm
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I noticed that Air Canada Rouge has several flights operating from YVR to YYZ (2 flights outbound and 1 inbound) in November and December. I've only seen mainline on this direct route before. Not happy to see this recent development. AC must be seeing competition from discount carriers. I hope this experiment fails.
It's not an experiment.
The reason for this is discussed in other threads, and in this one, on the most recent page.
Oct 17, 2019, 12:02 pm
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I noticed that Air Canada Rouge has several flights operating from YVR to YYZ (2 flights outbound and 1 inbound) in November and December. I've only seen mainline on this direct route before. Not happy to see this recent development. AC must be seeing competition from discount carriers. I hope this experiment fails.
Oct 17, 2019, 4:08 pm
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Have they committed to removing Rouge from these routes once the MAX is back? Seems too easy for them to expand Rouge into mainline routes with MAX as the pretense.
Oct 17, 2019, 4:12 pm
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Could be wrong I though there was some clause in the pilots contract that did not permit Rouge and mainline to operate on the same route. Pilots temporarily waved restrictions on Rouge flying while the MAX was grounded and AC was still covering the MAX pilot salaries.