AC 892 YUL FCO July 1 reason for cancellation?
Jul 2, 2018, 2:56 pm
#4
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As with others, not sure about the reason, as most A330 planes seem accounted for last night in Montreal. They've doubled up FCO today with AC2092 that left at 4:30pm. Now, I've just checked a few flight status out of YUL tonight and AC870-AC832 are delayed, as they are awaiting an aircraft to be repositioned, with fin 931 down for maintenance in YUL - so it would not surprise me that this has something to do with it...
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Jul 3, 2018, 4:28 am
#5
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And continuing the fun...we were supposed to be on AC 842 (an A330) scheduled for last night...cancelled.....told us 3 hours before departure....no time to juggle....extra 787 section today but we had to scramble changing car rentals and hotels etc etc.....i can’t imagine the poor mom and pops at the airport being told who dont have iPhones etc....sometimes They really test my loyalty...and no Signature experience either.....I dunno....
Jul 3, 2018, 9:07 am
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Starting with weather. Which as far as unpredictability is concerned, has not changed much since the Wright brothers.
(And since high speed, train schedules have gotten much more unreliable too BTW.)
Jul 3, 2018, 10:23 am
#7
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Yeah, but nether of these cancellations appear to have been due to weather.
Sure equipment fails all the time as well, but it would really suck to be a FOTSG and have two cancellations on a TATL route. And probably for a vacation at that.
Sure equipment fails all the time as well, but it would really suck to be a FOTSG and have two cancellations on a TATL route. And probably for a vacation at that.
Jul 3, 2018, 1:24 pm
#8
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Hopefully, things should come back to normal with the A330 fleet today. Fin 937 is being ferried to Toronto for the YYZ-YUL portion of AC834. AC834 is then continuing on FIN931 coming in from YVR, while 937 will end up in CDG as AC870. Not sure why they are having people on YYZ-YUL-GVA deplane and change plane in YUL though... 931 and 937 where the two defective FINs and now appear to be back in service...
Jul 4, 2018, 12:20 pm
#9
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Yep, I had two cancellations for a vacation once, and I think it was my only two flights that year.It's an excellent way of getting your customers to move to other airlines. But a great deal is not actually about "Your flights cancelled" but about "And this is how we are going to fix it".
And we know where AC falls on the second half of that, especially for non SE in Y. Of course, getting cancelled (and thereby, delayed) out of the EU these days can work out quite well if you don't have urgent plans at your destination.
Jul 4, 2018, 2:15 pm
#10
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Case in point, another FTer posted a thread about a positive experience they had with a delayed AC885, a flight I take all the time, including a trip next week. They got their EU cash comp faster than any future credit I got for a deflated seat and AC took reasonable care of them.
Not wishing for issues on AC mind you, but if they do happen, here's hoping it's on a flight out of Europe.