Speculation: What's happening with the planes scheduled to fly to China?
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Originally Posted by RangerNS
Or just the regular reality of aircraft going mechanical. Not rescuing people from China.
Fair point. The term 'rescue flight', given the current events in the news, led me towards a Wuhanian conclusion. I gotcha now.
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so with the frames freed up, they could re-start the repaint job for the new livery (suspended with the MAX grounding), or give some of the dream liners a decent clean. The MAX debacle has really stretched the fleet to the limits with both E190s and 767's staying on beyond the scheduled retirement and all aircraft types really showing the internal dirt, lack of operable charging sockets etc etc
Bizarrely today, an aircraft swap in London resulted in a 787-9 flying into Ottawa (which has been a 767 route since the day dot) and the 767 which arrived into London from Ottawa heading to Calgary. I wonder if it was the best way to position a 767 to Calgary at quick notice for a shortfall
Bizarrely today, an aircraft swap in London resulted in a 787-9 flying into Ottawa (which has been a 767 route since the day dot) and the 767 which arrived into London from Ottawa heading to Calgary. I wonder if it was the best way to position a 767 to Calgary at quick notice for a shortfall
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May be an indication that we are going to see the A330 refurbishment accelerated. Many carriers have extended their China cancellations to the end of March and I would expect AC to do the same. There will likely continue to be wide body slack in the system. The Madrid 767 has gone out of service - I had a YHZ-YEG flight in June changed where a mainline 767 has been replaced by a Rouge 767 on YYZ-YEG - not sure what that is reflective of. At the rate the Coronavirus seems to be increasing in numbers of infected in China (past 30000 cases), it would seem unlikely that China service will return any time soon.
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the Yyz lhr route is crazy especially in J class. And not just with AC. BA also. Is it LHR that’s the issue ? Because a return flight YYZ LHR originating in YYZ is pushing $7000. Same on BA in J: YYZ to Paris same dates is like $4000.
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Originally Posted by YVR72
I’ve seen 3 789s parked at YVR. One by the south hangar, one by deicing field, and one near the new remote stands where one of the Omni planes overnights.
PS: semantics, I apologize, but the east remote stands where Omni park aren't new; they're just renumbered. The new remote stands are further east, where JetSet Parking used to be, and are not suitable for any widebody aircraft.
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AC is good about yield management so I suspect the reduction in J seats corresponds with demand. It is going to be really interesting to see the 4th quarter results. I suspect the Max imposed capacity discipline will result in a fairly good 4th quarter from a profit perspective.
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