[Update 1/7/21: service resumed] AC axes YPR, YKA, YZF, YFC, YYR, and YQX
Jan 15, 2021, 2:12 pm
#31
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I don't get why this is a problem. If you want a bubble, no one can travel there. Isn't cancelling air service actually helpful in maintaining the bubble? You can't enter the bubble if there's no way in.
Jan 22, 2021, 12:25 pm
#33
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8P starting service to YKA next month.
https://www.pacificcoastal.com/new-yka-service/
https://www.pacificcoastal.com/new-yka-service/
Jan 24, 2021, 6:33 am
#34
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NOT at all surprised it Goose Bay and Gander were cut but rather that it took them so long to make that decision. Atlantic provinces wanted a bubble and they got one. They shouldn't then complain that no airline wants to service them if they cant sell seats and make the route break-even or profitable.
I would also note that many routes have been cancelled to locations not in the Atlantic Bubble. Are those people allowed to complain or not?
Jan 24, 2021, 2:54 pm
#35
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It's possible that the people complaining do not support the Atlantic Bubble per se. There would have to be some major cognitive dissonance if someone is a staunch supporter of the Atlantic Bubble and also is mad at AC for cancelling service to the region, but I guess anything is possible.
I would also note that many routes have been cancelled to locations not in the Atlantic Bubble. Are those people allowed to complain or not?
I would also note that many routes have been cancelled to locations not in the Atlantic Bubble. Are those people allowed to complain or not?
Jan 27, 2021, 6:14 am
#36
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The Twitterverse here is quite odd, almost universally opposed to the cuts. Asking Haligonians the last time they flew to Gander, you get crickets. Asking if those in Sydney have flown to a ministers meeting in Ottawa since March, as they do in normal times, crickets.
Shocked pikachu.
With that said, I would fully support a "essential air travel" type fund, Federally or Provincially funded, for better normal time service to the outports.
Shocked pikachu.
With that said, I would fully support a "essential air travel" type fund, Federally or Provincially funded, for better normal time service to the outports.
Jan 27, 2021, 7:23 pm
#37
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8P starting service to YKA next month.
https://www.pacificcoastal.com/new-yka-service/
https://www.pacificcoastal.com/new-yka-service/
Feb 15, 2021, 6:59 am
#38
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As AC is mentioned in this CBC video, posting here.
Small airlines desperate to find a way forward during pandemic
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1861051459519/
Small airlines desperate to find a way forward during pandemic
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1861051459519/
Apr 1, 2021, 7:14 pm
#39
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What is happening with Prince Rupert? I have speculative award flights booked for a trip that will likely not happen due to the closed border. On June 19, I was rescheduled onto a flight from Vancouver to Terrace. On June 26, I remain booked on a flight from Prince Rupert to Vancouver.
Last edited by Adam Smith; Apr 4, 2021 at 1:53 pm Reason: Edited to move certain portions to Canada forum
Apr 1, 2021, 7:27 pm
#40
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What is happening with Prince Rupert? I have speculative award flights booked for a trip that will likely not happen due to the closed border. On June 19, I was rescheduled onto a flight from Vancouver to Terrace. On June 26, I remain booked on a flight from Prince Rupert to Vancouver.
These days though, it's all so uncertain. There's talk that if the federal government provides a bailout, they would require the airlines to resume some of the routes they've cut. Probably a good chance YPR would be one of those, but who knows whether a bailout will happen.
Last edited by Adam Smith; Apr 4, 2021 at 1:53 pm Reason: Edited to move certain portions to Canada forum
Apr 4, 2021, 2:06 pm
#41
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In order to keep things on topic, a portion of this thread has been moved over to the Canada forum. Please follow the discussion of rental cars at YXT/YPR etc over there.
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/cana...ne-2021-a.html
Adam Smith
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Apr 8, 2021, 8:11 pm
#42
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PAL Airlines taking over AC routes
https://www.palairlines.ca/wp-conten...&utm_campaign=
Looks like PAL is taking over a lot of the old AC Express routes in Eastern Canada. YHZ-YFC/YSJ, YHZ-YQY, YHZ-YYR, YHZ-YYG, and YQB-YGP-YGR.
Looks like PAL is taking over a lot of the old AC Express routes in Eastern Canada. YHZ-YFC/YSJ, YHZ-YQY, YHZ-YYR, YHZ-YYG, and YQB-YGP-YGR.
Apr 9, 2021, 1:51 am
#43
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https://www.palairlines.ca/wp-conten...&utm_campaign=
Looks like PAL is taking over a lot of the old AC Express routes in Eastern Canada. YHZ-YFC/YSJ, YHZ-YQY, YHZ-YYR, YHZ-YYG, and YQB-YGP-YGR.
Looks like PAL is taking over a lot of the old AC Express routes in Eastern Canada. YHZ-YFC/YSJ, YHZ-YQY, YHZ-YYR, YHZ-YYG, and YQB-YGP-YGR.
The PAL fleet may at the end of the day be a better option for some of these routes if Jazz drops everything smaller than the Q400. PAL interlines with WestJet, do they do the same with AC?