2022 schedule updates - new/cancelled routes, frequency/equipment changes, etc
Jun 30, 2022, 3:22 pm
#466
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It's a little entertaining watching this all unfold. So as I mentioned above about flights being zeroed out but not cancelled, I received and email from Air Canada saying my seats on the return flight to BWI had changed from row 3 to row 23. Knowing that there isn't a row 23 on a CRJ200, I looked a little more closely at the email and they did move us to an earlier flight on a CRJ900. I guess some type of notification is better than none but it wasn't very clear. Especially that the app still shows the original flights and seat selection. Is there a reason why that is and is not updated?
Now wondering if/when the outbound to YYZ changes....
Now wondering if/when the outbound to YYZ changes....
Dropped call after an hour and now new person at Aeroplan has to call me back because computer crashed. Guess I'm going to be looking at flights from IAD or DCA. Wondering if I should just drive....
Jun 30, 2022, 4:55 pm
#467
Join Date: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,126
A list of the summer schedule changes by route is now on the website: https://www.aircanada.com/ca/en/aco/...stments.html#/
Looks like they've cancelled the later flight and kept the earlier flight where they zeroed out two flights. There are still some zeroed out flights, so perhaps some equipment changes are still coming?
Looks like they've cancelled the later flight and kept the earlier flight where they zeroed out two flights. There are still some zeroed out flights, so perhaps some equipment changes are still coming?
Jun 30, 2022, 7:24 pm
#468
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Jul 4, 2022, 3:32 pm
#469
Join Date: Nov 2019
Location: YYZ
Programs: AC SE
Posts: 255
All YTZ Flights Cancelled from Schedule
Looks like all flights after Thursday are shut down out of YTZ - Anyone else seeing the same?
Was trying to book on my FP and was showing all Sold out - then looking on EF - all are showing cancelled.
Looks like they wanted to move this capacity to other areas to provide relief
Was trying to book on my FP and was showing all Sold out - then looking on EF - all are showing cancelled.
Looks like they wanted to move this capacity to other areas to provide relief
Jul 4, 2022, 3:54 pm
#470
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Toronto - YYZ
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Had AC 7962 cancelled from YTZ-YUL on the 29th, but I got rebooked automatically on AC 410 from YYZ-YUL. Pretty much the same arrival and departure times on the same day, and now I'm flying on an A223 rather than a Q400. AC even made sure to keep me in a preferred seat with extra legroom. This actually has worked pretty well since I bought the YTZ ticket to save money compared to the YYZ routes, so now I get a much more comfortable plane at an airport with much more to do.
Was booked Economy Comfort.
Was booked Economy Comfort.
Jul 4, 2022, 3:56 pm
#471
Join Date: Apr 2000
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Looks like all flights after Thursday are shut down out of YTZ - Anyone else seeing the same?
Was trying to book on my FP and was showing all Sold out - then looking on EF - all are showing cancelled.
Looks like they wanted to move this capacity to other areas to provide relief
Was trying to book on my FP and was showing all Sold out - then looking on EF - all are showing cancelled.
Looks like they wanted to move this capacity to other areas to provide relief
AC flights to YTZ appear to resume on August 1.
Jul 9, 2022, 7:46 am
#472
Join Date: Apr 2019
Programs: Avios, Aeroplan
Posts: 33
Regional routes over xmas
Just wondering if AC might open more routs over xmas. I'm in the UK and the only flight out of North Bay YYB is at 5:45 am on 27 Dec. In the before times there would typically be 3 or 4 flights a day? Any chance of more being added or is this a lost cause?
Jul 12, 2022, 12:46 pm
#473
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: SFO/YYZ
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AC740 downgauge on a bunch of dates. Looks like some days of the week still scheduled for A330, others A321.
Looking a bit closer, seems like most Mondays and Fridays in September are downgauged, the other days aren't. Of course, I was booked on Friday. It doesn't seem to extend into October so maybe there's hope that it'll get switched back.
Looking a bit closer, seems like most Mondays and Fridays in September are downgauged, the other days aren't. Of course, I was booked on Friday. It doesn't seem to extend into October so maybe there's hope that it'll get switched back.
Last edited by nexusCFX; Jul 12, 2022 at 2:16 pm
Jul 12, 2022, 2:08 pm
#474
Join Date: Apr 2000
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I doubt they are thinking beyond the next few weeks right now. It's possible, but no one here knows. The lack of <78 seat aircraft (only 15 CRJs in the fleet) makes it difficult to provide frequent service to smaller cities.
Jul 12, 2022, 3:35 pm
#475
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Yuck! My upcoming EWR-YVR flight got downguaged to a 7M8. The horror!
Given that flight isn't until mid-September, I guess anything could happen between now and then.
Given that flight isn't until mid-September, I guess anything could happen between now and then.
Jul 18, 2022, 1:58 am
#476
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Noticed yvr-yyc-yvr are running once daily 789s this summer. I’ve never seen widebody flights on such a short flight with AC except on YYZ-YUL
are they positioning flights? Has it happened before ? Flown this route over 100 times over the last 10 years and never flown it with a widebody.
are they positioning flights? Has it happened before ? Flown this route over 100 times over the last 10 years and never flown it with a widebody.
Jul 18, 2022, 2:14 am
#477
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Noticed yvr-yyc-yvr are running once daily 789s this summer. I’ve never seen widebody flights on such a short flight with AC except on YYZ-YUL
are they positioning flights? Has it happened before ? Flown this route over 100 times over the last 10 years and never flown it with a widebody.
are they positioning flights? Has it happened before ? Flown this route over 100 times over the last 10 years and never flown it with a widebody.
Jul 18, 2022, 3:51 pm
#478
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They're not positioning flights. They increase capacity on the YYC<>YVR route, especially for cargo. The first time they did this on a scheduled basis was last summer/fall after the floods in the lower mainland. There's discussion upthread from when they brought this back on a regular basis for this summer.
Booked on it to YVR this coming Sunday. :-)
Jul 18, 2022, 4:01 pm
#479
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: YYC / random hotel in YYZ
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Could it also be that with the extra capacity they've put this there in case they want to cancel other flights and move people to this one?
Jul 18, 2022, 6:36 pm
#480
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 8,006
Yes
Bad timing on your part.
AC214/219 are not timed to be the same plane.
They are timed to swap with one of the European flights.