Trying to get from PER to YVR. We used to go PER-SYD-HON-YVR until The Canadian Thing happened.
Now I tend to go PER-SYD/MEB-LAX-YVR as I'm told there is no oneworld HON-YVR leg. Yet a cohort was in HON recently (enroute SJC-SYD?) and heard an AA call for HON-YVR.

Is this a normal flight? If so, how come I'm getting told it doesn;t exist??

C

For a brief period I believe QF was flying YVR-HON for some technical reason. I think the service is no longer operating. Your friend may have heard a codeshare announcement by AA.

thoglette,
First, by HON I assume you mean HNL and not HON - Huron, Michigan.
Last year and through this winter QF4 operated from YVR-(HNL)-SYD with a change of planes in HNL(I believe SYD-YVR was QF5). The service was on two 767's with the one from YVR returning to YVR after dropping off passengers in HNL and the SYD one returning to SYD. The prices for HNL-YVR were quite good considering the competition on this route with Canada 3000. Now it appears that AC is operating the YVR-HNL portions of the YVR-(HNL)-SYD route. That may be what your friend heard. When I flew this route last winter there was no AA codeshare.

jerry

[This message has been edited by jerry a. laska (edited 06-20-2001).]

Mea Culpa - HNL it is (where [I]is[/B] a complete English-to-TLA cross reference?
Perhaps this is going to be a seasonal thing?

The HNL-YVR service was announced to be discontinued when QF's 2000 resultes were released (in March)? The service was still operating in early June but I believe it was discontinued within the last week.

There is no HNL-Canada leg operated by a OW carrier. The only possibility is if QF decides to codeshare on FJ that does operate the sector (on a 738!) twice weekly.

Not quite right.

Prior to July 2000, QF would operate Australia (or more specifically, SYD)-HNL while CP would operate HNL-Canada (YVR & YYZ) with both codesharing. After the codesharing was terminated, both airlines operated their own service between Canada & Australia.

QF operated 2x weekly to YYZ and 3 or 4x weekly (IIRC) to YVR while AC/CP operated daily from YVR and YYZ to HNL with one of the a/c continuing to SYD.

QF dropped the YYZ service in favour of a codeshare on AA between LAX and YYZ and boosted YVR-HNL-SYD service to 5x weekly. Now it's been dropped completely.

Noteworthy news:

FJ commenced 2x weekly 738 service to YVR (continuation of NAN-HNL service) in late 2000 (think it was October). In addition to Canada 3000/2T (now a AAdvantage participant), Air Transat (TS) also operates the HNL-YVR route.