Why does UA fly from IAD to Vancouver (YVR) once a week?
Apr 7, 2019, 2:19 pm
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While I think the above posters are right about the immediate cause, the next question is "why the heck do Alaska cruises go out of Canada?"
And the answer to that is the Jones Act; if they went out of Seattle, they'd need to be a US-crewed/US-owned/US-built ship.
And the answer to that is the Jones Act; if they went out of Seattle, they'd need to be a US-crewed/US-owned/US-built ship.
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flight | orig | dest | eqp | departs | from | to | days --------+------+------+-----+----------+------------+------------+--------- UA475 | IAD | YVR | 739 | 08:32:00 | 2019-06-08 | 2019-06-15 | S UA426 | IAD | YVR | 319 | 08:30:00 | 2019-06-22 | 2019-06-22 | S UA426 | IAD | YVR | 739 | 08:30:00 | 2019-06-29 | 2019-07-27 | S UA426 | IAD | YVR | 319 | 08:30:00 | 2019-08-03 | 2019-08-17 | S this forum upgrade code block formatting really sucks
Jul 30, 2020, 6:49 pm
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While I think the above posters are right about the immediate cause, the next question is "why the heck do Alaska cruises go out of Canada?"
And the answer to that is the Jones Act; if they went out of Seattle, they'd need to be a US-crewed/US-owned/US-built ship.
And the answer to that is the Jones Act; if they went out of Seattle, they'd need to be a US-crewed/US-owned/US-built ship.
Jul 30, 2020, 6:51 pm
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I know this is an old post, but it's also incorrect on multiple counts. First, the Jones Act only applies to cargo. Cruise passengers are covered under the Passenger Vessel Service Act. Second, there are Alaska cruises out of Seattle (and San Francisco). The restriction is that they have to be round-trip.
Jul 30, 2020, 6:52 pm
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Additionally, UA is operating present only 35% of its normal schedule and seems to be setting 50% as the future norm for some time, special purpose flights are the easiest to cut.
Jul 31, 2020, 7:10 am
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I don't have access to old information but believe this flight used to be more frequent back in the late-1990s and early 2000s. Surprised they have it at all but nice option for IAD-based folks.
Aug 1, 2020, 11:11 am
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, was my replying to someone asking if it were an easy upgrade etc, and I was saying that it would be a tough one