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Old Sep 18, 2015, 7:50 am
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Originally Posted by fairviewroad
Ah, that appears to be correct. In fact, the 310 looks to be operating out of YWG virtually every day over the winter season. So I guess this new Westjet flight to LGW isn't as notable in terms of widebody capacity after all.

Wonder if there's ever been a "legacy" carrier that's operated widebody flights out of YWG?
AC with various equipment to LHR until that ended in the mid-90s. I'm almost certain AC also used to schedule a daily 762 to YYZ back in the day.
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Old Sep 18, 2015, 2:08 pm
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I picked up a pair of tickets for May last night. Looking forward to trying out the 767 TATL!
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Old Sep 18, 2015, 6:56 pm
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Originally Posted by fairviewroad
Wonder if there's ever been a "legacy" carrier that's operated widebody flights out of YWG?
I know NWA operated a DC-10 between YWG and MSP at some point but cannot find the years when this equipment operated the route.
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Old Sep 18, 2015, 7:02 pm
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Originally Posted by aerobod
the Panasonic IFEC system.
which one? the "latest one" from Panasonic or the one that was already in the planes?
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Old Sep 18, 2015, 7:47 pm
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Originally Posted by TheGreatestX
Unless WestJet finds a codeshare partner at LGW, Icelandair need not worry.
Why do they not need to worry?
WS can already interline to BA.
(codeshare does nothing for me.)
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Old Sep 18, 2015, 7:50 pm
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Originally Posted by rehoult
Seems to be a pricing error on the flights with regards to the UK APD. It being charged at the discount rate regardless of class selected, so Plus fares are presently ~140 CAD below what they should be.
even without that, you can still save money through interline i.e.
WS YVRLGW
BA XXXLGW (assuming this fare is <£71/74)
WS LGWYVR
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Old Sep 18, 2015, 9:07 pm
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Originally Posted by respectable_man
which one? the "latest one" from Panasonic or the one that was already in the planes?
The latest one, the original Panasonic system was removed by Qantas. Basically the same system we are fitting to the 737s, but with 6 wireless access points with dual radios on the 767s, compared with 4 access points on the 737-600 & -700s and 5 access points on the 737-800s.
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Old Sep 18, 2015, 11:14 pm
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Originally Posted by AA_EXP09
Why do they not need to worry?
WS can already interline to BA.
(codeshare does nothing for me.)
BA's offerings at LGW don't match FI's at KEF.
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Old Sep 19, 2015, 10:32 pm
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Originally Posted by TheGreatestX
BA's offerings at LGW don't match FI's at KEF.
So FI at KEF has a lounge that is better than BA's Flounge?
(also, LGW has priority pass lounges while KEF doesn't even have one.)
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Old Sep 20, 2015, 12:09 am
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Originally Posted by AA_EXP09
So FI at KEF has a lounge that is better than BA's Flounge?
(also, LGW has priority pass lounges while KEF doesn't even have one.)
What are you talking about?

I was responding to your post about codeshare/interline agreements.
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Old Sep 20, 2015, 6:48 pm
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Originally Posted by keithguy
Airline Route reports LGW service from YYC, YEG, YWG, YYZ, and YYT starting May 2016.
Just returned from a week in HEL and saw this announcement and both my guesses of YEG and YWG from upthread proved correct.
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Old Sep 23, 2015, 9:19 am
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Originally Posted by YoYUL
AC with various equipment to LHR until that ended in the mid-90s. I'm almost certain AC also used to schedule a daily 762 to YYZ back in the day.
For a while in the 80s Wardair operated 767 service YWG-YQR.

Source: https://theviewfromseven.wordpress.c...her-ywg-ghost/

So YWG has typically had some form of widebody passenger service at any given point, but generally nothing consistent ever since CP stopped its somewhat longstanding YWG-AMS run in the early 80s, and in recent years just charters.
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Old Sep 24, 2015, 6:19 am
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Originally Posted by AA_EXP09
Why do they not need to worry?
WS can already interline to BA.
(codeshare does nothing for me.)
Codeshare can lead to much better pricing than interlining.

When will interlining-tickets with BA at LGW become available?

I was searching various options with the ITA Matrix, but nothing was found. Even when I tried to force it. For example, for SZG->LGW->YHZ I get SZG->LGW on BA, LGW->KEF on FI and, KEF->YYZ on FI, and YYZ->YHZ on WS. The cheapest price is C$ 7,744. That is the full IATA-fare in in Economy class and nobody is going to pay that.

5 minutes after the departure of FI LGW-KEF, there would be a WS departure to YYZ.
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Old Sep 24, 2015, 6:24 am
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Originally Posted by heraclitus
For a while in the 80s Wardair operated 767 service YWG-YQR.

Source: https://theviewfromseven.wordpress.c...her-ywg-ghost/
You mean Pacific Western Airlines (PWA), not Wardair.
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Old Sep 24, 2015, 8:18 am
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Originally Posted by sokolov
You mean Pacific Western Airlines (PWA), not Wardair.
My mistake! Sorry.
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