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RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - panamaniac - 03-19-2016 (03-19-2016, 09:18 PM)Coke6pk Wrote:(03-18-2016, 03:44 PM)Viewfromthe42 Wrote: Stopover turns the ~40 minute flight into 1.5h. Gatineau airport is ~30 minutes from downtown Ottawa. Depending on destination in Ottawa, this could add 1-1.5h. Correction - a semi-private 10-seater turboprop. RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - Coke6pk - 03-21-2016 (03-19-2016, 09:51 PM)panamaniac Wrote:(03-19-2016, 09:18 PM)Coke6pk Wrote: True, but remember, since this flight doesn't go through the terminal, you can also ixnay the extra hour to check in and go thru CATSA., so in essence you are saving 10 min, and flying in a semi-private jet. While I would prefer to see a direct scheduled flight, I wish them well! I stand corrected. Nextjet and 1-855-GO-BY-JET threw me off! LOL Coke RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - panamaniac - 03-21-2016 Nextjet owner Tan Ahmed says stops will only be 15 minutes and that flight via Peterborough is first step toward direct flights YKF-Gatineau and YKF-Montreal. Both of these would stop in Peterborough only if there were passengers to drop off or pick up (!). http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/nextjet-flights-between-kitchener-and-montreal-to-start-may-2-1.3501108 RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - MidTowner - 03-22-2016 (03-21-2016, 05:35 PM)panamaniac Wrote: Nextjet owner Tan Ahmed says stops will only be 15 minutes and that flight via Peterborough is first step toward direct flights YKF-Gatineau and YKF-Montreal. Both of these would stop in Peterborough only if there were passengers to drop off or pick up (!). I wonder what it means exactly that stops will be “no longer than 15 minutes”? That’s the time actually on the tarmac? Even that doesn’t seem realistic somehow. I guess if there are only two passengers to board… I guess that’s nice that your flight might be early, though if you’re booking to go to Montreal for a meeting, it looks like the earliest you can practically set that meeting would be 1:00pm. It doesn’t do much good planning your trip to be told that there’s a possibility that you’ll be early because you didn’t have to stop in Peterborough. The more service, the better. I certainly hope that Nextjet’s flights are all oversold and some other airline sees the demand and introduces Montreal and Ottawa service. It’s hard to see how this is going to prove a success, though. By the way, it’s less than forty percent of the price (less than $200 versus $500) to take the train round-trip from Kitchener to Montreal. It takes seven hours versus two-and-a-half, definitely won’t be early, but gets you downtown. RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - BuildingScout - 03-22-2016 (03-22-2016, 08:39 AM)MidTowner Wrote: I wonder what it means exactly that stops will be “no longer than 15 minutes”? That’s the time actually on the tarmac? Even that doesn’t seem realistic somehow. I guess if there are only two passengers to board… I've taken the milkrun flight out East (Fredericton, St. John, Charlottetown, Halifax) a couple of times and indeed stops were 15 minutes long, tops. RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - SammyOES - 03-22-2016 Stops can be really fast because the airports are so small and not busy. It's not like a major airport where there's a long taxi and you need to be routed between a bunch of other traffic to a gate tucked away somewhere. RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - MacBerry - 03-22-2016 (03-22-2016, 09:23 AM)BuildingScout Wrote:(03-22-2016, 08:39 AM)MidTowner Wrote: I wonder what it means exactly that stops will be “no longer than 15 minutes”? That’s the time actually on the tarmac? Even that doesn’t seem realistic somehow. I guess if there are only two passengers to board… Flying up north many years ago, in to small towns the boarding and de-boarding was no longer than 15 minutes and often less with only an "eight-seater" plane. Plane pulls up to terminal (aka a building,) shut down one engine, loads freight or passengers or both, starts engine and it's takeoff. RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - jgsz - 03-22-2016 (03-22-2016, 08:38 PM)MacBerry Wrote: Flying up north many years ago, in to small towns the boarding and de-boarding was no longer than 15 minutes and often less with only an "eight-seater" plane. Plane pulls up to terminal (aka a building,) shut down one engine, loads freight or passengers or both, starts engine and it's takeoff. I flew Bearskin a couple of times and there was no toilet on board. Can I assume that a toilet break would be allowed if needed? That could made the stop longer. RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - panamaniac - 03-22-2016 (03-22-2016, 09:17 PM)jgsz Wrote:(03-22-2016, 08:38 PM)MacBerry Wrote: Flying up north many years ago, in to small towns the boarding and de-boarding was no longer than 15 minutes and often less with only an "eight-seater" plane. Plane pulls up to terminal (aka a building,) shut down one engine, loads freight or passengers or both, starts engine and it's takeoff. I don't see how that could be possible. RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - MacBerry - 03-25-2016 (03-22-2016, 09:33 PM)panamaniac Wrote:(03-22-2016, 09:17 PM)jgsz Wrote: I flew Bearskin a couple of times and there was no toilet on board. Can I assume that a toilet break would be allowed if needed? That could made the stop longer. If the pilot and the one ground person had a lot of freight to add to the flight you probably could ... always remember to ask the pilot if you can. I am being serious. RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - pmsilva - 03-27-2016 New Control tower is well under way. RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - Canard - 03-27-2016 I had no idea they were building a new one. Cool! What is the advantage of the new one over the existing one? RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - SammyOES - 03-27-2016 http://www.waterlooairport.ca/en/newslist/index.aspx?corpId=gzyzez7QxwumqjwReGz9VgeQuAleQuAl&newsId=uaoKvZ9yTSrLNbXsG0yrSAeQuAleQuAl Quote:(Ottawa and Waterloo, June 5, 2015) – NAV CANADA is pleased to announce the construction of a new air traffic control tower at the Region of Waterloo International Airport. The new structure will replace the existing tower built over 45 years ago. Work is set to begin this month and is anticipated to be completed by the summer 2017. RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - Coke6pk - 03-27-2016 RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - Canard - 03-27-2016 It's certainly no Mirabel control tower, that's for certain! I like that the mentioned facilities are included in each of the floors on the way up, though. |