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RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - Rainrider22 - 01-23-2018
(01-23-2018, 02:07 PM)KevinT Wrote: Chris Wood, the general manager, just came on to 570News' Mike Farwell show to take questions.
And...... anything of interest come up ?
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - Coke6pk - 01-23-2018
My emailed question was read... but not answered.....
Coke
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - KevinT - 01-23-2018
(01-23-2018, 02:16 PM)Rainrider22 Wrote:(01-23-2018, 02:07 PM)KevinT Wrote: Chris Wood, the general manager, just came on to 570News' Mike Farwell show to take questions.
And...... anything of interest come up ?
I didn't get to listen to much of it, I was chasing the Ion. I plan to listen to the whole thing when that hour goes up on their web site, and will post the link to it here.
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - Rainrider22 - 01-23-2018
(01-23-2018, 03:43 PM)KevinT Wrote:(01-23-2018, 02:16 PM)Rainrider22 Wrote: And...... anything of interest come up ?
I didn't get to listen to much of it, I was chasing the Ion. I plan to listen to the whole thing when that hour goes up on their web site, and will post the link to it here.
Thanks,
nice video of the LRT too !
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - KevinT - 01-25-2018
(01-23-2018, 03:43 PM)KevinT Wrote:(01-23-2018, 02:16 PM)Rainrider22 Wrote: And...... anything of interest come up ?
I didn't get to listen to much of it, I was chasing the Ion. I plan to listen to the whole thing when that hour goes up on their web site, and will post the link to it here.
The Mike Farwell Show - Jan 23rd, 2018 - 1pm
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - jgsz - 02-02-2018
WestJet's Swoop takes a pass on YKF. At this point I'm not envious that Hamilton is becoming a hub for ULCCs. They will get lots of flights, lots of noise (especially on the Mountain) and probably little economic benefit.
However, I'm surprised that no airline (so far as I know) has shown interest in protected flights that YKF is offering.
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - Rainrider22 - 02-02-2018
I cant help but wonder if the airport is being managed to it's fullest potential...
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - MidTowner - 02-02-2018
(02-02-2018, 09:18 AM)jgsz Wrote: WestJet's Swoop takes a pass on YKF. At this point I'm not envious that Hamilton is becoming a hub for ULCCs. They will get lots of flights, lots of noise (especially on the Mountain) and probably little economic benefit.
However, I'm surprised that no airline (so far as I know) has shown interest in protected flights that YKF is offering.
I have never heard any serious complaints about noise from Munro. Maybe if the area around it is one day developed (it might become "employment lands," it might also well become suburban sprawl), but it's not particularly near the development on the mountain.
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - SammyOES - 02-02-2018
I think ULCCs are definitely better than nothing, but I agree that they're not the ideal target.
It could be mismanagement, but I think there's probably legitimate reasons its hard to attract airlines. Lets not forget that we've lost routes where the planes were flying at pretty high capacity.
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - Rainrider22 - 02-02-2018
(02-02-2018, 10:44 AM)SammyOES Wrote: I think ULCCs are definitely better than nothing, but I agree that they're not the ideal target.
It could be mismanagement, but I think there's probably legitimate reasons its hard to attract airlines. Lets not forget that we've lost routes where the planes were flying at pretty high capacity.
Yes,the reasons we lost routes were due to restructuring of companies. No amount of volume through the airport would have saved those routes, and we were not alone, other airports lost the services too.
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - jgsz - 03-08-2018
FlyGTA is offering three flights a day to Billy Bishop Airport. When did this start?
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - chutten - 03-08-2018
(03-08-2018, 07:16 AM)jgsz Wrote: FlyGTA is offering three flights a day to Billy Bishop Airport. When did this start?
They announced it October 10, 2017 with service beginning November 6.
Press release is over here: https://www.flygta.com/from-the-press/
WRConnected's coverage began Oct 9 over here: http://www.waterlooregionconnected.com/showthread.php?tid=19&pid=43349#pid43349
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - Coke6pk - 03-08-2018
(03-08-2018, 04:39 PM)chutten Wrote:(03-08-2018, 07:16 AM)jgsz Wrote: FlyGTA is offering three flights a day to Billy Bishop Airport. When did this start?
They announced it October 10, 2017 with service beginning November 6.
Press release is over here: https://www.flygta.com/from-the-press/
WRConnected's coverage began Oct 9 over here: http://www.waterlooregionconnected.com/showthread.php?tid=19&pid=43349#pid43349
jgsz is correct... this is new. FlyGTA offered TWO flights a day to Billy Bishop back in October. Here at the airport, I heard (last week) it was coming, but didn't know a launch date.
Coke
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - Chris - 06-20-2018
Swoop is starting up in Hamilton today.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/hamilton-welcomes-swoop-airline-1.4712425
I don't know if WestJet gave YKF proper consideration or not but I think the location in relation to Buffalo was the biggest factor. This line from the article says a lot to me.
"We see five million Canadians going south of the border to fly out of Buffalo and other airports, flying U.S. airlines," he said. "There's traffic immediately that we can go after."
I miss the American Airlines flight. I used it all the time to avoid Pearson. I hope something similar comes back soon.
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - jgsz - 06-20-2018
(06-20-2018, 09:58 AM)Chris Wrote: Swoop is starting up in Hamilton today.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/hamilton-welcomes-swoop-airline-1.4712425
I don't know if WestJet gave YKF proper consideration or not but I think the location in relation to Buffalo was the biggest factor. This line from the article says a lot to me.
"We see five million Canadians going south of the border to fly out of Buffalo and other airports, flying U.S. airlines," he said. "There's traffic immediately that we can go after."
I miss the American Airlines flight. I used it all the time to avoid Pearson. I hope something similar comes back soon.
I wonder if Jetlines will look at YKF again. Swoop will be offering flights to the same cities that Jetlines wants to serve from Hamilton. But in Hamilton there is competition. So far as I know, YKF is still offering protected routes. Perhaps they'll reconsider.