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RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - YKF - 02-09-2019
(02-09-2019, 12:39 AM)nms Wrote: Did anyone else get an ear worm of "Eight days a week..."?
I wonder which day they'll add a flight.
The additional flight will be operated on Friday. The new flights are visible and available for booking on Westjet's website.
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - timio - 02-09-2019
YYC -> YKF: 13:15-18:49
YKF -> YYC: 19:45-21:51
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - jgsz - 03-15-2019
WestJet flight from Region of Waterloo International Airport cancelled due to Boeing ban
It's so easy to be pessimistic about YKF. To WestJet and others, our airport is of no consequence. I do hope this changes this year although I have no reason to think that it will....
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - Spokes - 03-15-2019
This is a permanent cancellation??
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - jgsz - 03-15-2019
(03-15-2019, 10:01 AM)Spokes Wrote: This is a permanent cancellation??
I don't think it is but given the history of YKF one can never be sure.
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - Canard - 03-15-2019
All 737 Max 8 flights are cancelled. It’s a temporary ban until they find out what happened...
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - tomh009 - 03-17-2019
(03-15-2019, 01:11 PM)Canard Wrote: All 737 Max 8 flights are cancelled. It’s a temporary ban until they find out what happened...
Find out what happened … and until the various civil aviation authorities approve the proposed fix,
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - Chris - 03-18-2019
It looks as though West Jet is using a 737-600 on the Calgary route now. Flights appear to be operating as usual.
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - tomh009 - 03-18-2019
(03-18-2019, 10:51 AM)Chris Wrote: It looks as though West Jet is using a 737-600 on the Calgary route now. Flights appear to be operating as usual.
That's good! That means we are not the lowest-volume route on the WestJet route map.
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - nms - 03-19-2019
According to my itinerary that I received in January, when I purchased my April WestJet roundtrip out of YKF, the trip was booked to be a 600 one way and 700 the other way combo. I doubt that the route was in line to receive the Max 8s anytime soon. The planes were probably pulled back to fill holes left by the Max 8s elsewhere.
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - tomh009 - 03-20-2019
Air Canada has now removed the MAX 8 from their schedules until the end of June. I expect that it'll be at least that long before the MAX 8 is allowed to fly in Canada again, so WestJet is likely doing similar route planning.
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - Chris - 03-22-2019
(03-19-2019, 11:40 PM)nms Wrote: According to my itinerary that I received in January, when I purchased my April WestJet roundtrip out of YKF, the trip was booked to be a 600 one way and 700 the other way combo. I doubt that the route was in line to receive the Max 8s anytime soon. The planes were probably pulled back to fill holes left by the Max 8s elsewhere.
Your itinerary matches my recent flights on the route. I was just happy the flight wasn't gone for long while they readjusted their planes after the ban.
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - Spokes - 03-25-2019
I was surprised we were impacted by the max 8 issue at all
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - plam - 03-25-2019
(03-25-2019, 10:10 AM)Spokes Wrote: I was surprised we were impacted by the max 8 issue at all
There is little spare capacity in the system, so pulling out a whole type of aircraft is going to have second-order effects for sure, even if none of the flights are directly affected.
I was flying YVR-YYZ two weekends ago. There were standby lists of 50. Of course that also coincided with the end of March Break.
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - Spokes - 03-25-2019
Oh that makes sense. Thanks