Timothy

I am impressed.

Oui mais si j'ai bien compris tu finiras peut-être à bord d'un vol DL via LGA.

Yes I think Ousb is correct, Avion Express A320 LY-COM, all black. Some of their fleet operates for Cubana from Montreal or Toronto to Varadero etc , under Lithuanian registration and third country ownership (Ireland, BVI...)

A more detailed list of competitors will include WOW, Icelandair, Level... All of which could put further pressure on the AC/AF/BA/KL/LH/LX main cabins. AC has acknowledged this type of threat by starting up Rouge, and BA could counter in the same way if they buy up Norwegian Air Shuttle, which would put Norwegian under the IAG banner, which in addition to BA also has controlling interest in Iberia and Level. In turn, IAG's controlling shareholder is... Qatar Airways. In a sense, then, Barcelona-based Level is kind of an Iberia 'Rouge', which would partly explain why we won't likely see Iberia's own planes at YUL. I'm sure there's way more to all of this behind the scenes than I'll ever know about.

Thank very much thenoflyzone. For 2017 peak hour movements, would it be safe to assume that YYZ's approximate 3:2 over YUL (108 vs 76) is simply a function of YYZ having three "06-24s" while YUL has two? For 2017 YYZ hit 47 million passengers vs YUL's 18, so about 2.5x more at YYZ. For the same period YYZ's movements are 2x more, which points to YYZ on average having more seats/larger aircraft per flight than YUL. (Definitely not starting a YYZ vs YUL thread here, just commenting on factual numbers...)

Thank you thenoflyzone.

Dakar.... That's my guess.

C'est comme dire "Les forces nazi avancent vers la France, la Belgique et les Pays-Bas, et menacent d'envahir, mais pour le moment tout semble aller bien".

They previously flew to YUL as SATA, since then they have changed their commercial name to Azores Airlines.

If we refer back to the 2015 forecast for city pair opportunities in place before or during 2018, I think that Dakar and Beirut are the only two from Montreal that have yet to be started up. Perhaps Beirut will never happen. However everything else has been delivered according to plan. As others have stated, the AC international growth curve will start flattening out about now, though we now have Montreal-Tokyo beginning in June, and it wasn't shown in the 2015 presentation, and these 4 A330s would seem to offer additional growth possibilities. I remain impressed with AC.

Thank you thenoflyzone for the link to the Air Canada 4Q17 results. The message about YUL is consistent with the growth proposal reinforced in 2015, and encouraging: Page 12, "Air Canada is… developing Montreal into a complementary trans-Atlantic hub… The airline’s Montreal hub not only links North America with key markets in France, but also positions Montreal as a premier gateway to the Atlantic. Given the improvements that are being made in Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal, the airline is able to build its network from the U.S. to provide increased connection flows to its international flights.”

Steve a raison SI aucune autre tour est érigée a l'est de Shannon et au sud de Wellington, car le Mary Robert deviendra en sorte un serre-livres des tours visibles a notre gauche en entrant via le viaduc CN ou l'autoroute.

Is it just me, or does the side view perspective resemble a grotesque aircraft seating plan?

Another Swiss ZRHJFK diversion is now en route YULJFK. Image courtesy flightradar24.com

Oui tu as raison, mais bonne nouvelle pareil, si Air China reprend son horaire d'été accru.