BC news roundup - week 19 2026

A round up of aviation news in BC/YT and with major airlines who serve BC.  All photos my own unless stated.  

If anyone has any news or photos - particularly from elsewhere in BC or Yukon - please comment or send to me via email cangloballog@gmail.com

NEW DELIVERIES

4th May ... C-GLBT ... Raytheon 390 Premier I ... Balle Air [Kelowna] ... ex N88EL

6th May ... C-FSJH ... Boeing 737-8 MAX ... Air Canada Rouge ... transferred from AC

8th May ... C-GKFQ ... Boeing 737-6CT ... Air North ... ex KF Aeroflyer parked in YLW since 9th November 2025 (nobody at Air North knows about this...)

CANCELLATIONS

7th May ... C-FLWJ ... Boeing 737-7CT ... WestJet ... retired 1st January and parked in Marana AZ since 9th January

6th May ... C-GWJT ... Boeing 737-7CT ... WestJet ... retired 5th August 2024 after hail damage and stored in Calgary, ferried to Tucson AZ 18th November 2024

6th May ... C-GYWJ ... Boeing 737-7CT ... WestJet ... retired 5th August 2024 after hail damage and stored in Calgary, ferried to Tucson AZ 29th October 2024

ACCIDENTS

None

NEWS OF THE WEEK

4th May ... at approx 4am a man scaled the fence and climbed into the wheel well of a parked Porter A/L ERJ-195 which seemed to be C-GZQV.  He was arrested and charged with break and enter, mischief and two counts of assaulting a peace officer.

4th May ... first British A/W summer seasonal from Gatwick [LGW] with 777-200ER reg G-YMME

5th May ... first Edelweiss summer seasonal from Zurich [ZRH] with A350-900 reg HB-IHB

Photo by King Hui on Flickr

6th May ... taxiway AR re-opens, good news for platform spotters and south terminal tenants.

7th May ... Jim Liu of AeroRoutes reports Air Canada will continue to use 777-200LR to Sydney [SYD] daily until 30th May.  It will switch to 787-9 between 5th July - 29th September.  The 4th weekly flight is extended through 24th October.

11th May ... Snowbirds stopped in Kamloops [YKA] returning back east after spring training in Comox [YQQ].  Rumours have been circulating this will be the final season for the team as part of austerity measures.

12th May ... Jim Liu of AeroRoutes reports more Air Canada transborder route cuts, including YVR to Raleigh Durham NC [RDU] which will end 29th July instead of 7th September and Anchorage [ANC] reducing from 7 to 5 weekly until 17th September instead of 30th September, Miami [MIA] 4 to 2 weekly and Seattle [SEA] 28 to 27 weekly.

12th May ... WestJet confirm their codeshare agreement with Fiji A/W with many codeshare routes onward from Calgary.

12th May ... Jim Liu of AeroRoutes expands on Air India's route cuts due to aircraft shortages (they have retired their 777-200LR's).  Delhi [DEL] to YVR is reduced to 5 weekly through to 31st August, with inbound via Kolkata [CCU].

12th May ... Jim also reports T'Way Air will be reduced from 4 to 3 weekly between 6th - 27th June.

13th May ... Jim reports Air Canada Asia routes to Hong Kong [HKG] reduced from 7 to 6 weekly between 8th September - 2nd October, Manila [MNL] reduced from 4 to 3 weeky between 20th July - 1st October apart from first week of August and Singapore [SIN] from 4 to 3 weekly 3rd - 16th July and 24th August - 25th September.  All 787-9.

FOR THE DIARY - from YVR unless stated

13th May ... Porter A/L commence Kelowna [YLW] from Ottawa [YOW].

15th May ... WestJet Encore recommence Penticton [YYF].

15th May ... WestJet Encore commence Cambell River [YBL] from Calgary [YYC].

15th May ... AA1415 from Dallas Fort Worth TX will switch to A321 for the summer season on most days, though 737-800 remains scheduled others.

A321NEO already operating DFW on May 9th, it was A321CEO on May 12th

19th May ... WestJet Encore commence Terrace [YXT] from Edmonton [YEG].

19th May ... KLM upgrade from 787-10 to 777-300ER until 26th October when it reverts to A330-200.  I have seen many one off equipment changes over the past few weeks.

21st May ... American A/L to operate A321N on AA1719 from Los Angeles [LAX] until 4th August.

21st May ... American A/L to commence Charlotte NC [CLT] seasonal service with A321 AA1817 arr 2110 dep 2210.

21st May ... American A/L to commence Chicago O'Hare IL [ORD] seasonal service with 737-800 AA1717 arr 1230 dep 1325.

23rd May ... Delta A/L resume Atlanta GA [ATL].  Equipment is 737-900ER DL2470/1871 arr 1225 dep 1340.

5th June ... ANA commence seasonal Narita [NRT] service until 31st August with 787-9 to complement their existing Haneda [HND] service.

11th June .... Harbour Air new service from Victoria Harbour [YWH] to Seattle Lake Union WA [LKE].

11th June ... Jetblue commence seasonal Boston [BOS] service with A320 B649/50 arr 2035 dep 2140.

15th June ... Porter A/L commence Montreal St Hubert [YHU].

19th June ... WestJet commence Comox [YQQ] from Toronto [YYZ].

25th June ... Harbour Air commence downtown Vancouver Coal Harbour [CXH] to Ucluelet [AN3].

6th July ... Harbour Air commence downtown Vancouver Coal Harbour [CXH] to Campbell River, The Spit water aerodrome [YHH] opposed to YBL.

25th July ... Vanderhoof airshow, also 26th for a two day event celebrating 100 years of Vanderhoof.

1st August ... Air Canada weekly AC315/6 787-9 service to Honolulu [HNL] until 7th September.

4th August ... Canadian Snowbirds display in Victoria.

7th August ... Abbotsford Airshow, also 8th and 9th incl Canadian Snowbirds.

12th August ... Canadian Snowbirds display over White Rock - possibly the last time in BC if rumours are to be believed.

15th August ... Chilliwack Flight Fest.

22nd August ... Air North resume seasonal Yellowknife [YZF].

December ... new Air Canada (Rouge) seasonal services : 3rd Monterrey [MTY], 7th Puerto Escondido [PXM], 13th Liberia [LIR], 15th Mazatlan [MZT] and 17th Sapporo-Chitose [CTS] (mainline).

INTERESTING VISITORS - foreign registered and rare non scheduled visitors

4th May ... N750VM ... Hawker 750 ... Wired 350 [Davenport IA]

Photo by Chung Kwok on Facebook

5th May ... N616VG ... Dassault Falcon 6X ... Dassault Falcon Jet [Teterboro NJ]

Photo by Rob Reid

6th May ... C-FIDL ... Bombardier Dash 8-Q402 ... Pacific Sky Avn [Victoria BC]

Photo by King Hui on Flickr

7th May ... N290CK ... Gates Learjet 35A ... Kalitta Charters [Detroit Willow Run MI]

8th May ... D-BURO ... Bombardier Challenger 300 ... Aero-Dienst [Nuremberg]

9th May ... 9H-VII ... Bombardier Global 7500 ... VistaJet Malta

11th May ... C-GNLN ... Boeing 737-2B6 (ADV) ... Nolinor Avn [Mirabel QC]

Photo by King Hui on Flickr

11th May ... 330002 ... Airbus CC-330 ... RCAF 437 Squadron [CFB Trenton ON]

12th May ... N475UA ... Airbus A320-232 ... United Airlines - 85th anniversary retro livery

Photo by King Hui on Flickr

A shout out to Victoria where Tim Martin caught this government charter returning hantavirus passengers operated by Chrono Avn 737-8Q8 still in basic OWG colors

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