BC news round up - week 27

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

29th June ... C-FSNU ... Boeing 737-8 ... Air Canada Rouge ... transferred from AC

30th June ... C-FHBT ... Airbus A220-300 ... Air Canada

30th June ... C-GELJ ... Boeing 737-8 ... Air Canada Rouge ... transferred from AC

CANCELLATIONS

29th June ... C-GARO ... Airbus A319-114 ... Air Canada Rouge ... retired and parked in Marana AZ 10th April

29th June ... C-GBIM ... Airbus A319-114 ... Air Canada Rouge ... retired and parked in Maranza AZ  30th April

ACCIDENTS

3rd July ... N430BC ... Lancair IV-P ... Trustee [Carson City NV] ... gear collapse after leaving the runway upon landing in Kelowna ]YLW] after a local flight which resulted in a closure of the airport.  Home seems to be Falcon Field in Mesa AZ, it arrived in YLW from there via Boise ID on 7th May.

Image from Castanet Kelowna

NEWS OF THE WEEK

Jun 30th ... YVR announce passenger numbers from the first half of the FIFA World Cup.  Since  the start of the the games period from 8th June, an estimated 1.8 million travellers passed through YVR without issue, aided by the new CATSA Plus CT scanners which allow passengers to keep small amoints of liquids and large electronics in their carry on.  It will be interested to see the numbers for the following period including the regular summer season and an expected record cruise ship season.

1st July ... Jim Liu of AeroRoutes reports Turkish A/L extend frequency increase from 3 to 4 weekly from 5th July with a mix of 777-300ER and 787-9 (I see first 789 flight is 12th July) until 24th October (originally 13th September), then back to 3x weekly and then 5x weekly from 7th December.

3rd July ... Jim also reports Air Canada will replace 2x daily Jazz CRJ-900 to Yellowknife NT with mainline A220 between 8th - 30th September, then 1x daily from 25th October until 27th March 2027 (it will revert back to 2x daily CRJ-900 1st - 24th October).

3rd July ... Jim also reports Philippine A/L will increase Manila from daily to 10x weekly from 17th November.  The additional 3x weekly flight will be PR136 arr 0800 / PR137 dep 1235 on Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday, initially with A350-900, replaced by 777-300ER between 1st December - 30th January 2027.

3rd July ... BC Business annual awards have included YVR CEO Tamara Vrooman as one of the Women of the Year.  Cascadia Collection at YVR (located near gate B15) were also named the Best New News & Gift Concept at the Excellence in Airport Concessions Awards.

3rd July ... British domestic travellers rejoice, in addition to the already open store in international departures near gate D71, Pret A Manger will also open a further store near gate B17.

FOR THE DIARY - from YVR unless stated

6th July ... BA84/5 from London Heathrow [LHR] changes from 777-200ER to A350-1000 until 8th September when it reverts back for winter season.

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

12th July ... first of select Turkish 787-9 on TK75/6 arr 1715 / dep 1910.

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 - the last time in BC

15th August ... Chilliwack Flight Fest.

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

28th August ... final Sun Country A/L Minneapolis St Paul [MSP] seasonal flight

29th August ... Langley Regional airport Air Fare between 1000 - 1700.

31st August ... final summer seasonal ANA service from Narita [NRT] NH135/6 arr 1040 dep 1230.

1st September ... BA86/7 reverts from 777-200ER back to 787-8.

8th September ... BA84/5 from London Heathrow [LHR] switches from A350-1000 to 777-200ER.

18th September ... final British A/W BA2278/9 summer seasonal from London Gatwick [LGW].

1st October ... final British A/W BA86/7 summer seasonal from London Heathrow [LHR].

22nd October .... final summer seasonal Edelweiss Air from Zurich [ZRH].

24th October ... Aviation Expo at South Arm United Church 11051 No 3 Road between 1100-1600.

25th October ... Lufthansa from Frankfurt [FRA] switches from 747-400 to 787-9.

25th October ... final summer seasonal Condor from Frankfurt [FRA].

26th October ... KLM from Amsterdam [AMS] switches from 777-300ER to A330-200.

17th November ... additional 3x weekly Philippine A/L A350-900 from Manila [MNL] PR136/7 arr 0800 dep 1210 for a daytime departure.  Will revert to 777-300ER 1st December.

21st November ... Delta A/L twice daily from Los Angeles [LAX] with A319 DL3192 arr 1140 dep 1250 and DL3184 arr YVR 1810 dep 1930.

1st December ... Air Canada AC1314/1317 to Cancun [CUN] upgrades to 787-9.

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 787-9).

30th January ... 3x weekly additional Philippine A/L from Manila [MNL] PR136/7 reverts from 777-300ER to A350-900.

INTERESTING VISITORS - foreign registered, special liveries and rare non scheduled visitors

29th June ... C-FHNN ... Boeing 737-7CT ... Canadian North [Yellowknife NT]

An amazing photo from Brandon Siska on Flickr from a previous visit in 2022

29th June ... A7-CGB ... Gulfstream G650ER ... Qatar Executive [Doha]

29th June ... F-UJCR ... Airbus A330-342MRTT ... French Air & Space Force [Istres]

29th June ... N67689 ... DHC 2 Beaver I ... Friday Harbor Seaplanes [Friday Harbor WA]

Part of Northwest Seaplanes on Lake Washington in Renton WA, they have a base at Corilair's facility in Campbell River The Spit and operate frequent flights to the BC fishing lodges particularly Sonora, but they are not common at YVR

29th June ... G-ZBKJ ... Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner ... British A/W [London]

A one off scheduled upgrade from the 787-8 before changing to 777-200ER, seen at LHR back in 2019

29th June ... C-GORP ... Boeing 737-8 ... WestJet [Calgary AB]

Photo by Kendal Emerak on Facebook - first daytime visit of the new Toronto Blue Jays livery

29th June ... 149915 ... EHI CH149 Cormorant ... RCAF 442 Squadron [Comox]

Seen at the 2017 Abbotsford Airshow - it came in for fuel after unsuccessfully searching for missing boaters out of Steveston harbour

30th June ... F-GSPO ... Boeing 777-228 (ER) ... Air France [Paris]

Photo by Bill Wong on Flickr from 2021 when it was a regular - a one off sub from the normal A350

30th June ... N729CA ... Boeing 747-412 (BCF) ... National A/L [Orlando FL]

Photo by Brandon Siska on Flickr - operated a charter from Atlanta to Los Angeles

30th June ... N443AA ... Airbus A321-253NX ... American A/L [Dallas Fort Worth TX]

30th June ... N944JT ... Airbus A321-231 ... JetBlue [New York JFK]

Photo by Paul Chu on Facebook - bringing in the Algerian team from Kansas City (Swiss teram flew in the American 321 above from San Diego)

1st July ... N129CZ ... Embraer EMB120ER Brasilia ... Freight Runners Exp [Milwaukee WI]

Photo by Dave Haines on Flickr - operated a charter from Milwaukee via Bellingham to Everett

1st July ... C-FHBO ... Boeing 737-7CT ... Canadian North

1st July ... C-FTWW ... Boeing 737-2T4 (ADV) ... Nolinor Avn [Mirabel QC]

Arriving from Halifax via Winnipeg and overnighted

1st July ... T7-178HT ... Bombardier Global 7500 ... Haitian Plastics Intl [Ningbo]

Arriving from Ningbo and remains parked outside the former LAS hangar - the company has visited many times over the years with is former Challenger 605 and older Global aircraft

1st July ... HB-JTP ... Dassault Falcon 6X ... Haute Avn [Zurich]

Photo by Rob Reid - arrived from Salt Lake City on it's first revenue flight

1st July ... RP-C3508 ... Airbus A350-941 ... Philippine A/L [Manila]

Bringing in President Marcos Ferdinand Jr to meet Mr Carney (in the Challenger below) to discuss security, trade, energy and defense - a close up of the retro 1979 Love Bus logo

1st July ... 144620 ... Bombardier Challenger CC-144D ... RCAF 412 Sqdn [CFB Trenton ON]

1st July ... 144617 ... Bombardier Challenger CC-144D ... RCAF 412 Sqdn [CFB Trenton ON]

2nd July ... F-UJCR ... Airbus A330-243MRTT ... French Air & Space Force [Istres]

2nd July ... T7-PMM ... Bombardier Global 7500 ... Global Jet Aruba [Johannesburg Lanseria]

Photo by Rob Reid - third visit and is never on the ground much more than half an hour

2nd July ... T-787 ... Bombardier Global 7500 ... Swiss Air Force LTDB [Payerne AFB]

Photo by King Hui on Facebook - bringing in Swiss president Guy Parmelin from Salt Lake City for their game against Algeria

2nd July ... A7-CGG .. Gulfstream G650ER ... Qatar Executive [Doha]

On a previous visit - used by FIFA President Gianni Infantini who has travelled well over 50,000 miles visiting most games including all the ones held here I believe - this time Switzerland vs Algeria

2nd July ... C-GAKI ... Dornier 228-2012 ... Alkan Air [Whitehorse YT]

Operated a wee hours charter from Whitehorse - photo taken there a couple of years ago

3rd July ... 144620 ... Bombardier Challenger CC-144D ... RCAF 412 Sqdn [CFB Trenton ON]

3rd July ... VN-A499 ... Dassault Falcon 8X ... Hai Au Avn [Hanoi]

First of four so far Vietnamese biz visitors, this one from Bozeman MT

3rd July ... T7-OLLIE ... Bombardier Global XRS ... ACASS San Marino [Melbourne Essendon]

From a previous visit - has been quite a few times now, operted a roundtrip from San Jose CA probably not uncoincidentally where the Swiss team are based

3rd July ... 7T-VLB ... Airbus A330-941 ... Air Algerie [Algiers]

Catch of the tournament so far, newly delivered in thie special livery to pick up the defeated Algerian team back home to Algiers.  First ever Algerian registered aircraft at YVR AFAIK, first time two A330NEO's have been on the ground together and only third operator here after Condor and Hifly

4th July ... D-AXTM ... Bombardier Global 6000 ... FAI Rent-A-Jet [Nuremberg] (3rd recent vist)

4th July ... C-FHBO ... Boeing 737-7CT ... Canadian North

Photo by Liam Chen on Facebook - arrived from Calgary and departing to Edmonton

4th July ... P4-MLO ... Airbus A330-243 ... Global Jet Aruba [Hong Kong]

Operated for Lawrence Ho and his company Melco Resorts of Macau from where it is arriving, it is also available for charter

4th July ... PS-BIR ... Bombardier Global 6000 ... Alljet Taxi Aereo [Sao Paulo Conghonas]

Arriving from Edmonton, my insurance shot will have to do until Rob sends me his

4th July ... N953XV ... Airbus A321-253N ... American A/L (Colombian football team arrival)

4th July ... HI1128 ... Gulfstream G550 ... Panorama Jets [Santo Domingo]

Photo by Malcom Nason on Flickr - exotice Dominican Republic registered medevac arrived from Manaus Brazil at 1am and immediately turned around to Campbell River after 62 minutes on the ground arriving there at 0221 and remained there 23 hours

5th July ... VP-BSS ... Gulfstream G650ER ... Sino Jet [Beijing]

5th July ... 146472 ... Bell CH-146 Griffon ... RCAF 430 Squadron [CFB Valcartier QC]

Looks like it has arrived at Heli One for some work

5th July ... N281GX ... Airbus A320-214 ... GlobalX Air [Miami FL]

Arrived from Kansas City Downtown

Shout out to Abbotsford who on 29th June got USAF C130J Super Hercules 08-86043, plus Canadian North also paid visits to Kamloops on 3rd July with C-FHBO 737-7CT and Abbotsford with C-FHNL 737-752

Shout out to Tim Martin in Victoria who shot this S92 on 30th June which is guessed to be the former Norsk Helicopters LN-OEC which on delivery to PHI in Lafayette LA infamously hit an overpass and became an internet meme - the roof damage seems consistent with this and is believed to be purchased for parts only

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