BC news round up - week 28

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

7th July ... C-GDIZ ... Cessna 182Q Skylane ... 1281970 BC [Pitt Meadows]

7th July ... C-FSNQ ... Boeing 737-8 ... Air Canada Rouge (transferred from mainline)

8th July ... C-GKGP ... Cessna 208 Caravan ... Seair Seaplanes [Vancouver]

9th July ... C-GELQ ... Boeing 737-8 ... Air Canada Rouge (transferred from mainline)

10th July ... C-FMFO ... Eurocopter AS355N TwinStar ... Rotorlink Technical Svcs [Langley]

CANCELLATIONS

3rd July ... C-FLSJ ... Aerospatiale AS350B-2 AStar ... Heliproducts [Pitt Meadows] ... to USA

ACCIDENTS

None

NEWS OF THE WEEK

8th July ... Air Canada appoint Anko van der Werff as new President & CEO - apparently he can actually speak French - as well as several other languages...

10th July ... YVR's Fly Quiet Award winners are Jazz Aviation (AC Express), Japan A/L and Porter A/L.

10th July ... Air North launch seasonal service from YVR to Kamloops [YKA] from May 2027.

10th July ... WestJet are the most on time airline in North America for June for the second month in a row and therfore the whole second quarter, with an on time performance of 86.4%.  Second was Delta at 82.7%, whereas Air Canada were 7th at 71.9%.  

FOR THE DIARY - from YVR unless stated

22nd July ... YVR employee and local community pancake breakfast at Templeton Station between 0630 - 1030 on behalf of BC Professional Fire Fighters Association Burn Fund.

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

6th July ... VN-A298 ... Gulfstream G650ER ... Sun Air [Hanoi]

Arrived directly from Hanoi - one of a trio chartered by Vietnamese property giant Masterise Group

6th July ... VN-A489 ... Dassault Falcon 8X ... Hai Au Aviation [Ho Chi Minh City]

Arrived from Hanoi via Osaka Kansai and later departed to Calgary

6th July ... VN-A799 ... Gulfstream G700 ... Hai Au Aviation [Ho Chi Minh City]

Arrived from Ho Chi Minh City and departed to Anchorage AK

6th July ... C-FHNI ... Boeing 737-7CT ... Canadian North [Yellowknife]

6th July ... C-FHNC ... Bombardier Dash 8-Q311 ... North Cariboo Air [Calgary]

Once based here and frequent visitors, this is no longer the case - arriving from Calgary after a roundtrip to Primrose AB and departed to Edmonton

6th July ... 9H-VJU ... Bombardier Global 6000 ... VistaJet Malta

6th July ... 9H-649FX ... Gulfstream G650ER ... Flexjet Malta

Arriving from Jerez de la Frontera (Spain) and departed to Las Vegas a couple of days later

6th July ... VH-8MJ ... Bombardier Global XRS ... Business Aviation Solutions [Gold Coast]

Making its second visit from Sydney via Honolulu, it went on to Victoria on the 8th where this photo was taken by Tim Martin and has departed to Opa Locka FL on the 11th

6th July ... HA-LKW ... Dassault Falcon 8X ... Air Invest [Budapest]

Second visit - photo by Manuel Ribeiro on Facebook

6th July ... A7-CGG ... Gulfstream G650ER ... Qatar Executive [Doha]

FIFA president Gianni Infantini on one of his several visits, this time for the Switzerland vs Colombia game arriving from Boeing Field after the USA vs Belgium game and departing to Teterboro for the France vs Morocco game

6th July ... N78285 ... Boeing 737-824 ... United A/L

Photo by Christian Ordanza on Facebook - first visit of 250th anniversary Stars & Stripes livery on UA1580 from Chicago

7th July ... HI1025 ... Gulfstream G400 ... Helidosa [Santo Domingo]

I believe this a medevac, it arrived from Sao Paulo Brazil

7th July ... C-FHXB ... Sikorsky S-92A Helibus ... Heli-One Canada [Vancouver]

Still in the paint of former operator CHC Scotia of Aberdeen Scotland where it was for 10.5 years, registered in March presumably being turned around for its next owner

7th July ... C-FDOW ... Bombardier CRJ-100 ... Flightexec [London ON]

Photo by Manuel Ribeiro on Facebook - used by Dow Chemicals in Sarnia ON but available for charter

8th July ... C-FHNH ... Boeing 737-783 ... Canadian North

8th July ... N955XV ... Airbus A321-253N ... American A/L [Dallas Fort Worth TX]

The type is now a regular visitor this summer, but this is the Swiss team departing to Kansas City

8th July ... G-STBB ... Boeing 777-36N (ER) ... British A/W [London Heathrow]

Photo by Brandon Siska on Flickr - two days after the 777-200ER was upgraded to A350-1000 on BA86/7, it was one off subbed for the 77W, the type has visited in the past but it is not scheduled on any of the three flights this summer

8th July ... A7-MAN ... Boeing C-17A Globemaster III ... Qatari Emiri AF - 10 Squadron [Al Udeid]

Arriving from London Stansted to pick up security vehicles and equipment, it left late on the 10th

8th July ... C-FHCN ... Boeing 737-782 ... Canadian North

Arriving from Edmonton and departed to Ottawa and Halifax, there have been several flights transporting police and other personnel, while quietly continuing with CFL and other charters

8th July ... N781AV ... Boeing 787-8 ... Avianca [Bogota]

Second hi-light of the tournament, making a roundtrip from Bogota to pick up the Colombian team after elimination in Vancouver by Switzerland on penalties, sadly not an HK- reg...

8th July ... XA-BEG ... Dassault Falcon 900LX ... Servicios Ejecutivas Continental [Monterrey]

8th July ... 2-JRSY ... Embraer EMB-550 Praetor 600 ... Trustflight [Birmingham]

A regular visitor for about six years now, seen on a previous visit in 2021

9th July ... N830SY ... Boeing 737-83N ... Sun Country A/L [Minneapolis St Paul MN] ... Swiss fan charter to Kansas City

9th July ... C-FNSV ... Beech 1900D ... North Cariboo Air

Photo by Hamza on Flickr in Calgary - arrived from Calgary and departed to Quesnel

9th July ... 9H-648FX ... Gulfstream G650ER ... Flexjet Malta

Photo by Rob Reid - arriving from Farnborough UK and is still present

10th July ... C-FYMK ... Cessna 208B Grand Caravan ... Superior A/W [Red Lake ON]

Photo by King Hui on Flickr - arrived from Lethbridge AB to visit Harbour Air

10th July ... P4-MLO ... Airbus A330-243 ... Global Jet Aruba [Hong Kong]

Photo by Brandon Siska on Flickt - taken on its previous visit, has now returned from Calgary

11trh July ... RP-C3511 ... Airbus A350-1041 ... Philippine A/L [Manila]

Photo by Dave Hazell on Facebook - first ever PR 35K visit, PR119 from Toronto diverted in, presumably on a medical emergency

11th July ... N311DU ... Airbus A220-300 ... Delta A/L [Atlanta GA]

Photo from Bill Wong on Flickr from a previous visit on scheduled service, DL928 between Seattle and Anchorage diverted in with smoke in the cabin

A couple of better photos from Rob Reid from last weeks visitors, the Swiss Air Force Global 7500 T-787 and Brazilian Global 6000 

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