BC news round up - week 29

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

9th July ... C-GGCI ... Bombardier Dash 8-Q402 ... Conair Group [Abbotsford] - formerly Jazz (AC Express) retired 02.22.26 and stored in Muskoka ON, Halifax NS 03.06.26 and back to Muskoka 06.03.26 where it remains

9th July ... C-GGAH ... Bombardier Dash 8-Q402 ... Conair Group [Abbotsford] - formerly Jazz (AC Express) retired 03.17.26 and stored in Halifax NS and Muskoka ON from 06.17.26 where it remains

15th July ... C-GYYS ... Boeing 737-8 ... WestJet

15th July ... C-FSIQ ... Boeing 737-8 ... Air Canada Rouge ... transferred from AC

18th July ... C-FHFN ... Airbus A220-300 ... Air Canada

CANCELLATIONS

8th July ... C-GKUK ... Bombardier Dash 8Q-402 ... Jazz (AC Express) ... retired 07.16.25 and parked in Sault Ste Marie ON 08.04.25, Halifax NS 12.09.25 and Barrie Orillia ON 06.22.26 and re-registered to Smart AMS 07.08.26

13th July ... C-FPDY ... Eurocopter EC130B4 ... Private [Victoria] ... to N21TH

Photo taken by King Hui at YVR back in April 2016

ACCIDENTS

14th July ... C-GHFL ... Hughes 369D ... West Coast Helicopters [Port McNeill] ... crashed in Loughborough Inlet (roughly north of Campbell River on the mainland) on forestry work killing two of three on board.  My sincere condolences to all involved and much respect to the guys and gals who do so much of this tough work in difficult conditions.

Image proviced by WCA on their Facebook page

NEWS OF THE WEEK

13th July ... Allegiant Air confirm the Sun Country brand will disappear "once the operational integration of the two carriers is completed".  The Sun Country brand has been around for 43 years, starting operations in January 1983 using a leased B727 from Air Florida.  The airline operate a small summer seasonal scheduled service to YVR from their base in Minneapolis St Paul MN but visit more frequently on MLS flights carrying the White Caps to their away games and bringing in most visiting teams, plus other sports and cruise ship related charters throughout the year.  Presumably all this work will continue under new Allegiant ownership assuming their charter work is profitable and a reason for the purchase.

14th July ... WestJet announce a lease of a further 13 737-10 from Aviation Capital Group (ACG) in addition to their firm order for 96 directly from Boeing.  They are expected to be the launch operator by the end of the year subject to certification and so far, four have flown and been allocated registrations (none on the CCAR):

C-GOAA ... Fin 101 ... MSN / LN 68842 / 9475 ... first flight 19th March

C-FMWY ... Fin 102 ... MSN / LN 68402 / 9481 ... first flight 2nd March 

C-GFON ... Fin 107 ... MSN / LN 68403 / 9483 ... first flight 14th April 

C-FENY ... Fin tbc ... MSN / LN tbc / 9711 ... first flight 18th July

Photos by Brandon Siska on Flickr, taken at the Boeing factory in Renton WA back in February, C-GOAA and N4027R which became C-FMWY

14th July ... Central Mountain Air (CMA) operate their first charter flight from their new lounge located within the Millionair FBO at YVR South.

15th July ... Jim Liu of AeroRoutes reports WestJet start today expanded codeshare flights operated by Delta A/L from Detroit and Minneapolis St Paul plus will cover their new route from LA to YVR in November.

15th July ... Jim also reports Porter A/L will codeshare with American A/L on almost 40 routes from Chicago [ORD] from the winter 26/27 season.

15th July ... CUPE confirm 99.4% of WestJet flight attendants vote in favor of strike action, 97.3% of all members voting.

FOR THE DIARY - from YVR unless stated

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.

28th May ... Air North launch Kamloops [YKA] summer seasonal Monday & Friday, later Wednesday.

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

12th July ... N352WB ... Dassault Falcon 50 ... WB Summit Properties [Stuart FL]

Photo by Rob Reid, arrived from Penticton, operated a roundtrip to Tofino returning on the 14th and departed to Great Falls MT

14th July ... N939AJ ... Embraer Legacy 600 ... Continental 678 Fund [Leesburg VA]

14th July ... N3170B ... Cessna 650 Citation III ... Spring Mountain Ents [Santa Ana CA]

Photo by Rob Reid, arrived from Palm Springs and departed to Tacoma Narrows WA

14th July ... N502RZ ... Raytheon Hawker 900XP ... Sky Quest [Cleveland OH]

Photo by Rob Reid, arrived from home base Cleveland and departed to Great Falls MT

15th July ... N550CZ ... Cessna 550 Citation S/II ... NCW Aircraft [Wenatchee WA]

Photo by King Hui operating a return trip from Moses Lake WA, returning via Bellingham

15th July ... M-ALTH ... Bombardier Global 6000 ... Jet Aviation Business Jets [Hong Kong]

A photo of it's very first visit back in June 2022, it has been quite a few times since

15th July ... OE-HST ... Bombardier Challenger 350 ... Salzburg Jet Center

It's first visit back in August 2021, it has visited many times since

15th July ... N450P ... DHC 2 Beaver I ... N450P LLC [Renton WA]

Photo by King Hui operating a roundtrip from Cortez Island and onward to Friday Harbor (San Juan Island), I suspect is operating for Friday Harbor Seaplanes, a subsidiary of Northwest Seaplanes

15th July ... N605JB ... Airbus A320-232 ... JetBlue [New York JFK]

Photo by Christian Ordanza on Facebook, operating the Boston schedule in the Red Sox livery

16th July ... A7-MAM ... Boeing C-17A Globemaster III ... Qatar Emiri AF 10 Sq / FW8 [Al Udeid]

Photo by King Hui arriving from London Stansted to pick up World Cup security vehicles & equipment

19th July ... D-AXTM ... Bombardier Global 6000 ... FAI Rent-A-Jet [Nuremberg] (4th recent visit)

Shout out to Penticton, Kelowna and Kamloops who all got a multiple 5 ship's of an US Army UH60M Black Hawk with 4 AH64 Apache's on 13th and 14th July.  I saw UH60's 14-20650 over Skaha Lake on the 13th and 13-20585 on the 14th.

Some incredible photos from Rick Montagnon in Kelowna on Facebook

Another shout out to Kelowna on 14th July who saw arrival of former Spirit A/L A321NX N730NK now with lessor Sumisho for storage after storage in Goodyear AZ since 5th May after their collapse.

Photo by Liam Allport on Flickr

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