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Favourite place to shop at YVR: Great Canadian Book Company. Favourite place to eat at YVR: Tim Hortons. Favourite Service Provider at YVR: Absolute Spa at YVR. The grand-prize winner of the trip for two to Paris was Pamela Hoeppner, a screening promotions specialist at the BC Cancer Agency. Hoeppner, travelling on an April 28 Air Canada flight to Kamloops, arrived to learn the flight was overbooked. In no hurry, Hoeppner left to store her bags at CDS Baggage Storage and filled out the lucky ballot. Ecstatic to learn she was the winner, Hoeppner commented that her delayed departure was indeed fortuitous. At YVR for a business trip, Hoeppner wanted to remind women of the importance of mammograms. British Columbia residents, aged 40 to 79, receive free appointments at 1888-GO-HAVE-1.
MAY 2006
Eat, Drink And Be Merry
Readers’ Choice Awards uring March and April, airport employees and the travelling public voted for their favourite YVR shop, service and restaurant in the Second Annual SkyTalk Readers’ Choice Awards. A special Readers’ Choice Awards insert in SkyTalk listed the Merchants at YVR, all of whom provided weekly draw prizes. Entrants voting for their favourite YVR shop, service or restaurant were automatically entered to win the weekly draws and the grand prize trip for two to Paris, courtesy of Zoom Airlines. Ballots were deposited in boxes located throughout the terminals and at YVR Customer Information Counters. Once again, the campaign was a great success. For two months, sponsors placed ballot boxes at their locations and provided advertising and weekly draw prizes for 10 lucky winners. The votes have been tallied and the results are in:
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Scheduled to open May 15, Virgin Books and Music will be located in the Domestic Terminal Building, Level 3. his month, the Airport Authority is unveiling some new and upgraded retail offerings. From the airport’s first Greek restaurant to the Lower Mainland’s only Virgin Books and Music location, YVR’s award-winning retail program ensures that crisscrossing the globe is better than ever. Dedicated to eating well? OPA! Souvlaki of Greece, brings the best of the Mediterranean to YVR, with Greek salad, rice pilaf, and its namesake souvlaki. Scheduled to open mid-month, OPA! Souvlaki of Greece
T Second Annual SkyTalk Readers’ Choice Awards—Pamela Hoeppner, grand-prize winner of a trip for two to Paris, courtesy Zoom Airlines. The complete list of weekly Readers’ Choice Award winners is printed on page 7.
will be in the former Shogun’s location in the International Terminal Building on Level 3. Next door, the newly renovated Burger King, opening May 8, offers even more choices, with its famed flame-broiled burgers, onion rings, and lighter fare, such as a garden salad with grilled chicken, grape tomatoes, red onions, and cucumber. But, nutrition is only one part of helping you look and feel your best. Visit Virgin Books and Music, SEE NEW AT YVR,
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High Fashion Takes Flight
Delta Air Lines Unveils Its New Uniform Collection ashion takes flight with this month’s new uniforms for Delta Air Line’s flight attendants, customer service agents and Crown Room Club representatives. Richard Tyler, a designer known for his modern tailoring and elegant evening wear, has created a uniform inspired by the era of glamorous air travel. The collection includes a wide variety of pieces that are fashionable and functional, including clothing, outerwear and accessories. The uniforms, which use the Delta navy blue and red colour palette, along with gold, platinum and red accents reflect timeless elegance. “Our employees look absolutely amazing in Richard Tyler’s Collection for Delta,” said Joanne Smith, Delta’s vice president of marketing. “His timeless design
F ‘FOD Father’ Wins National Safety Award ong-time YVR employee, Dave Larrigan, has won a prestigious national safety award. An airside officer at YVR, Dave has been recognized for his long-standing commitment and dedication to aviation safety, with this year’s Transport Canada Aviation Safety Award. For more than 50 years, Dave has worked within the aviation industry, holding a variety of positions in both public and private service. Dave began his career with the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1955, serving as a
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and elegance combined with a stylish and sophisticated new look further enhances Delta’s image as a contemporary classic. Richard’s collection is truly runway-ready. We hope our customers will enjoy our new look just as much as we do.” The Richard Tyler Collection for female employees includes blazers, blouses, pants, skirts, wrap dresses (including the signature “Red Dress” for flight attendants), pea coats, felt hats, silk scarves and pocket squares. For male employees, Tyler has created blazers, regular and French cuff dress-shirts, reversible all-weather coats, and a reversible black bucket hat. “My goal with the design of the new uniforms was to evoke the time when air travel was glamorous and sophisticated, yet with a
contemporary look and feel,” said Tyler. “The challenge of designing a uniform for air travel is to ensure that it is practical as well as stylish and I’m proud to have met that challenge, working with Delta to create a look that blends modern comfort and wearability with refined style.” Delta offers non-stop daily service to Atlanta, Georgia from YVR and, through a codeshare agreement, operates a thrice-daily daily flight to Salt Lake City, Utah. Delta is a founding member of SkyTeam, a global airline alliance that provides customers with extensive worldwide destinations, flights and services. Visit www.delta.com to check in for flights, print boarding passes or check flight status.
Delta flight attendant, Patricia Ringness, with Delta CEO, Gerald Grinstein, at a fashion show displaying the new uniforms.
Canada And The United Kingdom To Fly The ‘Open Skies’ anada and the United Kingdom have negotiated an “Open Skies” air transport agreement. On April 21, 2006, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, Lawrence Cannon, and Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the
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Vancouver-Whistler Olympics, David L. Emerson, made the announcement. The agreement allows Canadian airlines to offer virtually unlimited service, including passenger and cargo flights, to and from third countries via the United Kingdom. U.K. airlines will be able
to reciprocate, via Canada. Canadian and U.K. airlines will also be free of price restrictions when carrying traffic through their own country’s cities to the designated third SEE OPEN SKIES, CONTINUED
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