F R E E YOUR AIRPORT AND SEA ISLAND COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER
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JUNE 2006
Photo: Jim Jorgenson
Keeping YVR FOD-Free Best Of The Mediterranean Arrives At YVR ast month, YVR welcomed the opening of the airport’s first Greek restaurant, OPA! Souvlaki of Greece. Located in the International Terminal Building on Level 3 Departures, the restaurant specializes in fresh, fast Greek food to go, offering a choice of pita wraps, salads, rice pilaf, calamari, vegetarian dishes and its namesake, souvlaki. Owner John Tsegaris said he and his staff are enjoying the fast-paced environment of the airport terminal and he is pleased at the response by travellers to the new restaurant. Watch for more unveilings of stores and services as YVR continues to add to its award-winning retail program.
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ast month, more than 100 volunteers from the Airport Authority, airport businesses and BCIT staff and students gathered in the pre-dawn hours to search the airport’s runways, taxiways, aprons and nearby fields for Foreign Object Debris (FOD). FOD includes any object that could poten-
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tially damage an airplane, or airport equipment, or injure airport personnel. YVR’s 13th annual FOD Walk is one element of the Airport Authority’s program to keep aircraft operating areas and the airfield FOD-free, while raising
YVR Fly Quiet Awards Promote Noise Abatement
awareness amongst employees. Airside safety officer, Dave Larrigan, last month’s 2006 Transport Canada Aviation Safety Award recipient, has established a FOD control program at YVR that has become the template for airports worldwide.
Vancouver To Host 2007 World Air Transport Summit ancouver has been chosen to host the 63rd International Air Transport Association’s Annual General Meeting (IATAAGM) and World Air Transport Summit from June 3 to 5, 2007. The announcement was made at the closing ceremonies of this year’s AGM in Paris. This will be the first time the event will be held in Vancouver. The IATA AGM and World Air Transport Summit is the global airline industry’s pre-eminent event, attended by more than 700 representatives from airlines, industry, manufacturers and suppliers as well as a large, international media contingent. Vancouver is recognized as one of the world’s premier meeting and convention destinations, and a top delegate draw according to Rick Antonson, president and CEO of Tourism Vancouver. “We are honoured to have the IATA AGM and World Air Transport Summit choose our city and are confident that our service-edge commitment to deliver the best combination of customer sales, service and destination value anywhere in the world, will result in a wonderfully successful event.” Past IATA AGM host cities include Paris, Tokyo, London, Madrid, Rio, Singapore, Washington, Geneva, Sydney and Montreal, which hosted the inaugural event in 1945.
V The Dash-8 is a series of twin-turboprop airliners designed by DeHavilland Canada (DHC) in the early 1980s. They are now made by Bombardier Aerospace, which purchased DHC from Boeing in 1992. Since 1996, the aircraft have been known as the Q or “quiet” series, due to their Active Noise and Vibration Suppression system designed to reduce cabin noise and vibration levels.
The Airbus A319 is a shortened, minimum change version of the A320. With virtually the same fuel capacity as the A320-200, and fewer passengers, its range with 124 passengers in two-class configuration extends to 3,900 nautical miles (7,200 km), the highest in its class.
he Airport Authority has created a new award for airlines to help promote noise abatement at YVR and reduce potential aircraft disturbance to its neighbours. The YVR Fly Quiet Awards recognizes airlines in three categories—propeller and rotary wing, narrow-body jet and wide-body jet—with the lowest average sound exposure levels, as measured by the Airport Authority’s noise monitoring and flight tracking system during aircraft departures. To be eligible for the awards, an airline must conduct more than 200 take-
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The Boeing 747, commonly called the Jumbo Jet, is one of the most recognizable modern jet airliners. First flown commercially in 1970, the four-engine 747 uses a two-deck configuration. A typical three-class layout accommodates 416 passengers, while a two-class layout accommodates a maximum of 524 passengers.
offs and landings during the year, and have no registered violations of YVR’s noise abatement procedures. Winners of the inaugural YVR Fly Quiet Awards for 2005: • Propeller and Rotary Wing: Air Canada Jazz, operating the BombardierDeHavilland Dash-8 • Narrow-body Jet: Mexicana, operating the Airbus A319 • Wide-body Jet: Korean Air, operating the Boeing 747 and 777.
Spirit Bears Blaze A Trail Into YVR f you’ve visited YVR recently, you may have noticed a new addition to the airport’s art collection. From May through October 2006, travellers at YVR can catch a glimpse of four “Spirit Bears” or Kermode Bears, as envisioned by local artists. It’s all part of “Spirit Bears in the City,” a fundraiser in support of The British Columbia Lions Society’s Easter Seal Operations and the Canucks for Kids Fund. Life-sized bear sculptures have been painted or styled by artists—some with a definite whimsical bent—and are on display throughout the province. Kermode Bears, which are native to B.C.’s northern forests, have a dis-
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tinctive white colouring and embody the West Coast of the province. The exhibit will conclude with the “Spirit Bear Auction,” when a select group of bears will be auctioned off to the highest bidder at a gala dinner; the remaining bears will be auctioned online. Funds raised will be used to continue the Society’s programs and services such as Easter Seal Camps, Easter Seal Houses, Easter Seal Buses and the Lions Laser Skin Care Centre and helipad at Vancouver Hospital. See the bears up close at: Domestic Terminal, post-security, Pier C—Geoffrey E. Hacker’s The Spirit of Northern B.C. (spon-
sored by the Northwest Corridor Development Corporation) South Terminal—Steve Smith’s West Coast Bear (sponsored by West Coast Resorts) International Terminal, Level 3, near the Fairmont Vancouver Airport Hotel — XWA-LACKTUN’s Look at Me! (sponsored by Holland America Line) International Terminal, Level 3, near the Haida Gwaii—Dwayne Simeon’s My Land (sponsored by Vancouver International Airport Authority). For more information on the program and to see a map of Spirit Bear locations in the province, visit www.spiritbearsinthecity.com.
Steve Smith’s West Coast Bear located in the South Terminal.
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