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YOUR AIRPORT & SEA ISLAND COMMUNITY CONNECTION
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FEBRUARY 2017
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YVR unveils Flight Plan 2037
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Vancouver International Airport (YVR) has unveiled Flight Plan 2037, the roadmap detailing the airport’s strategy to becoming a world class, sustainable hub connecting Asia and the Americas. Flight Plan 2037 provides YVR’s overarching blueprint for the future, which includes a Capital Plan, Terminal Plan, Financial Plan and the YVR 2037 Master Plan. Details of the $5.6-billion plan include expanded terminals, new taxiways, a geoexchange system and upgraded roads and bridges to Sea Island,
which will help YVR support the estimated 35-million passengers expected to travel through the airport annually by 2037. Flight Plan 2037 was developed in consultation with stakeholders and through ongoing discussions with airline partners, who formally voted on the plan as part of the overall approval process. It is based on marrying forecasted growth with facility capacity. As Canada’s second busiest airport, YVR welcomed a record 22.3-million passengers in 2016, generated $5.3-bil-
New Air Canada daily service to Dallas
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Air Canada staff celebrate the airline’s inaugural flight from YVR to DFW (Dallas Fort Worth International Airport).
The inaugural flight of Air Canada’s new route between YVR and Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) began on February 5, 2017. The nonstop year-round service will arrive at YVR daily and is timed strategically to connect DFW travellers to Air Canada’s Asian flights out of YVR. “This signals the growing trend of airlines taking advantage of YVR’s seamless connection process,” said Craig Richmond, president and CEO, Vancouver Airport Authority. “It’s great to see our partner, Air Canada, continue to promote Vancouver as their preferred transpacific hub. “This new route will also provide our passengers with further access to one of the global superhub airports, furthering business and tourism opportunities for both cities.”
This route uses the Air Canada Express’ 75-seat, Wi-Fi equipped Bombardier CRJ705 aircraft, offering business and economy seating and ondemand touch screen entertainment to every passenger. This new service benefits the local economy by creating 53 jobs at the airport and at hotels, restaurants, shops and tourist attractions. In addition, the service contributes $3.5-million to B.C.’s GDP. DFW is the third largest airport in the world in terms of operations and tenth in terms of passengers, serving more than 65-million passengers. Along with being a superhub, DFW provides access to the city of Dallas, which is the ninth largest in the U.S. and has a robust business climate, being home to 21 Fortune 500 companies.
lion in total Gross Domestic Product and drove $11.7-billion to the Canadian economy. “I am so proud to lead the team that developed and will execute Flight Plan
2037,” said Craig Richmond, president & CEO, Vancouver Airport Authority, speaking at a Greater Vancouver Board of Trade event. “This plan is built to provide for the long-term
capacity needs at YVR, while meeting and enhancing our sustainability goals and ensuring we build in an incremental fashion.” See FLIGHT PLAN 2037 page 3
Delta to begin weekly Boeing 717 flights to YVR It may not be hot off the assembly line or a next-gen aircraft like some of the more recent first-ever aircraft to land at YVR, but the Boeing 717 with its fascinating history will start making weekly flights between Vancouver and Los Angeles every Saturday. starting this summer. This will make it the first this time this rare bird will make its appearance on the runways of YVR. The Boeing 717 is a twinengine, single-aisle jet airliner that was designed and originally marketed by McDonnell Douglas as the MD-95 as part of the DC-9 family. The first order was placed in October 1995 by ValuJet Airlines (later AirTran Airways); McDonnell Douglas and Boeing merged in 1997 prior to production. After McDonnell Douglas was acquired by
Boeing in August 1997 some thought Boeing would cancel development of the MD-95, but Boeing went forward with the design under a new name, Boeing 717. It appeared that Boeing had skipped the 717 model designation when the 720 and the 727 followed the 707, but the 717 name was the company’s model number for the KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft. The designator 717 had also been used to promote an early version of the 720 to airlines before it was modified to meet market demands. A Boeing historian notes that the Air Force tanker was designated “717-100” and the commercial airliner designated “717-200”. The lack of a widespread use of the 717 name left it available for rebranding of the MD-95. Boeing’s decision to go
ahead with the 717 paid off. Early operators were pleased with its reliability and decided to order more. Boeing marketed it to a number of large airlines, including Northwest Airlines, which operated a large fleet of DC-9 aircraft, and Lufthansa. Boeing also studied a higher-capacity version of the 717, which would have been called 717-300, but decided against it, fearing that it would encroach on the company’s 737-700 model. Production of the original 717 continued, as Boeing continued to believe that the 100-passenger market would be lucrative enough to support both the 717 and the 737-600. Production of the 717 ceased in May 2006 after 156 were built. There were still 154 Boeing 717 aircraft in service as of July 2016, one of which will soar in to YVR starting July 1, 2017.
Delta’s Boeing 717 is a twin-engine, single-aisle jet airliner, developed for the 100-seat market. The aircraft has a design range of 3,815 kilometres and is powered by two RollsRoyce BR715 turbofan engines mounted at the rear of the fuselage.
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* YVR is the international aeronautical designation for Vancouver International Airport.
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