YVR - Vancouver Int'l Airport Discussion - Page 2

spongeg · May 9th, 2007, 08:31 AM

they are giving away 1000 tickets

I just read on another forum someone who booked tickets online and they came up as $0 - meaning she won - but she didn't like the date so changed it! and didn't get the free ticket the second time - haha

***hkskyline*** · May 21st, 2007, 06:25 PM

Here is Oasis' ad in a Hong Kong travel magazine featuring the discount fare of less than HK$4000 roundtrip.

nova9 · June 7th, 2007, 02:11 AM

I've heard the Vancouver Aquarium tank is completed at the terminal. Even though it is past the security zone, would anyone be able to get a picture of it. I'm too impatient to wait for the 3 weeks before my flight...lol.

yyzhyd · June 12th, 2007, 05:08 PM

Now to be year-round service, up from the originally planned seasonal winter schedule. Unfortunately the frequency is still just 3x weekly.

Excerpt:
Air New Zealand Extends New Non-Stop Service between Vancouver and Auckland
EL SEGUNDO, CALIF., June 11 /CNW/ - Air New Zealand today announced that
its new non-stop service between Vancouver, Canada and Auckland, New Zealand
will now operate year-round, offering additional flights to those newly
scheduled for the peak travel season. The increase comes in response to the
strong demand from customers eager to fly directly to New Zealand.

Link:
http://www.cnw.ca/fr/releases/archiv.../11/c3024.html

mr.x · June 16th, 2007, 08:43 PM

The new international wing:

60 Meter West Coast Themed Creek

30,000 Gallon Aquarium

nova9 · June 17th, 2007, 02:43 AM

that is an amazing installation! thanks mr.x!

if anyone has questions about the animals in the tank, i'm your man but for anything, mr.x probably has it covered. haha.

thanks again. can't wait. i'm taking the first Oasis flight to Hong Kong so here's hoping for a successful 1st flight. ahh.

mr.x · June 17th, 2007, 04:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nova9

that is an amazing installation! thanks mr.x!

if anyone has questions about the animals in the tank, i'm your man but for anything, mr.x probably has it covered. haha.

thanks again. can't wait. i'm taking the first Oasis flight to Hong Kong so here's hoping for a successful 1st flight. ahh.

haha, those aren't my photos. got it from elsewhere.

so i'm guessing you're one of those lucky ones that got free Oasis tickets?

nova9 · June 17th, 2007, 01:08 PM

no. my friend on the same flight as me did get a free ticket though. so he was nice and decided to split the prize so we shared the cost of my flight.

mr.x · June 17th, 2007, 07:52 PM

Airport takes diagrams off its website
Experts described web pages as a 'terrorist's guide to YVR'
Christina Montgomery, The Province
Published: Sunday, June 17, 2007

The Vancouver Airport Authority has removed detailed diagrams of the airport's critical infrastructure systems from its website -- information that security experts had branded a "terrorist's guide to YVR."

As The Province first reported in February, a technical report attached to a master plan on the website provided a host of information and diagrams of the facility's most strategic systems -- including detailed schematics of the fuel, electrical and communications systems.

Police and security experts familiar with the material said the decision to package the information and make it so easily available to potential misuse represented "almost a malicious disregard for public safety."

Transport Canada ruled that the material broke no regulations and could stay.

Airport spokeswoman Ali Hounsell said at the time that the authority believed the information was easily obtainable elsewhere and was not considered a security problem -- although she confirmed an RCMP officer had expressed concerns about it to the authority.

In early June, when three men were arrested for allegedly plotting to blow up a fuel line into New York's JFK airport, a Province web search showed the Vancouver airport authority material was still available.

Yesterday, Larry Berg, president of the airport authority, said the material has now been removed.

"We didn't remove it because we had concerns," Berg told a Province reporter. "We did it because you had concerns."

Hounsell later said the entire draft plan, including the technical diagrams, was actually removed from the website in early May.

She suggested the web search in June may have somehow turned up an archived web page. A Province search last night was unsuccessful in pulling up the material.

A "master plan" button on the site now connects to a notice reading: "The Airport Authority has submitted the 2027 Land Use Plan to the Federal Minister of Transport for approval. This web page will be updated with the revised YVR: Your Airport 2027 Master Plan, Technical Report and approved 2027 Land Use Plan when they are available."

cmontgomery@png.canwest.com

© The Vancouver Province 2007

mr.x · June 26th, 2007, 03:20 AM

Part of the newly completed phase I international terminal expansion:

60-metre themed creek
image hosted on flickr

30,000 gallon jellyfish tank operated by the Vancouver Aquarium
image hosted on flickr

image hosted on flickr

Lights resemble "floating logs"
image hosted on flickr

image hosted on flickr

The core of the newly expanded international terminal....behind this pic is a Tim Hortons, a Milestones, and shops.
image hosted on flickr

sukh · June 28th, 2007, 04:30 AM

The airport awesome, big and beautiful, hands down better than any other expansion going on in Canada. Especially that ugly thing they are building in Toronto. Calgary's expansion impresses me though.

clooless · June 29th, 2007, 10:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sukh

The airport awesome, big and beautiful, hands down better than any other expansion going on in Canada. Especially that ugly thing they are building in Toronto. Calgary's expansion impresses me though.

I haven't been to Pearson since the new terminal opened, so I can't speak about it. I do fly back and forth between Calgary, Vancouver, Edmonton and Winnipeg all the time and I am very happy with what they've done in Calgary. I just wish the Air Canada departure wing had the amenities of the Westjet side.

YVR has improved so much in the last decade it is truly amazing. Many people are surprised to learn that there is a terminal annex to YVR south and slightly east of the main terminal called the South Terminal, designated for regional airlines like Orca and Pacific Coastal as well as charter aircraft. A few years ago it was renovated from a fairly utilitarian structure into the same style as the domestic and international terminals. It's a beautiful little place. I remember someone once told me the south terminal was Vancouver's original airport structure before the new domestic terminal opened in 1968.

mr.x · July 6th, 2007, 01:47 AM

Photos by Tintinium:

Link building
image hosted on flickr

image hosted on flickr

Canada Line YVR-Airport Station construction
image hosted on flickr

image hosted on flickr

Canada Line road overpass near YVR's Templeton Station
image hosted on flickr

image hosted on flickr

YVR Templeton Station and track switches at the station
image hosted on flickr

***hkskyline*** · July 31st, 2007, 06:13 PM

By wahwah225 from HKADB :

***hkskyline*** · August 3rd, 2007, 03:57 AM

HONG KONG FARE WAR
1 August 2007
The Globe and Mail

The fare war on the Vancouver-Hong Kong route is heating up with newcomer Oasis Hong Kong Airlines reacting to Cathay Pacific's expansion of service to 17 flights a week. Oasis is now offering all seats on weekday flights departing Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from Vancouver to Hong Kong for $299 one-way for economy and $789 for business, excluding taxes. This offer is available to passengers who book by Aug. 15 and are travelling between Oct. 9 and Dec. 13.

In a separate deal, with the purchase of a return ticket from Vancouver to Hong Kong and a minimum one-night stay, passengers will receive a free return flight to Singapore with Oasis's partner carrier, Jet Star Asia. Return tickets are available from $599, plus taxes in economy and $1,599, plus taxes in business.

Tickets can be booked online at oasishongkong.com, through Oasis's customer service centre at 1-888-983-0808 and through travel agents.

aberrate · August 3rd, 2007, 05:20 AM

I'm really impressed by Oasis's prices...if you assume that Cathay's prices are inflated, then I wonder if Oasis's are kept artifically low. They've got to be cutting costs SOMEWHERE, right? I mean those prices are cheaper than an AC flight from Vancouver to Toronto!

nova9 · August 3rd, 2007, 08:15 AM

I flew Oasis from Vancouver to Hong Kong on the inaugural flight and all the passengers on that flight received a Boeing 747 model with Oasis colours and banners as a gift. The meals were edible and the attendants were pleasant.

My only pause is their special meals, a passenger next to me had requested vegeterian and he got what seemed to be vegan. They don't make a difference to the airline so they took the safe bet and made vegan meals (I guess it's better than being vegan and only getting vegeterian). And honestly, looking at the veggie option, it's not worth paying extra for it.

For a 13 hour flight, they need more english movies as I watched the Queen about 3 times. And parts of Aladdin twice. Haha.

But for the price I'm paying, I love Oasis - though I'm dreading my flight back, not because it's Oasis but because it's 13 hours of butt numbing flying.

mr.x · August 10th, 2007, 05:24 AM

Vancouver International Airport - YVR - was named the best airport in North America by SkyTrax in their comprehensive survey of 7.8 million passengers of 95 nationalities. It was also named the 8th best in the world.

http://www.worldairportawards.com/Aw...irport2007.htm

aberrate · August 10th, 2007, 05:32 AM

Wow what happened...a 15 to 8 jump? Not bad!

mr.x · August 10th, 2007, 06:12 AM

And not only that..........

Vancouver International Voted Top Airport by Pilots

Vancouver Sun
Published: Wednesday, August 08, 2007

The Air Line Pilots Association has named Vancouver International Airport as its 2007 Airport of the Year.

The 60,000-member organization selected the airport for its efforts in engaging the pilot community in discussions and reviews of operational procedures and facility plans.

ALPA representative Bob Perkins noted the airport hosts an annual chief pilots meeting where airport stakeholders discuss funding requests and airfield improvements. It also has a website that provides pilots with information on airport activities and operations and an opportunity to provide feedback on important issues.

The ALPA represents pilots' interests at more than 200 commercial airports in the U.S. and Canada.

© 2007 CanWest

May 21st, 2007, 06:25 PM	#22
*hkskyline* Hong Kong Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 71,053 Likes (Received): 841	Here is Oasis' ad in a Hong Kong travel magazine featuring the discount fare of less than HK$4000 roundtrip. __________________ Hong Kong Photo Gallery - Click Here for the Hong Kong Galleries World Photo Gallery - \| New York \| London \| Egypt \| Dubai \| Shanghai \| Xian \| Tokyo \| Kyoto \| Prague Beijing, Seoul, Taipei, Mumbai, Iceland, Sydney, Rocky Mountains, Toronto, and much more!

June 12th, 2007, 05:08 PM	#24
yyzhyd Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 582 Likes (Received): 0	Air New Zealand upgrades service to YVR. Now to be year-round service, up from the originally planned seasonal winter schedule. Unfortunately the frequency is still just 3x weekly. Excerpt: Air New Zealand Extends New Non-Stop Service between Vancouver and Auckland EL SEGUNDO, CALIF., June 11 /CNW/ - Air New Zealand today announced that its new non-stop service between Vancouver, Canada and Auckland, New Zealand will now operate year-round, offering additional flights to those newly scheduled for the peak travel season. The increase comes in response to the strong demand from customers eager to fly directly to New Zealand. Link: http://www.cnw.ca/fr/releases/archiv.../11/c3024.html

June 16th, 2007, 08:43 PM	#25
mr.x Ex-mod Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: █♣█ Vancouver Posts: 8,072 Likes (Received): 1	The new international wing: 60 Meter West Coast Themed Creek 30,000 Gallon Aquarium __________________ "My Homer is not a communist. He may be a liar, a pig, an idiot, a communist, but he is NOT a porn star." - Abe Simpson "Preparations for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics are progressing so well, it's boring. We'd like there to be some challenges, so we [the IOC] could shout at them." - IOC (Sept. 2007) "In medieval Europe if you didn't like somebody's argument and couldn't think of a real response you called them a witch and demanded they be burned at the stake. In the US you call them unpatriotic, and in Canada you call them racist."

June 17th, 2007, 07:52 PM	#29
mr.x Ex-mod Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: █♣█ Vancouver Posts: 8,072 Likes (Received): 1	Airport takes diagrams off its website Experts described web pages as a 'terrorist's guide to YVR' Christina Montgomery, The Province Published: Sunday, June 17, 2007 The Vancouver Airport Authority has removed detailed diagrams of the airport's critical infrastructure systems from its website -- information that security experts had branded a "terrorist's guide to YVR." As The Province first reported in February, a technical report attached to a master plan on the website provided a host of information and diagrams of the facility's most strategic systems -- including detailed schematics of the fuel, electrical and communications systems. Police and security experts familiar with the material said the decision to package the information and make it so easily available to potential misuse represented "almost a malicious disregard for public safety." Transport Canada ruled that the material broke no regulations and could stay. Airport spokeswoman Ali Hounsell said at the time that the authority believed the information was easily obtainable elsewhere and was not considered a security problem -- although she confirmed an RCMP officer had expressed concerns about it to the authority. In early June, when three men were arrested for allegedly plotting to blow up a fuel line into New York's JFK airport, a Province web search showed the Vancouver airport authority material was still available. Yesterday, Larry Berg, president of the airport authority, said the material has now been removed. "We didn't remove it because we had concerns," Berg told a Province reporter. "We did it because you had concerns." Hounsell later said the entire draft plan, including the technical diagrams, was actually removed from the website in early May. She suggested the web search in June may have somehow turned up an archived web page. A Province search last night was unsuccessful in pulling up the material. A "master plan" button on the site now connects to a notice reading: "The Airport Authority has submitted the 2027 Land Use Plan to the Federal Minister of Transport for approval. This web page will be updated with the revised YVR: Your Airport 2027 Master Plan, Technical Report and approved 2027 Land Use Plan when they are available." cmontgomery@png.canwest.com © The Vancouver Province 2007 __________________ "My Homer is not a communist. He may be a liar, a pig, an idiot, a communist, but he is NOT a porn star." - Abe Simpson "Preparations for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics are progressing so well, it's boring. We'd like there to be some challenges, so we [the IOC] could shout at them." - IOC (Sept. 2007) "In medieval Europe if you didn't like somebody's argument and couldn't think of a real response you called them a witch and demanded they be burned at the stake. In the US you call them unpatriotic, and in Canada you call them racist."

June 26th, 2007, 03:20 AM	#30
mr.x Ex-mod Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: █♣█ Vancouver Posts: 8,072 Likes (Received): 1	Part of the newly completed phase I international terminal expansion: 60-metre themed creek image hosted on flickr 30,000 gallon jellyfish tank operated by the Vancouver Aquarium image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr Lights resemble "floating logs" image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr The core of the newly expanded international terminal....behind this pic is a Tim Hortons, a Milestones, and shops. image hosted on flickr __________________ "My Homer is not a communist. He may be a liar, a pig, an idiot, a communist, but he is NOT a porn star." - Abe Simpson "Preparations for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics are progressing so well, it's boring. We'd like there to be some challenges, so we [the IOC] could shout at them." - IOC (Sept. 2007) "In medieval Europe if you didn't like somebody's argument and couldn't think of a real response you called them a witch and demanded they be burned at the stake. In the US you call them unpatriotic, and in Canada you call them racist."

May 9th, 2007, 08:31 AM	#21
spongeg Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Coquitlam/Rainbow Lake Posts: 7,573 Likes (Received): 1	they are giving away 1000 tickets I just read on another forum someone who booked tickets online and they came up as $0 - meaning she won - but she didn't like the date so changed it! and didn't get the free ticket the second time - haha

June 7th, 2007, 02:11 AM	#23
nova9 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 310 Likes (Received): 0	I've heard the Vancouver Aquarium tank is completed at the terminal. Even though it is past the security zone, would anyone be able to get a picture of it. I'm too impatient to wait for the 3 weeks before my flight...lol.

June 17th, 2007, 02:43 AM	#26
nova9 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 310 Likes (Received): 0	that is an amazing installation! thanks mr.x! if anyone has questions about the animals in the tank, i'm your man but for anything, mr.x probably has it covered. haha. thanks again. can't wait. i'm taking the first Oasis flight to Hong Kong so here's hoping for a successful 1st flight. ahh.

June 17th, 2007, 01:08 PM	#28
nova9 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 310 Likes (Received): 0	no. my friend on the same flight as me did get a free ticket though. so he was nice and decided to split the prize so we shared the cost of my flight.

June 28th, 2007, 04:30 AM	#31
sukh Khalistan! Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 254 Likes (Received): 0	The airport awesome, big and beautiful, hands down better than any other expansion going on in Canada. Especially that ugly thing they are building in Toronto. Calgary's expansion impresses me though.

July 6th, 2007, 01:47 AM	#33
mr.x Ex-mod Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: █♣█ Vancouver Posts: 8,072 Likes (Received): 1	Photos by Tintinium: Link building image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr Canada Line YVR-Airport Station construction image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr Canada Line road overpass near YVR's Templeton Station image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr YVR Templeton Station and track switches at the station image hosted on flickr __________________ "My Homer is not a communist. He may be a liar, a pig, an idiot, a communist, but he is NOT a porn star." - Abe Simpson "Preparations for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics are progressing so well, it's boring. We'd like there to be some challenges, so we [the IOC] could shout at them." - IOC (Sept. 2007) "In medieval Europe if you didn't like somebody's argument and couldn't think of a real response you called them a witch and demanded they be burned at the stake. In the US you call them unpatriotic, and in Canada you call them racist."

July 31st, 2007, 06:13 PM	#34
*hkskyline* Hong Kong Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 71,053 Likes (Received): 841	By wahwah225 from HKADB : __________________ Hong Kong Photo Gallery - Click Here for the Hong Kong Galleries World Photo Gallery - \| New York \| London \| Egypt \| Dubai \| Shanghai \| Xian \| Tokyo \| Kyoto \| Prague Beijing, Seoul, Taipei, Mumbai, Iceland, Sydney, Rocky Mountains, Toronto, and much more!

August 3rd, 2007, 03:57 AM	#35
*hkskyline* Hong Kong Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 71,053 Likes (Received): 841	HONG KONG FARE WAR 1 August 2007 The Globe and Mail The fare war on the Vancouver-Hong Kong route is heating up with newcomer Oasis Hong Kong Airlines reacting to Cathay Pacific's expansion of service to 17 flights a week. Oasis is now offering all seats on weekday flights departing Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from Vancouver to Hong Kong for $299 one-way for economy and $789 for business, excluding taxes. This offer is available to passengers who book by Aug. 15 and are travelling between Oct. 9 and Dec. 13. In a separate deal, with the purchase of a return ticket from Vancouver to Hong Kong and a minimum one-night stay, passengers will receive a free return flight to Singapore with Oasis's partner carrier, Jet Star Asia. Return tickets are available from $599, plus taxes in economy and $1,599, plus taxes in business. Tickets can be booked online at oasishongkong.com, through Oasis's customer service centre at 1-888-983-0808 and through travel agents. __________________ Hong Kong Photo Gallery - Click Here for the Hong Kong Galleries World Photo Gallery - \| New York \| London \| Egypt \| Dubai \| Shanghai \| Xian \| Tokyo \| Kyoto \| Prague Beijing, Seoul, Taipei, Mumbai, Iceland, Sydney, Rocky Mountains, Toronto, and much more!

August 3rd, 2007, 05:20 AM	#36
aberrate Vagabond Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Vancouver/Toronto Posts: 128 Likes (Received): 0	I'm really impressed by Oasis's prices...if you assume that Cathay's prices are inflated, then I wonder if Oasis's are kept artifically low. They've got to be cutting costs SOMEWHERE, right? I mean those prices are cheaper than an AC flight from Vancouver to Toronto!

August 3rd, 2007, 08:15 AM	#37
nova9 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 310 Likes (Received): 0	I flew Oasis from Vancouver to Hong Kong on the inaugural flight and all the passengers on that flight received a Boeing 747 model with Oasis colours and banners as a gift. The meals were edible and the attendants were pleasant. My only pause is their special meals, a passenger next to me had requested vegeterian and he got what seemed to be vegan. They don't make a difference to the airline so they took the safe bet and made vegan meals (I guess it's better than being vegan and only getting vegeterian). And honestly, looking at the veggie option, it's not worth paying extra for it. For a 13 hour flight, they need more english movies as I watched the Queen about 3 times. And parts of Aladdin twice. Haha. But for the price I'm paying, I love Oasis - though I'm dreading my flight back, not because it's Oasis but because it's 13 hours of butt numbing flying.

August 10th, 2007, 05:24 AM	#38
mr.x Ex-mod Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: █♣█ Vancouver Posts: 8,072 Likes (Received): 1	Vancouver International Airport - YVR - was named the best airport in North America by SkyTrax in their comprehensive survey of 7.8 million passengers of 95 nationalities. It was also named the 8th best in the world. http://www.worldairportawards.com/Aw...irport2007.htm __________________ "My Homer is not a communist. He may be a liar, a pig, an idiot, a communist, but he is NOT a porn star." - Abe Simpson "Preparations for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics are progressing so well, it's boring. We'd like there to be some challenges, so we [the IOC] could shout at them." - IOC (Sept. 2007) "In medieval Europe if you didn't like somebody's argument and couldn't think of a real response you called them a witch and demanded they be burned at the stake. In the US you call them unpatriotic, and in Canada you call them racist."

August 10th, 2007, 05:32 AM	#39
aberrate Vagabond Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Vancouver/Toronto Posts: 128 Likes (Received): 0	Wow what happened...a 15 to 8 jump? Not bad!

August 10th, 2007, 06:12 AM	#40
mr.x Ex-mod Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: █♣█ Vancouver Posts: 8,072 Likes (Received): 1	And not only that.......... Vancouver International Voted Top Airport by Pilots Vancouver Sun Published: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 The Air Line Pilots Association has named Vancouver International Airport as its 2007 Airport of the Year. The 60,000-member organization selected the airport for its efforts in engaging the pilot community in discussions and reviews of operational procedures and facility plans. ALPA representative Bob Perkins noted the airport hosts an annual chief pilots meeting where airport stakeholders discuss funding requests and airfield improvements. It also has a website that provides pilots with information on airport activities and operations and an opportunity to provide feedback on important issues. The ALPA represents pilots' interests at more than 200 commercial airports in the U.S. and Canada. © 2007 CanWest __________________ "My Homer is not a communist. He may be a liar, a pig, an idiot, a communist, but he is NOT a porn star." - Abe Simpson "Preparations for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics are progressing so well, it's boring. We'd like there to be some challenges, so we [the IOC] could shout at them." - IOC (Sept. 2007) "In medieval Europe if you didn't like somebody's argument and couldn't think of a real response you called them a witch and demanded they be burned at the stake. In the US you call them unpatriotic, and in Canada you call them racist."

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