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RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - Spokes - 05-12-2015 Very interesting article, not only from a local perspective, but the entire project. Sounds like using YKF as a southern hub is having fantastic local benefits. RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - DHLawrence - 05-23-2015 It may have been a trick of the eyes, but I believe I saw a Bearskin plane on the tarmac at YKF this afternoon. RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - panamaniac - 05-23-2015 Bearskin never left YKF - the run the charters for the School of the Blind in Brantford. RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - white_brian - 06-05-2015 Any idea what ground breaking is taking place today. 570news said the transport minister Lisa Raitt was coming for the ceremony RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - Markster - 06-05-2015 On the twitters, I saw this: Quote: RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - JoeKW - 06-05-2015 Neat.. Will a new control tower give the airport any new capabilities? RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - Guido - 06-28-2015 (06-05-2015, 07:33 PM)JoeKW Wrote: Neat.. Will a new control tower give the airport any new capabilities? Basically more space, better visibility, and updates for the controllers. Here's NavCanada's press release: http://www.navcanada.ca/EN/media/Pages/NR-KW-Tower.aspx Quote:NAV CANADA to build new control tower at the Region of Waterloo International Airport RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - Canard - 07-20-2015 WestJet to fly from the Region to Orlando come December Woo-hoo!!! Too bad it's only December to April to start (I do a yearly pilgrimage to Orlando in October for the Halloween events at the theme parks out of BUF), but this is so awesome. A quick check of initial fares looks like they're in the $150-180 range one-way, which isn't too far off of the Southwest ~$120 fares I usually get out of BUF. Factor in parking, travel time, etc... RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - panamaniac - 07-20-2015 WestJet will offer new weekly flights from Region of Waterloo International Airport to Orlando, Florida starting this December. The service will be offered seasonally, with Thursday flights available December 10, 2015 and running to April 28, 2016. ... The new service has planes scheduled to leave Waterloo Region at 9:45 a.m. and arrive in Orlando at 12:30 p.m. Return trips leave Orlando at 2:00 p.m. an arrive in Waterloo Region at 4:42 p.m. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/new-weekly-flights-from-waterloo-region-to-orlando-this-winter-1.3159714 RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - jerryhung - 07-20-2015 Westjet's own website shows ~$200 one-way http://westjet2.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=1006 Now this may make the RBC WestJet credit card a bit more useful for East Coast $99 Companion fares.... RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - Canard - 07-20-2015 I found flights in mid December for $150 one way YKF-MCO... Also looks like it's just one per week, on Thursday. Makes for awkward vacation timing. RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - YKF - 07-20-2015 (07-20-2015, 06:24 PM)Canard Wrote: I found flights in mid December for $150 one way YKF-MCO... Not necessarily. The one flight a week will tie into their Westjet Vacations side of things and allow them to sell 7-day packages. RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - Canard - 07-20-2015 I meant for people who work in jobs where asking for a week off usually has the expectation that it will be a Monday to Friday interval. RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - tomh009 - 07-20-2015 (07-20-2015, 07:55 PM)Canard Wrote: I meant for people who work in jobs where asking for a week off usually has the expectation that it will be a Monday to Friday interval. Which also allows you to max out vacation time at 9 days (including two weekends) for 5 days off, as opposed to 8 days vacation time for 6 days off. RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - jgsz - 07-21-2015 A new control tower and a new destination (Orlando) is great news. However, I can't be the only one who feels shortchanged when it comes to our airport. Kitchener-Waterloo's high-tech fever: "Internationally, their reputation is off the charts" Too bad that internationally, Waterloo Region is not the easiest place to get to. Pearson (YYZ) is close but during winter storms or rush hour traffic the drive may take over two hours. And when you include the mandatory three hour early arrival for international flights we may as well drive to Kingston or Detroit. And that's just not good enough. But I suspect airlines look at the map and conclude that we are well served. Waterloo Region is also building an LRT. Only four cities in Canada have an LRT: Calgary, Toronto, Edmonton and Ottawa. Hamilton may get one and London isn't even on the map regarding an LRT yet they both offer more flights to more destinations that YKF. And Hamilton is even closer to Toronto than we are. What gives? What do we have to do to get more airlines and more destinations? |