Hamilton International Airport

[Zmonkey]

Originally Posted by LikeHamilton

When it rains it pours!

Starting October 28, Air Canada will fly 3 time daily (with weekend exceptions) to Montreal.

It looks like the aircraft will be based out of Hamilton.

AC 8816 07:00 Hamilton (YHM) to 08:12 Montréal (YUL) – Daily
AC 8818 10:40 Hamilton (YHM) to 11:52 Montréal (YUL) – X6
AC 8820 16:55 Hamilton (YHM) to 18:07 Montréal (YUL) – X7


AC 8819 08:45 Montréal (YUL) to 10:09 Hamilton (YHM) – X6
AC 8821 15:00 Montréal (YUL) to 16:24 Hamilton (YHM) – X7
AC 8823 20:00 Montréal (YUL) to 21:24 Hamilton (YHM) – Daily

Nice addition, makes it easy to connect to a lot of the European flights.

This brings Hamilton up to 13 Scheduled flights a day. With a few more coming.

Just a side note, still surprised AC doesn't want to attempt Waterloo - Montreal/Ottawa at this stage.

[davidcappi]

My first job ever was at the Warplane Museum in the cafe. Back then it was such a sleepy airport with most traffic happening at night with cargo planes and such. I'm very happy to see they're actually on the upswing.

[realcity]

my first job was a busser at a classy nite club for old ppl. Sinatra style

[JakeLRS]

Forgot to upload lol, anyways, here is the current flight schedule out of Hamilton for the summer. More than likely will be more packed come winter!

YHM 1 by freerealms454, on Flickr

[LikeHamilton]

SWOOP Domestic Schedule
Winter 2018 – 2019

October 27, 2018 to April 27, 2019

Hamilton (YHM) and Edmonton (YEG) Daily 11 x per week
Hamilton (YHM) and Halifax (YHZ) Daily, except Saturday 6 x per week
Hamilton (YHM) and Winnipeg (YWG) Daily, except Saturday 6 x per week
Hamilton (YHM) and Abbotsford (YXX) Daily 10 x per week

Total = 33 flights per week from YHM

[SteelTown]

Swoop to add U.S. routes from Hamilton
https://www.thespec.com/news-story/8...from-hamilton/

WestJet Airlines Ltd. says its ultra low cost Swoop airline will soon begin transborder service as it looks to regroup from a "deeply disappointing" second quarter when it was hurt by the impact of a pilot strike threat, intensified competition and soaring fuel costs.

Details about routes and the official start date will be announced later this week.

Reports suggest the Calgary-based airline will fly to Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Florida destinations including Orlando, Tampa, and Fort Lauderdale from low-cost airports in Canada like Hamilton and Abbotsford, B.C.

"We are clearly concentrating on those airports to help migrate the five million Canadians who are crossing the border to Buffalo and Bellingham (Wash.) and make sure that there's less need to travel on North American counterparts," WestJet CEO Ed Sims said Tuesday during a conference call.

The airline recently received its third of six Boeing 737-800s to be delivered this year and is looking at possibly speeding up plans to expand to 10 planes by the fall of 2019.

"There will be opportunities to be profitable on those routes that WestJet with a higher CASM (costs) is not able to operate," said Sims.

WestJet said it was forced to offer discounts that partially offset five fare increases this year to restore passenger confidence following a threatened pilots strike that hurt demand before it was resolved through mediation.

"To build flow-on benefits like ancillary revenues, we had to be aggressive both to recover those guests who would otherwise have booked away or booked with a competitor, but also to compete with this almost unprecedented level of peak season capacity," Sims added.

[drpgq]

I wonder if they would ever add destinations that would be useful for business like NYC, Chicago, Boston or DC. I'm guessing no. Especially without pre-clearance.

[JakeLRS]

The announcement is scheduled to be tomorrow (Aug 2nd). Expecting destinations not only to the USA but also to Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Jamaica. They will be competing with Air Transat and Sunwing on some routes. Flair is also expected to release their winter schedule in the coming days which will include USA and Mexico destinations; unclear from which Canadian cities at the moment (likely from YEG, possibly from YHM).

[King&James]

I am sure if they al release routes, they will all be for the same destinations. YHM to MCO, FLL and maybe st Pete's. Great if they start in November.

[JakeLRS]

Swoop Releases Winter USA schedule

Flights begin October 27th and run to the end of April

YHM-Vegas - 4x Weekly (Sun,Mon,Thurs,Fri)
YHM-Tampa - 3x Weekly (Wed,Thur,Sat)
YHM-Ft. Lauderdale - 2x Weekly (Fri,Sat)
YHM-Orlando - 3x Weekly (Tues,Wed,Sat)

CATSA will be handling international travel 7x Weekly now. Looks like WestJet will only be serving Calgary this winter.

[SteelTown]

[Zmonkey]

Originally Posted by SteelTown

I was reading about the expanding here, and was thinking... do they have enough planes for this expansion yet? Guess they do. Glad to see some expansion.

Now just need Montreal/Quebec City and Calgary.

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/swoop-to...ober-1.1118049

[JakeLRS]

Flair Begins Winter Teasing

Just a few hours after Swoops announcement, Flair has teased that its releasing their sun destinations very soon. Possible for a few more routes from YHM this winter!

[Dr Awesomesauce]

I'm from Hamilton (Toronto).

[King&James]

Hope this guy doesn't come across some types of Hamilton radicals...

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/busin...802-story.html

[RaginRonic]

Originally Posted by JakeLRS

Flair Begins Winter Teasing

Just a few hours after Swoops announcement, Flair has teased that its releasing their sun destinations very soon. Possible for a few more routes from YHM this winter!

Will this guy be on the flight, and will it have an open bar for him to get drunk in? XD

[JakeLRS]

Flair Axes Hamilton...Domestically...

Effective October 27, Flair will pause domestic flights from Hamilton, this is certainly not what we want to see from an airline that once called Hamilton home. They have shifted their Ontario focus to Toronto where they will have flights to Winnipeg, Calgary, and Edmonton. There is still hope that Flair will run flights to the USA and/or Mexico.

Flair is rumoured to receive their first 737-800 in time for the international launch. Flair is rumoured to fly to Orlando, however, will be interesting to see from which airport(s).

Flair's PAX from YHM has been cluttered and would likely be weak in the winter. August PAX seems to be satisfactory for all YHM Flair routes however with increased competition from you know who, it didn't make financial sense for them to fly 50% full planes in the winter with the possibility of condensing flights again.

Will provide updates as they become available.


Flair's Winter Teaser: [IMG]Flair Teaser by freerealms454, on Flickr[/IMG]

[King&James]

[QUOTE=JakeLRS;8270949]Flair Axes Hamilton...Domestically...



This is super unfortunate , they must have been feeling impact already. ..... And also hinted here

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/business...-this-year/amp

[JakeLRS]

An accidentally released Flair promo ad (now removed by the third party) showed flair will fly to Las Vegas, Palm Springs, Phoenix, Orlando, Miami, and St. Pete’s. Flair may hopefully become a seasonal airline for now.

Flair’s comments on Hamilton: https://www.newswire.ca/news-release...689989991.html

[mishap]

Originally Posted by King&James

This is super unfortunate , they must have been feeling impact already. ....

It's quite a gamble. They're being beaten in one location, and their response is to shift operations to a more expensive location and hope it results in enough extra business to cover the extra costs. I'm not saying it won't work, but it's a make-or-break move.