Hamilton International Airport - Page 78

LikeHamilton · #**1541** Posted **Jan 23, 2018, 3:37 AM**

It looks like Norwegian Airline is coming to Hamilton (YHM) this summer. Not sure of the destination but most likely London Gatwick but there could be other destinations. They are a low cost carrier and moved almost 30 million passengers in 2016. There is still a few government hoops to go through for them but they have already contracted a ground handler at YHM. It has been rumored for the last 6 month or more at YHM that they were looking to come to YHM.

norwegian-logo by R L, on Flickr

From Wikipedia

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Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (OSE: NAS), trading as Norwegian, is a Norwegian low-cost airline. It is the third largest low-cost carrier in Europe, the largest airline in Scandinavia and the eight-largest airline in Europe in terms of passenger numbers. In total the airline operates 500 routes to 150 destinations in 35 countries on four continents. There fleet consist of Boeing 737-800, Being 737 MAX 8’s and starting in 2019 Airbus A321LR’s.

Operating bases
• Alicante
• Barcelona
• Bergen
• Copenhagen
• Edinburgh
• Gran Canaria
• Helsinki
• London–Gatwick
• Madrid
• Málaga
• Newburgh
• Oslo
• Palma de Mallorca
• Paris–Charles de Gaulle
• Providence
• Rome–Fiumicino
• Stavanger
• Stockholm–Arlanda
• Tenerife–South
• Trondheim

Norwegian Long Haul is a division of Norwegian Air Shuttle that operates long-haul flights from between, Europe, Asia, and the United States on an all-Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet. Norwegian Long Haul has 22 routes to seven countries on 4 continents from hubs throughout Europe. Many of these routes are to the United States where Norwegian flies to 14 destinations and the airline plans to expand in North America with delivery of the Boeing 787-9 aircraft.

Operating bases
• Barcelona
• Copenhagen
• London–Gatwick (Largest)
• Oslo–Gardermoen
• Paris–Charles de Gaulle
• Rome–Fiumicino
• Stockholm–Arlanda

Norwegian Air International is an Irish low-cost airline and a fully integrated subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle, using its corporate identity. It operates flights to European destinations from several bases in Finland, Denmark, Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom; and is headquartered at Dublin Airport. There fleet consist of Boeing 737-800 and Being 737 MAX 8’s.

Operating bases
• Alicante
• Barcelona
• Copenhagen
• Edinburgh
• Gran Canaria
• Helsinki
• London–Gatwick
• Madrid
• Málaga
• Newburgh
• Palma de Mallorca
• Providence
• Rome–Fiumicino
• Tenerife–South

Norwegian Air UK is a Norwegian airline which is operated in the UK, it is owned by Norwegian Air Shuttle, flying scheduled services to Europe, Asia and North America with a registered office at the Beehive, Gatwick Airport.[3] The airline operates Boeing 737-800 and Boeing 787-9 aircraft based at Gatwick Airport.

Operating bases
• Gatwick Airport

Norwegian Airlines has a total fleet of about 143 planes and is adding weekly. Norwegian Air has an order for 110 737 MAXs, 22 B787’s and 30 Airbus A321LR’s. They have an average fleet age of just 3.6 years.

I am hoping it won’t be too long until they announce their flights. I would be happy if they did 3 to 4 a week but I really happy if they did daily flights to start.

B737 MAX

Norwegian B737 max by R L, on Flickr

B787

Norwegian B787 by R L, on Flickr

https://www.norwegian.com/

Innsertnamehere · #**1542** Posted **Jan 23, 2018, 4:31 AM**

Ooh, that would be exciting. Existing low cost transatlantics like WOW air don't allow carry on baggage even, and it's like $60 to bring one. Norwegian at least includes a carry on on their price, I flew them from Copenhagen to Brussels in 2015 and enjoyed it.

Low cost access to Gatwick would allow transfers to their European network too. Daily trips would open up easy, cheap travel to a much larger swath of Europe.

NortheastWind · #**1543** Posted **Jan 23, 2018, 5:51 PM**

I may just have to visit my relatives in Norway

SteelTown · #**1544** Posted **Jan 23, 2018, 10:46 PM**

Hamilton’s airport is the fastest growing in Canada

Hamilton Spectator
https://www.thespec.com/news-story/8...ing-in-canada/

With a jump in passenger traffic of 80 per cent last year over 2016, John C. Munro Hamilton International has become the country's fastest growing airport.

It handled 599,146 passengers in 2017, up from 333,368 in 2016.

Cathie Puckering, the airport's acting president and CEO, said she expects continued growth in coming years, thanks to new services for 2018.

John C. Munro Hamilton International also continues to be the country's largest overnight express cargo airport. In 2017, its cargo volume rose 13 per cent as it asserted itself as a strategic gateway for facilitating goods movement from coast to coast and across the globe.

"This is an exciting time for Hamilton International as more passengers discover the ease and convenience of travelling from Hamilton," Puckering said in a news release. "The passengers are originating from Hamilton and surrounding areas including Toronto and beyond thanks to the wide variety of destinations being served.

"Low-cost carriers have opened leisure air travel to millennials and young families which can be seen in our airport terminal daily."

The airport invested almost $5 million to improve and upgrade facilities in 2017, including projects such as a new covered and heated international walkway, improved and convenient vehicle parking pay stations, rehabilitation of the roadways and runways and renovations to the duty-free location.

drpgq · #**1545** Posted **Jan 23, 2018, 11:49 PM**

Where's the annual Don McLean article from CATCH now?

Norwegian to Gatwick would be a game changer for Hamilton airport.

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Originally Posted by SteelTown

Hamilton’s airport is the fastest growing in Canada

Hamilton Spectator
https://www.thespec.com/news-story/8...ing-in-canada/

With a jump in passenger traffic of 80 per cent last year over 2016, John C. Munro Hamilton International has become the country's fastest growing airport.

It handled 599,146 passengers in 2017, up from 333,368 in 2016.

Cathie Puckering, the airport's acting president and CEO, said she expects continued growth in coming years, thanks to new services for 2018.

John C. Munro Hamilton International also continues to be the country's largest overnight express cargo airport. In 2017, its cargo volume rose 13 per cent as it asserted itself as a strategic gateway for facilitating goods movement from coast to coast and across the globe.

"This is an exciting time for Hamilton International as more passengers discover the ease and convenience of travelling from Hamilton," Puckering said in a news release. "The passengers are originating from Hamilton and surrounding areas including Toronto and beyond thanks to the wide variety of destinations being served.

"Low-cost carriers have opened leisure air travel to millennials and young families which can be seen in our airport terminal daily."

The airport invested almost $5 million to improve and upgrade facilities in 2017, including projects such as a new covered and heated international walkway, improved and convenient vehicle parking pay stations, rehabilitation of the roadways and runways and renovations to the duty-free location.

realcity · #**1546** Posted **Jan 24, 2018, 12:32 AM**

McLean? who?

SteelTown · #**1547** Posted **Jan 24, 2018, 1:53 PM**

Hopefully, within a year or two, the Airport can hit that 1 million mark again.

thistleclub · #**1548** Posted **Jan 24, 2018, 2:55 PM**

YHM Passenger Traffic, By Year (Rounded)

2000: 243,000
2001: 554,000
2002: 846,000
2003: 1,041,000
2004: 614,000
2005: 439,000
2006: 527,000
2007: 527,000
2008: 546,000
2009: 431,000
2010: 388,000
2011: 333,000
2012: 351,000
2013: 342,000
2014: 332,000
2015: 313,000
2016: 333,000
2017: 599,000

It's all down to carriers. The more flights out of Hamilton, the more passengers will pass through YHM.

LikeHamilton · #**1549** Posted **Jan 24, 2018, 5:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by thistleclub

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It's all down to carriers. The more flights out of Hamilton, the more passengers will pass through YHM.

Next summer we will see 6 carriers out of YHM

Flair
Swoop
Canada Jetlines
Air Canada
WestJet
Norwegian

And if they all make it to next winter and the winter charters return then there will be 9 airlines at YHM.

Air Transat
Sunwing
First Air (aka Celebrity Crusies)
Flair
Swoop
Canada Jetlines
Air Canada
WestJet
Norwegian

King&James · #**1550** Posted **Jan 27, 2018, 9:01 PM**

When would Norwegian start its marketing - summer (optimistically), is really not that far away - from a planning perspective.

ScreamingViking · #**1551** Posted **Jan 27, 2018, 9:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by SteelTown

Hopefully, within a year or two, the Airport can hit that 1 million mark again.

Interesting times for YHM. Is it "on the cusp" yet again pending the realizations of airline business cases, or will it "take off" in a sustained way?

If the latter holds true, there's finally going to be a case for expansion of the terminal, starting the extension of runway 06/24, new taxiways, etc.

LRTfan · #**1552** Posted **Jan 28, 2018, 2:12 AM**

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Originally Posted by ScreamingViking

Interesting times for YHM. Is it "on the cusp" yet again pending the realizations of airline business cases, or will it "take off" in a sustained way?

If the latter holds true, there's finally going to be a case for expansion of the terminal, starting the extension of runway 06/24, new taxiways, etc.

I've never been a fan of this airport, but if it could ever get back over $1 million passengers with more airlines coming on board, it could result in a big terminal expansion with proper jetways and maybe we finally become a bustling 2nd GTHA airport. Would love to see that happen.

CaptainKirk · #**1553** Posted **Jan 28, 2018, 3:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by LRTfan

...if it could ever get back over $1 million passengers with more airlines coming on board, it could result in a big terminal expansion with proper jetways ...

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With growth comes the need to innovate and upgrade and in 2017 Hamilton International invested almost $5 million to improve and upgrade facilities. The projects were undertaken to enhance the passenger experience at the Airport. Some of the great additions to the Airport include a new covered and heated international walkway,....

http://flyhamilton.ca/news/hamilton-...anada-in-2017/

King&James · #**1554** Posted **Jan 28, 2018, 4:56 PM**

Interesting research doc at Raymond James including mock schedule for Swoop.

https://raymondjames.bluematrix.com/...ca&source=mail

LRTfan · #**1555** Posted **Jan 28, 2018, 7:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by CaptainKirk

http://flyhamilton.ca/news/hamilton-...anada-in-2017/

wait, have they already started building proper jet-ways?? I haven't been there in ages. That press release made it sound like it was just one of those temporary walkways with heaters inside at ground level, not an actual jetway.

JakeLRS · #**1556** Posted **Jan 30, 2018, 3:14 AM**

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Originally Posted by LRTfan

wait, have they already started building proper jet-ways?? I haven't been there in ages. That press release made it sound like it was just one of those temporary walkways with heaters inside at ground level, not an actual jetway.

No jetways are being built yet. It's just a simple covered walkway with heating and such. Definitely helpful is the winter months.

JakeLRS · #**1557** Posted **Jan 30, 2018, 5:23 AM**

Summer 2018 Outlook

I was taking a peak at Westjet's and Flair's schedule for this summer and am curious to see whats to come from Swoop and Jetlines. Il update this as Swoop is expected to announce their route network later this week, Jetlines in March, and Norweigan TBA.

This is the current Summer 2018 Schedule (as of 1/30/18)

FLAIR AIRLINES
Edmonton
1x Daily Tues (8:00AM Departure)
Wed (9:00AM* Departure)
2x Daily Mon, Thurs, Fri, Sun (7:50AM, 5:30PM* Departures)

Winnipeg
1x Daily Mon, Thurs, Fri, Sun (5:30PM Departure)
Wed (9:00AM Departure)

Abbotsford
1x Daily Tues (8:00AM* Departure)
Thurs (7:50AM* Departure)
2x Daily Mon, Fri, Sun (7:50AM*, 5:30PM** Departures)

* - Same plane, 1 stop.
** - Same plane, 2 stops.
FLAIR AIRLINES TOTAL WEEKLY FLIGHTS: 10

WESTJET
Edmonton
1x Daily Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun (7:00AM Departures)
2x Daily Tues, Thurs, Sat (7:00AM, 4:15PM Departures)

Winnipeg
1x Daily Mon-Sat (10:30PM Departures)
1x Daily Sun (3:00PM Departure)

Halfiax
1x Daily Mon-Fri,Sun (1:15PM Departures)
2x Daily Sat (9:35AM, 1:15PM Departures)

Calgary
2x Daily Mon-Sun (6:10AM, 4:00PM Departures)

Vancouver
1x Daily Tues,Thurs,Fri,Sun (6:25AM Departures)

WESTJET TOTAL WEEKLY FLIGHTS: 43

AIR CANADA
Montreal
1x Daily Sat (6:55PM Departure)
2x Daily Mon-Fri, Sun (9:40AM, 6:55PM Departures)

AIR CANADA TOTAL WEEKLY FLIGHTS: 13
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Daily Departure Breakdown
Monday: 9 (5 WJ, 2 AC, 2FL)
Tuesday: 10 (6 WJ, 2 AC, 1FL)
Wednesday: 8 (5 WJ, 2AC, 1FL)
Thursday: 11 (7WJ, 2AC, 2FL)
Friday: 10 (6WJ, 2 AC, 2FL)
Saturday: 8 (7WJ, 1AC, 0FL)
Sunday: 10 (6WJ, 2AC, 2FL)
WJ - Westjet / AC - Air Canada / FL - Flair Airlines

LRTfan · #**1558** Posted **Jan 30, 2018, 2:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by JakeLRS

No jetways are being built yet. It's just a simple covered walkway with heating and such. Definitely helpful is the winter months.

thanks for the info. Thats what I thought.
Hope to see further development out there in the years ahead.

Beedok · #**1559** Posted **Jan 30, 2018, 2:44 PM**

What caused that huge spike in 2003?

NortheastWind · #**1560** Posted **Jan 30, 2018, 6:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by Beedok

What caused that huge spike in 2003?

WestJet and US Airways. Hamilton airport management were the ones who convinced WestJet to expand into the eastern Canada market. They used Hamilton as their eastern hub before they realised to be successful they had to take Air Canada head on from Pearson.