Calgary International Airport - Page 223

Canadian74 · #**4441** Posted: **Feb 7, 2011, 11:13 PM**

It was always suppose be to 5x weekly from the beginning, I wonder why Airlineroute reported like that.

Bigtime · #**4442** Posted: **Feb 8, 2011, 12:16 AM**

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Originally Posted by Canadian74

It was always suppose be to 5x weekly from the beginning, I wonder why Airlineroute reported like that.

That's what was originally announced, then there was another announcement that it would first go 4x and then 5x by June I think. Now Airline Route is announcing it effective 5x right away starting in March. It must be AC just doing some shuffling of scheds.

You Need A Thneed · #**4443** Posted: **Feb 8, 2011, 7:12 AM**

By my count, over $2 Billion dollars of construction will be starting this year at the airport. IFP, Runway, Tunnel.

Bigtime · #**4444** Posted: **Feb 8, 2011, 2:19 PM**

Yup, it's going to be an exciting few years watching all the construction at YYC.

Surrealplaces · #**4445** Posted: **Feb 8, 2011, 3:43 PM**

City council approves $295M airport tunnel

http://www.metronews.ca/calgary/loca...airport-tunnel

Bigtime · #**4446** Posted: **Feb 8, 2011, 3:46 PM**

The tunderpass is great news for us YYC spotters, it will make it much easier to scoot from E-W in our never-ending quest to take pictures of planes!

Mazrim · #**4447** Posted: **Feb 8, 2011, 5:46 PM**

Great news for me...I won't be on pins and needles every time I need to catch a plane once SE Stoney and the Tunnel are finished.

You Need A Thneed · #**4448** Posted: **Feb 8, 2011, 6:07 PM**

RFP for concrete work for the IFP is out.

Terminal will be LEED gold
Looks like a new "hotel tower" is planned for in between the existing terminal and the new.
70,000 cubic metres of concrete
Plans make it look like there isn't so much separation between the old and new. Looks more like it will be one continuous building, with the new hotel connecting them.

Concrete work to start up in July.

Looking at some B&W renderings - there is a LOT of glass, yikes. Could easily have more glazing than the Bow.

MalcolmTucker · #**4449** Posted: **Feb 8, 2011, 6:56 PM**

I wonder what the ownership/lease is like on the existing Delta at the airport. Anyone know when it was first built?

YYCguys · #**4450** Posted: **Feb 8, 2011, 8:14 PM**

YNAT, is there a link or a pic of the hotel tower available for the general public to see? I don't recall seeing this hotel tower in the one rendering on yyc.com.

You Need A Thneed · #**4451** Posted: **Feb 8, 2011, 9:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by YYCguys

YNAT, is there a link or a pic of the hotel tower available for the general public to see? I don't recall seeing this hotel tower in the one rendering on yyc.com.

I haven't really looked. Like I said, the new plans show a integrated terminal, instead of just a walkway between the two as we see in the rendering on the airport's website.

Bigtime · #**4452** Posted: **Feb 8, 2011, 9:23 PM**

An integrated terminal makes much more sense, glad to see that this is the case now.

YNAT, good job on tag teaming Krause with me!

Doug · #**4453** Posted: **Feb 8, 2011, 9:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by Sir.Humphrey.Appleby

I wonder what the ownership/lease is like on the existing Delta at the airport. Anyone know when it was first built?

It opened in 1977 at the same time as the new (aka the current) terminal.

Cage · #**4454** Posted: **Feb 8, 2011, 10:01 PM**

I have no specific information or documents available for citation, but the Hotel Tower idea does make sense.

I have seen two types of drawings for IFP East Concourse. The first set of exterior or planform drawings have a completely integrated central processor, the second set (newer set) have a connecting corridor between IFP and current facility.

The Hotel Tower also fits within the current gate plan. Jazz is getting gate 1-10 rebuilt with a new more permanent corridor. This new corridor will allow for Q400 to be handled on the South side of the corridor and provide for Jazz operations to continue during IFP construction. Once IFP is operational there is numerous gates on Concourse B/C to handle AC and Jazz. Once Jazz gets relocated to B/C, the hotel tower can be built and connected to the central processor. Finally the whole airport airside (post security) can be reconfigured to have a connecting corridor from Concourse D to the IFP International concourse.

MalcolmTucker · #**4455** Posted: **Feb 8, 2011, 10:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by Doug

It [airport Delta] opened in 1977 at the same time as the new (aka the current) terminal.

I have to wonder whether it will be torn down for more parking structure then once a new hotel is built.

You Need A Thneed · #**4456** Posted: **Feb 8, 2011, 10:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by Bigtime

An integrated terminal makes much more sense, glad to see that this is the case now.

YNAT, good job on tag teaming Krause with me!

It was fun. It was fun to take on another guy who claimed that no one in the west or south would ever use the tunnel.

The hotel looks in the renderings to be 7 or 8 floors, and wider than it is tall.

I doubt they would demo the old hotel, there is plenty or other room for parkades.

bakersdozen · #**4457** Posted: **Feb 9, 2011, 12:57 AM**

Anyone have any idea if AC has space or plans to build a transborder lounge in the plans?

Bigtime · #**4458** Posted: **Feb 9, 2011, 1:13 AM**

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Originally Posted by bakersdozen

Anyone have any idea if AC has space or plans to build a transborder lounge in the plans?

I would be quite surprised if there was not lounge space set aside for the new terminal.

Policy Wonk · #**4459** Posted: **Feb 9, 2011, 5:48 AM**

Does anyone have the heart to tell our buddies that this proposal would violate every single open skies agreement Canada has ever signed?

http://www.connect2edmonton.ca/forum...ad.php?t=19768

Joborule · #**4460** Posted: **Feb 9, 2011, 7:31 AM**

So here's a question, might be stupid or not. The airport is at capacity with it's current runway configuration, thus requiring a new parallel runway. It's my understanding that under heavy chinook or west wind conditions, north and south flight operations are inactive, and this will remain the same even with the new runway. So great dependency will be placed on our two east-west runways, especially as YYC continues to increase in traffic.

My question is, as traffic increases - especially with heavier planes - will there be greater need to increase the length of the runways? I imagine they're fairly short right now for our altitude correct? I figure that if it's a windy day and there are some planes that are more suited to takeoff on the north-south runways, it could create some problems?

If that's the case, I'm curious on why the open space beyond the NW runway past Deerfoot isn't reserved for possible runway extension? Since Deerfoot is beneath the runway, they could do what they did in Atlanta (and technically what they're gonna do for Airport Trail) by building an bridge. If they had the potential to push the runway a little bit past Deerfoot as well bumped to McCall Way. It would make Runway 10/28 the same length as the north-south runways. Image below illustrates my runway distance.

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