Air Transat

[Bearsden]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland- ... s-59682810

So GLA get the message across about the first scheduled flight to North America today . . . . then immediately after Derek Provan's quote in comes two sentences about next year's restart of EDI to USA services

A knowledgeable BBC journalist filling out the story or a word in the ear from EDI?

[Clive]

Anyway, nice to see Air Transat and direct flights to Canada back up and running from GLA.

[Clive]

Anyway, nice to see Air Transat and direct flights to Canada back up and running from GLA.

You'll need to get up awful early to "see' them.

No problemo. I’m out the house at 05:50 every working day and zooming past GLA just before 07:00.

Best time of the day!

Swiftly back on topic, I noticed just then when I checked the timings that a round trip in January is from only £349. Food for thought what with my new Canadian passport and all.

[GeorgeNTravels]

Best part is if all goes to plan then the A330 makes a return on May 4th

[GeorgeNTravels]

Porter to add PD flight numbers to Air Transat flights on the GLA-YYZ route.

From YYZ Porter operate flights to: Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa & Vancouver

This opens up more 1 stop connections to Canadian cities not served directly from Scotland and means that Air Transat becomes a more attractive option for connecting travellers.

[PiperOne]

Porter to add PD flight numbers to Air Transat flights on the GLA-YYZ route.

From YYZ Porter operate flights to: Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa & Vancouver

This opens up more 1 stop connections to Canadian cities not served directly from Scotland and means that Air Transat becomes a more attractive option for connecting travellers.

that's a useful add-on for TS transatiantic, and also PD's expanding domestic offering, as they take deliveries of more E295s.

[Trekkie101]

Definitely good to see wider access to Canadian destinations - most of which seem to be picking up in popularity.

[GeorgeNTravels]

Porter to add PD flight numbers to Air Transat flights on the GLA-YYZ route.

From YYZ Porter operate flights to: Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa & Vancouver

This opens up more 1 stop connections to Canadian cities not served directly from Scotland and means that Air Transat becomes a more attractive option for connecting travellers.

that's a useful add-on for TS transatiantic, and also PD's expanding domestic offering, as they take deliveries of more E295s.

PD just announced today 4 new routes from YYZ to Winnipeg, St John’s, Victoria and Kelowna.

I was in Kelowna less than 2 weeks ago and can recommend it.

[Ken1]

I flew out of EDI yesterday, 7 July, interestingly there was no “ daily” AC 787 in either direction. Anyone know what’s happened to it, have AC over stretched at EDI?

Also looking at recent GLA Air Transat flights, disappointingly most have been A321 and not A330, even with the school holidays beginning. Has the central belt reached saturation with the number of Toronto flights?

As a kid living near PIK, there used to be up to c28 flight pw to Toronto with most passengers VFR. Upto 2x daily BA VC-10, 5 pw AC DC-8-63, Wardair 2pw 707, CP air 3pw DC-8-63, Laker 1pw DC-10, plus usual one of smaller carriers e.g. Ontario air 1pw DC-8-63

[Planeenthusiast]

I flew out of EDI yesterday, 7 July, interestingly there was no “ daily” AC 787 in either direction. Anyone know what’s happened to it, have AC over stretched at EDI?

Also looking at recent GLA Air Transat flights, disappointingly most have been A321 and not A330, even with the school holidays beginning. Has the central belt reached saturation with the number of Toronto flights?

As a kid living near PIK, there used to be up to c28 flight pw to Toronto with most passengers VFR. Upto 2x daily BA VC-10, 5 pw AC DC-8-63, Wardair 2pw 707, CP air 3pw DC-8-63, Laker 1pw DC-10, plus usual one of smaller carriers e.g. Ontario air 1pw DC-8-63

Flight was cancelled on Thursday afternoon. Reason given on Air Canada website was “operational reasons”. They have been operating daily.