777-300 Now on AC's schedule to LHR

Same here 😀 Can the A319 fly the route?

James

The Block times are listed as 5 hrs eastbound and 5:35 westbound. No problem at all for the A319.

That’s an interesting point-to-point route. There must be some interest in order to justify flying from a relatively small airport to Heathrow.

I’m not sure if any have yet.

It’s so exciting for us in YYZ though to have an AC 777

How many have been delivered??

It’s so exciting for us in YYZ though to have an AC 777

Went to Jamaica with Airtours via Gander 🙁 😡 a couple of years ago and it took us just under 6 hours from LGW….not nice slot times on that St.Johns route though , hope it works out for AC.

St John’s to Heathrow is near enough the equivalent of the UK to Canary Islands 🙂 , so yes it can do it!

Yeah I just looked at St John to Heathrow on the map and it dont look far apart at all I say a 5- 6 hour flight

James

The new route from St John’s starts on Sunday 1st April

How appropriate for the sceptics that think AC aren’t going to be sending an A319 😉

St John’s to Heathrow is near enough the equivalent of the UK to Canary Islands 🙂 , so yes it can do it!

This may be the leased 777 from IFC and not the brand spanking new fresh off the Boeing assembly line 777s.

Air Canada leases additional Boeing 777-300ER to accelerate wide-body fleet renewal and modernization

MONTREAL, April 3 /CNW Telbec/ – Air Canada announced today it has signed
a 10-year lease for one new Boeing 777-300ER from International Lease Finance
Corporation to accelerate its wide-body fleet renewal and modernization
program.
Air Canada will take delivery of the leased aircraft in May 2007,
bringing to eight the total number of Boeing 777s entering the fleet next
year. Delivery of the leased aircraft will allow Air Canada to accelerate by
nearly two years the return of a leased Airbus A340-300 originally scheduled
to be returned to ILFC in mid-2009. The transaction is part of an ongoing
renewal program that will give Air Canada one of the most modern aircraft
fleets in the world and provide savings on fuel, expanded range capabilities
and other efficiencies.
In November 2005, Air Canada announced that it had concluded agreements
with Boeing for the acquisition of up to 36 Boeing 777s and up to 60 Boeing
787 Dreamliners. The agreements include firm orders for 18 Boeing 777s, plus
purchase rights for 18 more, in a yet-to-be determined mix of the 777 family’s
newest models: the 777-300ER, the 777-200LR Worldliner and the 777 freighter.
Delivery of the 777 aircraft is scheduled to commence in March 2007. The
agreements also include firm orders for 14 Boeing 787 Dreamliners, plus
options and purchase rights for an additional 46 aircraft. Air Canada’s first
787 is scheduled for delivery in 2010.

The new route from St John’s starts on Sunday 1st April. Initially, it will operate thrice weekly (Wednesday, Friday and Sunday) and will then go to five times weekly from early May (Wednesday to Sunday) and will go up to daily in the Summer.

The flights (AC830) leaves St John’s at 12:55pm, arriving at London Heathrow at 9:25pm. It returns (AC831) at 10:40pm, arriving at 12:45am (+1) in St John’s.

Being very lazy…..does anyone know the A319 start date with ETA and ETD at all ?

Well why would they send on a route it can’t operate :rolleyes:

Well I did not know if it went via Iceland or greenland:D

James

Same here 😀 Can the A319 fly the route?

James

Well why would they send on a route it can’t operate :rolleyes:

I have to agree with you here :p

Same here 😀 Can the A319 fly the route?

James

I have to say, I’m more excited by the thought of Air Canada bringing their A319s into Heathrow on the soon-to-be-launched St. John’s route!

I have to agree with you here :p

I have to say, I’m more excited by the thought of Air Canada bringing their A319s into Heathrow on the soon-to-be-launched St. John’s route!