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( For retirees of the new Air Canada family)
Number 504 July 18th, 2000, We first Published in October 1995
Chief Pilot - Vesta Stevenson - Co-pilot - Terry Baker
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. Need to know.
Airport improvement fees (AIF)-Kamloops, BC. Leaving Kamloops costs a little more
the AIF is now CA $13 for Domestic travel and CA $12 for International.
Employees travelling for business or pleasure are exempt from the fee.
(Don't know about us retirees!! - eds)
Has your home address changed?
If so_tell us, quickly! Please remember_communication from Air Canada, including
pay and pension statements sent to your home is based on the home address on file.
Retirees should send details to Pensions, P.O. Box 768, Winnipeg, MB R3C 2N2.
Canadian Regional Airlines operation moves closer to AirBC in
Vancouver. Effective immediately, for increased customer convenience,
Canadian Regional Airlines' Dash 8 operation moves to Gate A9_closer to AirBC.
This move affects over 160 flight movements a day.
ZED - Parents
Zonal Employee Discount for personal standby travel
- Eligibility-zed
Eligible for unlimited zed - zm fare
Parents of active Air Canada, AirBC (zx), Air Ontario (gx), Air Nova (qk),
Air Georgian Ltd (agl), Central Mountain Air(cma)
employee with 6 months service.
Parents of retired Air Canada, AirBC (zx), Air Ontario (gx), Air Nova (qk),
Air Georgian Ltd (agl), Central Mountain Air (cma)
employee.
- Travel permitted as follows
Air Canada yes (unless restricted to own carrier)
Tier 2 yes (unless restricted to own carrier)
Tier 3 yes (unless restricted to own carrier)
Star alliance no (refer to chart page 6 June 2000 'Horizons')
Other airlines no (refer to chart page 6 June 2000 'Horizons')
--Tier 2--
Regionals - AirBC (zx), Air Ontario (gx), Air Nova (qk).
--Tier 3--
Air Georgian Ltd (agl), Central Mountain Air (cma).
- Reservation-zed
PNR must be created by the YWG employee call centre.
Requests for ticket issue require at least 48 hrs notice.
- Service charge-zed
Parent zed tickets are issued according to zonal employee discount (zed)
fares, based on miles travelled, broken into zones and at the zm level in
us$ (refer chart below)
- Mileage-zed
Calculate the mileage for each segment flown and assess the
appropriate fare based on the zone for each segment travelled.
- Chart-zm fares in us$ (One way)
mileage (zm)
zone 1 1 - 450 21
zone 2 451 - 750 28
zone 3 751 - 1600 33
zone 4 1601 - 3200 48
zone 5 3201 - 4080 55
zone 6 4081 - 5000 65
zone 7 5001 - 6100 70
zone 8 6101 - 9000 78
Fares are converted to local currency subject to taxes as applicable.
- Ticketing-zed
Tickets must be issued by employee's own carrier.
Tickets are interchangeable between Air Canada and Regional carriers.
Coupons must be issued for each segment travelled.
- Payment
Airport/CSO - cash, credit card, money order.
- Validity-zed
Parent zed tickets are valid for 180 days from date of issue but not
beyond 31st Jan of the following year.
- Routing-zed
Valid enroute stopovers are permitted - zed-zm fare(s) plus
applicable tax will be assessed for each segment.
Flight coupons may not be used out of sequence.
Backtracking is not permitted.
- Reissue-zed
Ticket may be reissued by Air Canada/Regionals in exchange for unused
original issue within the validity of the original but not beyond 31st Jan of
the following year.
Coupons may be reissued by Air Canada and Regional carriers.
Coupons may be extended and any additional collections made
by Air Canada and any Regional carrier.
Any difference resulting in additional zed-zm fare/tax must be collected
at time of reissue.
Any difference resulting in refund of zed-zm fare/tax must be requested.
- Refund-zed
Refunds can only be made by the issuing carrier.
For refund of unused parent zed ticket/coupons or any difference in zed
fare/tax, with appropriate documentation
(ie. copy of original and/or reissued ticket/coupon) / boarding passes,
send to:
Attn refunds / YWG / zip 859
or
Air Canada refunds, P.O. box 6475 , Winnipeg, MB R3C 3V2
Refunds processed only within 13 months of ticket issue date.
- Lost ticket-zed
Employee must contact the YWG employee call centre
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. Setting the record straight-
With reference to the 503 net letter, the B757 of Royal Aviation of Montreal was in the
Netherlands only for six weeks, flying the Transavia routes to Greece, Spain, Italy, etc.
This was a contract while Transavia waited for delivery of their B737-800, delayed due
to the strike in Boeing. We all had a good time.
Cheers Jean-René Cadorel B757 Royal Aviation
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. From the YYZNEWS issued by Brian Dunn -
This past Tuesday, July 11th, Alitalia arranged a sub-service using a Tower Air 747-130 (N603FF) to operate their YYZ-FCO flight. The inbound aircraft was cancelled and operated the next day instead. As it turns out this particular aircraft is the oldest passenger 747 in the world and one of the few -100s still in service. It has the MSN 19746 and was line number 12. It first flew on February 18/70 and delivered to Lufthansa as D-ABYA on March 10, 1970. It has since seen service with Braniff as N610BN, and Transamerica as N480GX and N780T, before moving to Tower Air. There are only four older 747s left in the world, three of them with IIRAF (Iran), and no one really knows if they are still in service or not. The other one is N691UP with UPS which first flew on Oct 31/69 and delivered to Pan American on Dec 19/69. So, this visit on the 11th of N603FF is a real "classic" 747. By the way it still has the three windows only on the upper deck, two on the port side. (Thanks to Mike Baker of Airline Canada Review for giving us this trivia)
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. Found on the internet.
CONCORDSKY, THE SEQUEL, AIMING FOR 2010: An updated version of the
Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic passenger jet, the Tu-244, could be flying
by early in the next decade, according to Reuters. Though the Russian
government will be hard-pressed to pay for the R&D, Tupolev says it is
hoping to get some financial support from the Boeing Co. The Tu-144,
dubbed "Concordsky," made several flights, but the project was halted
after a fatal 1973 crash in France.
DELTA EXPRESS WELCOMES BLOSSOM, BUBBLES, BUTTERCUP:
Airlines that sport Peter Max and Austin Powers paint jobs are one thing, but Delta
Express has lowered the bar. Last week, the airline rolled out a 737 paint job of the
Cartoon Network "Powerpuff Girls," Blossom, Buttercup and Bubbles. If this trend
continues, we think it will be only a matter of time until someone paints the foul-mouthed
kids from "South Park" on the side of a plane.
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. Terry's travel tips.
EUROPE
19 nights Aboard the Rotterdam Inside from $1354 us Ocean from $1554 us
Sailing from Dublin to Athens September 10, 2000
REPOSITIONING, Hawaii
11 nights Aboard the Rhapsody of the Seas Inside from $1354 us Ocean from $1554 us
Sailing from Vancouver to Honolulu September 16, 2000
10 nights Aboard the Vision of the Seas Inside from $1209 us Ocean from $1659 us
Sailing from Vancouver to Honolulu September 30, 2000
REPOSITIONING, Pacific Coastal
9 nights Aboard the Mercury Inside from $859 us Ocean from $1159 us
Sailing from Vancouver to San Diego September 8, 2000
14 nights Aboard the Galaxy Inside from $920 us Ocean from $1020 us
Sailing from Vancouver to San Diego September 22, 2000
MEXICO
Aboard the Rhapsody of the Seas 7 night Inside from $710 us Ocean from $839 us
November 05, 2000
CARIBBEAN
Aboard the Rembrandt 7 night Inside from $239 us Ocean from $339 us
November 26, 2000 / December 3, 10, 17, 2000 / January 28, 2001
Sailing from Port Canaveral round trip
All rates are per person double occupancy - taxes + port charges not included.
Call Interlining Plus Now: 1-800-665-3100
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. Smilie.
Peoria, Ill., 1990. Thunderstorms south of the airport...
PIA: "TWA xxx, how's the ride?"
TWA xxx: "It's rougher than burlap underwear up here."
PIA, after a short pause to catch a breath:
"Would you classify that as light, moderate, or severe chafing?"
From: David Hume <
A passenger jet was suffering through a severe thunderstorm.
As the passengers were being bounced around by the turbulence
a young woman turned to a minister sitting next to her and
with a nervous laugh asks, "Reverend, you're a man of God,
can't you do something about this storm?"
To which he replies, "Lady, I'm in sales, not management."
and this one from Interlining plus -
After a long, bumpy flight, our passengers were glad to finally land. They disembarked,
and the other attendants and I checked for items left behind. In a seat pocket, I found a
bag of home-made cookies with a note saying "Much love, Mom."
Quickly, I gave the bag to our gate agent in hopes it would be reunited with its owner.
In few minutes, this announcement came over the P.A. system in the concourse:
"Would the passenger who lost his cookies on Flight 502, please return to the gate?"
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