Air Transat, which was certified the world’s first green airline in 2011, has reached another milestone. In another first, the airline has achieved the second level Minimization award in the Fly-360-Green Certification Program, a benchmark for high performing airlines and aircraft operators. Developed by the World Green Aviation Council (WorldGAC), Fly-360-Green is a point-based performance […]
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YVR’s jet fuel project moves ahead
The B.C. government recently issued an Environmental Assessment Certificate for a proposed new Vancouver Airport jet fuel delivery system, taking an important next step in a project that is considered key to YVR’s continued growth as a global gateway airport and local employer. Port Metro Vancouver has also just concluded its federal environmental assessment review […]

EVA Air to boost Vancouver-Taiwan service from June 2014
Beginning June 2014, Taiwanese airline EVA Air plans to add a fourth weekly flight on its Taipei Taoyuan-Vancouver route, using its Boeing 747-400 aircraft. Flights from Taipei will arrive in Vancouver at 7:40pm on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. Departures from Vancouver leave at 2:20am on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

YVR to welcome All Nippon Airways to Canada
It’s a new year, with 2014 marking the introduction of All Nippon Airways (ANA) new daily non-stop year-round service between YVR and Tokyo Haneda Airport (HND) on March 30, 2014. The new service marks ANA’s first flight to Canada. ANA’s new flight is expected to generate 356 jobs both at YVR and in B.C.’s hotels, […]

JAL’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner on final approach to YVR
YVR ushered in the Year of the Dreamliner with Japan Airlines’ announcement that it will begin Boeing 787 operations on its daily non-stop service between YVR and Tokyo’s Narita Airport (NRT), beginning Monday, February 3, 2014. This inaugural will mark the first-ever scheduled arrival of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner to YVR. “Metro Vancouver’s community of […]