I would guess that the flight progressively clears customs and that's why they can't sell YYT-YHZ as a domestic sector. AC used to operate an MIA-YYZ-YUL service and the YYZ-YUL sector could not be sold as a domestic flight for that very reason. Mark tdugan@fuse.net wrote: > Its a slow night at work so I did some digging on the Deltamatic and foun= > d what I think is the routing for the flights in question... > > The aircraft seems to start and finish in Toronto stopping in Halifax and= > St. Johns in its way to and from Heathrow. Its daily service too from w= > hat I can see. > > Here are the skeds: > > FLT INFO AC 626/ 9DEC = > > LOF ARR DEP ETA ON IN ETD OUT OFF ACF ELPD ACCUM MILES > YYZ 500P 763 = > > YHZ 759P 1.59 802 > > FLT INFO AC 860/ 9DEC = > > LOF ARR DEP ETA ON IN ETD OUT OFF ACF ELPD ACCUM MILES > YHZ 915P 763 = > > YYT 1115P 1155P 763 1.30 549 > LHR 825A=A51 5.00 7.10 2316 > > And Back: > > >2AC861< = > > FLT INFO AC 861/ 9DEC = > > LOF ARR DEP ETA ON IN ETD OUT OFF ACF ELPD ACCUM MILES > LHR 1130A 763 = > > YYT 140P 230P 763 5.40 2316 > YHZ 342P 1.42 8.12 549 > FACTS- > 1. YYTYHZ = > > NO LOCAL OR CONNECTING OR STOPOVER TRAFFIC > > FLT INFO AC 627/ 9DEC = > > LOF ARR DEP ETA ON IN ETD OUT OFF ACF ELPD ACCUM MILES > YHZ 500P 763 = > > YYZ 629P 2.29 802 > FACTS- > > I'm not sure why they can sell YHZ-YYT but not YYT-YHZ on the return. So= > me kind of service authority or customs issue maybe? > > cheers- > > Tom > > > From: Michael Burris <yul@prodigy.net> > > Date: 2002/12/09 Mon PM 12:30:32 EST > > To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU > > Subject: Re: Woman falls asleep on flight to St. John's, > > wakes up in England .......... > > = > > > AIRLINE: > > = > > > So this means that a wide-body was in service on this > > route for a turnaround? Interesting! I wonder who is > > legally liable for her delays as a result? Kind of > > funny, but it couldn't have more serious had she had a > > medical condition and needed that medication ASAP. > > To bad she was a sound sleeper! > > = > > > -- Mike Burris > > Cambridge, Mass > > ---------------------------------------- > > --- Roger James <ejames@escape.ca> wrote: > > > Woman falls asleep on flight to St. John's, wakes up > > > in England ,,,,,,Air > > > Canada staff didn't wake her up, wouldn't turn plane > > > around > > > Brian Callahan > > > Citizen Special Monday, December 09, 2002 > > > > > > > > > Catherine Coyle had been flying home to St. John's > > > from Halifax. The > > > journey normally takes 90 minutes. It took her 15 > > > hours. ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. > > > -- A Newfoundland woman is demanding answers from > > > Air Canada after her > > > 90-minute flight home became a 15-hour odyssey to > > > England and back. > > > Catherine Coyle, 39, who moved to Halifax 10 years > > > ago, was flying home to > > > the Newfoundland capital late Thursday to be with > > > her ailing mother. She > > > fell asleep shortly after the flight left Halifax, > > > tired after days of not > > > sleeping and worrying about her mother. When she > > > woke up several hours > > > later, she immediately sensed something was wrong. > > > "I woke up about 1 a.m. > > > and noticed that there was a different person > > > sitting next to me," she > > > said. "Then the pilot announced the possible arrival > > > time and that the > > > flying time would be four-and-a-half hours. I was > > > shocked." > > > > > > Ms. Coyle approached a flight attendant for an > > > explanation and was told the > > > flight was almost 30 minutes out of St. John's and > > > headed to London, > > > England. "I told him my family, my luggage, my > > > medication, my clothes ... > > > is back in Newfoundland. And I said, 'I've got to > > > get off this plane.' " > > > But Air Canada denied her request to turn the plane > > > around. > > > Back in St. John's, her sister and mother were > > > waiting at the airport. They > > > had her luggage, but there was no sign of Ms. Coyle. > > > They began to worry > > > and eventually called the RCMP. Sitting in an aisle > > > seat in the middle of > > > the plane, Ms. Coyle said she can't understand how > > > the flight crew didn't > > > notice her or ask to see her ticket before leaving > > > for England. > > > > > > "I asked about head counts and the steward said he > > > did and it worked out > > > perfect," she said. "But apparently they only > > > counted the boarding passes > > > or something, not the individual passengers." She > > > spent only two hours in > > > London before boarding a return flight to St. > > > John's, for which she didn't > > > have to pay. An official from Air Canada told her > > > someone would call her > > > today to discuss the incident. "Whoever was on that > > > plane is going to get a > > > blast," Ms. Coyle said. "It must even be illegal or > > > something for them to > > > take me to another country with no passport, > > > nothing." 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