YUL-LAX in a 319 is 6 hrs 7 min, YUL-YVR (flight 129) is an A321 which is slightly shorter range than a 319, and does it in 5h25 min. Mike Gammon > > From: Matthew Montano <mmontano@direct.ca> > Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 05:36:29 -0800 > To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU > Subject: Re: Long Range Bus Routes > > Back to the long (narrow) bus route topic. > > AC runs seasonal Vancouver-Miami and Toronto-Port of Spain runs which > clock in at a good 5-5 1/2 hours with an A319. > > Every time I chat with my grandfather, 82 years old, it blows him away > that a plane with a wing span and length of 100 ft each can take off > and fly for 6 hours and land on a little itty-bitty runway... and > charge a passenger a few hundred bucks for the privilege. A far cry > from the beastly Merlin powered Lancaster's of WWII. > > Mind you, we've almost reached the stage where you can buy a plane, off > the shelf, from Boeing or Airbus, and take off from any point on the > earth and reach any other point on the earth in one shot. How close are > we? > > Matthew > > On Wednesday, March 5, 2003, at 08:12 PM, Bryant Petitt wrote: > > > ...Atlanta paper today reports, yes, A319'a will be > > painted in AirTran livery.... > > > > RT, look at yer map, PHX-CUN ain't THAT far, much > > shorter than many of HP's routes..... > > > > Bryant Petitt > > Cumming, GA > > > > --- RT Simpson <BraniffIntl@aol.com> wrote: > >> In a message dated 3/3/03 10:31:24 PM US Mountain > >> Standard Time, > >> bahadiracuner@yahoo.com writes: > >> > >> > >>> Very very smart move from AirTran. This is like > >> testing the market. If it > >>> doesn't work they can call Ryan and say "sorry". > >> If it does, you can bet > >>> that the "longer range" aircraft will come from > >> Hamburg. > >>> > >>> BTW, Alaska also announced they are adding Orlando > >> to their destinations. I > >>> am a big fan of discount airlines adding coast to > >> coast flights and bigger > >>> fan of Airbus equipment on those routes. > >>> > >> > >> Not exactly coast to coast..but almost. On Monday > >> America West announced > >> non-stop service from Phoenix to Cancun, Mexico > >> beginning in June. The > >> equipment? A319. > >> > >> And speaking of Atlanta, sounds like a feeding > >> frenzy with AirTran and > >> JetBlue offering left coast service from the once > >> mighty fortress of Delta! > >> > >> > >> RT Simpson > >> Phoenix > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more > > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > > >