Major problem with weather at Toronto. We had almost 100 aircraft parked overnight due to a severe ice storm. The airport authority ran out of deicing fluid. Major cancellations over the last couple of days.... Supposed to be back to normal today or tomorrow..... In time for the next storm arriving tomorrow afternoon.... TTFN Keith Stibbe Mr. CRJ YYZ > From: "Michael C. Berch" <mcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Reply-To: The Airline List <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Michael C. Berch" > <mcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2003 18:05:57 -0700 > To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Anything up with AC? > > I know there are some Air Canada watchers here, so I thought I'd ask. > I took a friend and her daughter to SFO yesterday for an AC flight to > Vancouver, but it was cancelled (and they didn't call her). The gate > agent gave a flat "mechanical" as the reason, with the implication that > he didn't believe it either. > > I looked at the board and 3 out of 8 arrivals/departures yesterday were > cancelled. Hmmm. > > She was rebooked on an Alaska Air flight leaving an hour later, so no > big problem, but some of the AC pax were speculating, wondering if it > was (a) cancelled flights due to poor bookings, (b) something > associated with the bankruptcy filing, or (c) a labour action having to > do with (b), or with SARS. > > Anyone hear anything? > > -- > Michael C. Berch > mcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx