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As of midnight tonight Canada has banned flights from the UK.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/can...irus-1.5849598
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/can...irus-1.5849598
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There is quite a decent wiki article about it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VUI_%E2%80%93_202012/01
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Flights impacted by covid into YVR... though none from the UK
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Other airports > https://www.canada.ca/en/public-heal...atherings.html
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COVID-19 Public Exposures
Flights impacted by covid into YVR... though none from the UK![Smile](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif)
Other airports > https://www.canada.ca/en/public-heal...atherings.html
Flights impacted by covid into YVR... though none from the UK
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Other airports > https://www.canada.ca/en/public-heal...atherings.html
The screenshot you quoted me on has an exposure into YVR from LHR.
Flight AC855 on Dec 10th. Rows 35-42.
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Ha ha not according to this story, Trump is UK's only friend it says. ![Embarrassment](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/redface.gif)
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/135340...vid-19-strain/
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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/135340...vid-19-strain/
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Ha ha not according to this story, Trump is UK's only friend it says. ![Embarrassment](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/redface.gif)
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/135340...vid-19-strain/
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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/135340...vid-19-strain/
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I was looking at the link I gave you - not your post.. and yes, there is one (10th December) hidden amongst the others.
More worrying are all the flights across Canada! (pdf opens in new tab, no download) http://www.bccdc.ca/Health-Info-Site...es-Current.pdf
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Ha ha not according to this story, Trump is UK's only friend it says. ![Embarrassment](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/redface.gif)
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/135340...vid-19-strain/
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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/135340...vid-19-strain/
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Seems at least at YVR people are indeed not travelling much by air this holiday season, YVR showing traffic down 85% to 90%.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...cent-1.5849655
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...cent-1.5849655
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Seems at least at YVR people are indeed not travelling much by air this holiday season, YVR showing traffic down 85% to 90%.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...cent-1.5849655
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...cent-1.5849655
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Significant. The massive reduction by airlines, massive reduction of passengers, has led YVR to halt their fairly large airport improvement project they broke ground on in 2018 to help conserve cash, once demand rises again and revenue starts to return, they will eventually finish it. ground transportation center, new parkade, central utilities building, as well as a geo-thermal heating and cooling system.
The Pier D International Terminal Expansion was nearly done, so they did continue that one to complete it.
YVR went from massive growth and not having enough gates at peak times especially in international and US departure gates, to a ghost town. Crazy fast decline.
Most recent monthly stats I could find is for September which were released in November, September 2020 saw a 84.6% decline in passengers vs 2019.
6.4 million passengers through YVR Jan 1 to Sept 30, 2020 down from 20.3 million same period in 2019.
24 flights between Dec 6 and 16 with possible COVID exposure.
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/24-flights-add...ures-1.5238679
The Pier D International Terminal Expansion was nearly done, so they did continue that one to complete it.
YVR went from massive growth and not having enough gates at peak times especially in international and US departure gates, to a ghost town. Crazy fast decline.
Most recent monthly stats I could find is for September which were released in November, September 2020 saw a 84.6% decline in passengers vs 2019.
- Domestic:
- 2019: 1,136,494
- 2020: 287,531 (-74.7%)
- US transborder:
- 2019: 529,152
- 2020: 20,776 (-96.1%)
- Asia Pacific:
- 2019: 374,264
- 2020: 32,909 (-91.2%)
- Europe:
- 2019: 221,492
- 2020: 12,313 (-94.4%)
- Miscellaneous:
- 2019: 41,994
- 2020: 1,885 (-95.5%)
6.4 million passengers through YVR Jan 1 to Sept 30, 2020 down from 20.3 million same period in 2019.
24 flights between Dec 6 and 16 with possible COVID exposure.
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/24-flights-add...ures-1.5238679
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Boris Johnson is quite correctly getting absolute pelters in the sensible parts of the UK media for his jingo-bluster-flip-flop style of "leadership". Kier Starmer hit the nail on the head when he said that Johnson cares more about being popular than he cares about making difficult decisions.
What I can't get my head around is that if London is put into Tier 4, why did they (i) not do it immediately instead of saying "from midnight tomorrow", and (ii) allow trains and planes out of London to keep running? It's a recipe for disaster, just because they don't want to make tough decisions.
What I can't get my head around is that if London is put into Tier 4, why did they (i) not do it immediately instead of saying "from midnight tomorrow", and (ii) allow trains and planes out of London to keep running? It's a recipe for disaster, just because they don't want to make tough decisions.
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Parkside Extendicare in Regina turned into a hell-hole and there was nothing the familes of the residents could do. After seeing what happened early on in Quebec and Ontario maybe the management had time to bolster their staffing or improve conditions, and maybe not. There will probably be an inquiry at some point.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saska...d-19-1.5840770
My best friend's mother died in there an hour and a half ago and of course he couldn't be there. I'd known her for almost 50 years and she was the sweetest, kindest woman you're ever likely to meet. She just tested positive less than 2 weeks ago.
The father of a co-worker was in there until about 3 months ago, when she was able to get him a space in a nursing home out of town. I think she saved his life.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saska...d-19-1.5840770
My best friend's mother died in there an hour and a half ago and of course he couldn't be there. I'd known her for almost 50 years and she was the sweetest, kindest woman you're ever likely to meet. She just tested positive less than 2 weeks ago.
The father of a co-worker was in there until about 3 months ago, when she was able to get him a space in a nursing home out of town. I think she saved his life.