But “we” aren’t spending the money. ADM is.
All of that instead of building 10 km of expressway (A13) and a decent train service to downtown.
The worst section of YUL nowadays is clearly the domestic jetty that really looks like a small regional airport.
If there is an expansion with a mid-field concourse towards ex runway 10/28, what “sector” would be transferred there? There would be an obvious challenge with the segregation of international/US passengers who need to go through customs and domestic flights.
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Well… in an ideal world HSR and a developed rail network would reduce the need for a super large domestic jetty.
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A few more changes for the Summer 2024 season, I’ve listed interesting changes.
Montreal – Athens
17MAY24 – 21JUL24 Increase from 7 to 9 weekly (10 from 05JUN24). AC882/883 operated by 787-8, switching to -9 from 19JUN24
AC882 YUL1500 – 0700+1ATH 789 357
AC898 YUL1750 – 1000+1ATH 77W D
AC883 ATH0900 – 1155YUL 789 146
AC899 ATH1210 – 1515YUL 77W D
Montreal – Barcelona Revised from previously scheduled 6 weekly 450-seater 777-300ER to following:
01MAY24 – 15MAY24 5 weekly
04JUN24 – 30SEP24 7 weekly
17OCT24 – 25OCT24 5 weekly
Montreal – Dublin eff 18JUN24 787-9 replaces -8, 3 weekly
Montreal – Frankfurt
eff 01APR24 AC844/845 A330-300 replaces 787-9 (Except 07JUL24 – 02SEP24, 01OCT24 – 13OCT24)
eff 01JUN24 Seasonal 2nd daily AC846/847 operates 2 weeks earlier than planned, A330-300. Service operates 4 weekly instead of 6 during 01JUN24 – 12JUN24, 5 weekly 01OCT24 – 07OCT24 (Planned 5 weekly during 09JUL24 – 22JUL24 has been reduced to 4 weekly)
Montreal – Lisbon Frequency variation, A330-300 operating
01APR24 – 30APR24 Increase from 3 to 6 weekly instead of 4 (Original: 5 weekly)
01MAY24 – 11MAY24 Increase from 4 to 7 weekly instead of 5
eff 12MAY24 Increase from 4 to 6 weekly instead of 5
Montreal – Madrid eff 10MAY24 Planned new route to commence 3 weeks earlier than originally planned, 4 weekly 787-8. Planned 5th weekly from 01JUN24 removed (This route originally scheduled from 05JUN24 with 5 weekly A330-300)
Montreal – Paris Charles de Gaulle
eff 01APR24 400-seater 777-300ER operates entire season (Previous: 450-seater in April 2024, replacing A330-300)
24JUL24 – 13SEP24 Increase from 14 to 17 weekly, AC888/889 operated by 787-9
AC874 YUL1805 – 0705+1CDG 77W D
AC870 YUL2110 – 1020+1CDG 333 D
AC888 YUL2255 – 1200+1CDG 789 357
AC875 CDG0910 – 1045YUL 77W D
AC871 CDG1400 – 1555YUL 333 D
AC889 CDG1730 – 1855YUL 789 146
Montreal – Tel Aviv eff 01MAY24 Tentative service resumption, 2 weekly 787-8 (787-9 from 02JUN24; Previous: 4 weekly from 01JUL24)
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Un monsieur Poutine pas mal plus sympathique que son homonyme russe. 
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There is a rumor that AC will launch direct service to SEOUL from Montreal
coming from Airliners.net
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Air Canada Adds Montreal – Seoul Service From June 2024
Air Canada in Northern summer 2024 season plans to launch new nonstop service between Montreal and Korea, as the carrier plans to operate Montreal – Seoul Incheon route. From 18JUN24, Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner will operate this route 4 times weekly.
AC067 YUL1235 – 1625+1ICN 789 x357
AC068 ICN1800 – 1830YUL 789 x146
aeroroutes
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This is great news!
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Bel ajout pour YUL ! 
Visité la Corée du Sud 
en 2007 + 2013. Vraiment sympa! Il ne manquerait maintenant qu’Hong Kong pour un vol direct vers l’Asie! Je ne sais pas à quand Air China va recommencer son PEK-YUL.
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Dire qu’il fut un temps ou il y avait des vols direct vers Beijing ET Shanghai. Maintenant le plus rapide est via Tokyo.
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Air China is not even daily on Vancouver to Beijing, so until service is fully restored to Vancouver don’t expect YUL to start.
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There is talk in airliners.net that Air Canada is dropping flights to Cairo and this is where the 787 for Seoul is coming from. I don’t see Cairo flights in August from here as of now. Anyone know if there’s truth to this?
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Cairo is wiped from GDS and Seoul is added 
That’s disappointing. Would be good to see Egyptair taking over the route. Maybe they have better feeds to Canada from their region than we have to Cairo from ours. It’s a long shot though. Hopefully Seoul is more profitable for Air Canada.
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Yes correct, the plane that was being used for Cairo is being swapped for Seoul.
It was a nice route to have but unfortunately I feel like it was a low yielding route. The best carrier for this route would be if EgyptAir were to return at some point.
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There is the Star Alliance connection so it might make sense. There’s been no word of Seoul or Cairo on any platform I’ve seen other than Aeroroutes. Maybe there’s something in the works. Fingers crossed.
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