> From: John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> and the last time I was in Vancouver, circa 2014, these one engined
> small prop jobbie sea planes made an enormous noise taking off from Coal
> Harbour on the downtown's fringe. More than enough to spoil the quiet
> tranquility of Stanley Park :-)
>
> Time to move the airline to a slough adjacent to YVR !
You got a point.
But a huge part of their appeal is delivering you downtown, not an hour’s Sky
Train ride away from downtown.
So I doubt they’d do as well economically out by YVR. Not that economics is
always a good excuse...
BTW: most of them are twin-engine turboprops these days.
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