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‘Go Far’ Site Stories & Answers

ByThe Skeptical Traveler

It is an Air Canada site with … storiesAlt text: A banner image featuring an Air Canada airplane in flight. The left side of the banner has the Air Canada logo and the text "GO FAR STORIES" with a red background. Below it, there is a caption that reads, "See the world through the eyes of Air Canada, our employees and our passengers." The right side of the banner shows the airplane against a cloudy sky, with a search bar at the bottom right corner.

but you can ask questions too:The image features a section titled "Answering Your Questions" with four individuals' photos and their names and titles listed below each photo. From left to right: 1. Alice Theriault - Service Director 2. Maggie Simonetti - Fares and Promotions 3. Éric Lauzon - In-Flight Entertainment 4. Doug Morris - Captain

Will you answer every question?
Unfortunately, we won’t be able to answer every question that is submitted. We also won’t be able to address individual customer service issues here. If you have an urgent question, or one specific to your situation, please contact our customer service team immediately.

Examples of question/answer:

Why do Canadian airport codes start with the letter “Y”?
The U.S. National Weather Service initially established airport codes. Canada was allotted a “Y” for all airports associated with a weather office. Codes like YVR for Vancouver and YWG for Winnipeg make sense, but Canada’s busiest airport, Toronto Pearson International Airport, inherited the intriguing YYZ. Some travel companies use the non-standard YTO to identify Toronto, but it’s actually a city code that encompasses not only YYZ but also YKZ (Buttonville Municipal Airport) and YTZ (Toronto City Centre Airport). You may also see the odd “Z,” such as in ZBF for Bathurst, New Brunswick.

How are the three-letter airport codes chosen?
Most airport codes are based on place names or airport names. When aviation was in its infancy, the U.S. National Weather Service used two letters to identify an airport. Now, IATA (the International Air Transport Association) creates the three-letter identifiers. DEN is obvious for Denver, Colorado. Chicago O’Hare International Airport is so named in tribute to Lt. Cmdr. Edward O’Hare, but it’s located on the site of a small commercial airfield originally known as Orchard Field. ORD is derived from this and was retained even though the airport’s name later changed.

 And an infographic from the same site:

**Alt text:** Infographic titled "Meet the Fleet" by Air Canada, detailing their aircraft fleet and the types of cargo they carry. - The fleet consists of 353 aircraft, with the Embraer 190 being the most common regional aircraft. - A visual comparison shows the number of each type of aircraft: Boeing 767-300ER (12), Boeing 777-200LR (6), Boeing 777-300ER (8), Airbus A330-300 (31), Airbus A321-200 (10), Airbus A320-200 (41), Airbus A319-100 (47), Embraer 190 (15), Embraer 175 (16), Bombardier CRJ-705 (12), Bombardier CRJ-100/200 (42), De Havilland DH4 (36), Beechcraft 1900D (24). Cargo details: - 14,400 packets of pepper are flown from Calgary to Halifax on the Airbus 319 each year. - The Boeing 777 hauls 9,003 cans of cola between Montreal and Frankfurt every month. - The Montreal Symphony Orchestra transported 12,496 kg of equipment over 2 flights from Montreal to London-Heathrow, equivalent to 2 monster trucks. - Each flight from Shanghai on an Airbus 330 carries 228 noodle packs. - From June to July 2010, over 1.1 million kg of cherries were transported, enough to fill

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