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Canada’s Westjet will be back again this summer with those short hops across the pond from Newfoundland and Nova Scotia on their transatlantic ‘737s. With a strong tailwind....the St. John’s-Dublin flight can do it in just under 4 hrs. YYT (St. John’s)-LGW YYT-DUB YHZ (Halifax)-GLA...

Here in Canada….most of the major airports have US Pre-Clearance and the US Border Officials working here have limited powers. You might have been pre-cleared to enter the US….but you are far from being on US soil. I’m still fully protected by Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms until that...

Since this is a trivia post……where do you find a 9 passenger Cessna Rimes F406 flying over the Atlantic in scheduled service between France and Canada?? Below is a photo of Air Saint-Pierre Flight 1125 at Sydney, Nova Scotia…….just arrived after a 44 minute, 188 mile flight from...

WestJet is also using a 737-700 on the St.John’s to Dublin route. Flightaware is showing it taking as little as 3:47 to cross the pond and can do a round trip in under 11 hours. http://flightaware.com/live/flight/WJA16/history/20150620/0130Z/CYYT/EIDW Europe Airpost is operating a...

Here’s some interior views of the former Nightstars in service on VIA’s OCEAN Several of the Sleeping Cars were converted into Dining Cars: .....and note the BR Oven in the Lounge Car: The only station the OCEAN uses with platforms level with the car floor is...

For your viewing pleasure.....the former BR ‘Nightstars’.......now known as the ‘Renaissance ‘ in Canada. VIA Rail uses the cars on the ‘Ocean’. Here they are at Truro, Nova Scotia......75 min into their overnight 840 mile run between Halifax and Montreal. --- old post above...