Jim Adams

Just told by #Westjet in Amsterdam that they are doing a complete reboot of the system in Calgary. They said it could be 30min, or a few hours.

I’m sitting in YEG just waiting to depart and our gate attendant announced about 15-20 min ago that it’s resolved and we’re about to start boarding. PHEW

A FlightRadar24 screenshot centered over North America, showing very few WestJet aircraft currently in the air. 6 in total over the Atlantic and Pacific.

Apparently almost all the WestJet fleet is currently grounded due to an IT issue. Here is what must have got airborne before that. Ouch... #avgeek

Germany’s identity crisis: The trains no longer run on time Germans are deeply frustrated over a train system that is falling apart, undermining the punctuality that has long been core to Germany’s national self-image.

“Since late April, Switzerland has banned some German trains from traveling beyond the Swiss border city of Basel because delays on the Deutsche Bahn network have been wreaking havoc. Passengers traveling onward must change at Basel to more trustworthy Swiss trains.”

via @aaronwiener.bsky.social

Little bit of a delay getting out of Frankfurt today.

#avgeek

🚨 PRICE DROP 🚨 #Seattle to Dublin, Ireland for only $385 roundtrip with Air Canada #Travel

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See five Great Lakes in one day: Road trip options pass through Northern Michigan, U.P. Epic summer adventure? Try splashing in all five Great Lakes in one day. Here are three routes you can try, including a no-passport way.

Maybe I will add this to a bucket list.

- Swim in all five Great Lakes on the same day

A fun read from the Sault Evening News.

www.sooeveningnews.com/story/news/2...

The ambiguous Oxford comma The more finicky a distinction, the more fanatically people take sides over it. The Oxford comma (aka serial comma, series comma, etc.) is a case in point. Some people – often copy editors or write…

Using the serial comma can also result in ambiguity. stancarey.wordpress.com/2017/04/21/t...

“Pedestrian killed by driver heading wrong way in a truck.”

Pedestrian dead, three in critical condition after crash in northeast Calgary Emergency crews were called to the 3200 block of 52nd Street N.E. just before 5:30 a.m. for reports of a crash.

when a person drives the wrong way up a highway, strikes and kills a pedestrian, continues driving causing an additional crash & life threatening injuries, should journalists write: "Pedestrian killed by truck driving the wrong way"
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The pedestrian bridge at Exhibition GO is a great place to get transit + skyline photos.

#Toronto, Canada to Quito, Ecuador for only $473 CAD roundtrip with Avianca #TravelTuesday

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What Canadian passenger rail looked like in 1955 An interactive map depicting intercity rail services in Ontario and Quebec in 1955

A map of every scheduled passenger train that operated in Canada in 1955, including through services to US cities.

All ten provinces had passenger rail connections back then, along with almost every town in the country.

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They’re rhyming it with “pier”???

Or with “pure”???

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Anyone know what maintenance work Emirates has done for its A380s at Beijing's new airport (PKX)? Seems to be a steady rotation through, with planes spending 40-60 days on the ground for something. 🤔
#AvGeek

A fun little timelapse of the Goodyear Blimp bobbing and weaving in the sky above the #NASCAR race in Grant Park

Partial map of the London Underground, including Battersea Power Station station.

London has one station with “Station” in the name of the station, albeit for an entirely different reason.

But It Might Work For Us Meme, with the lede as "Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Singapore, and Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, and the EU all allow foreign airline ownership to increase competition"

I'm not saying Canada's idea to allow foreign ownership of airlines and cabotage to increase competition is almost certainly a bad idea, destined to fail like it has elsewhere around the globe.

But I'm also not *not* saying that.

paxex.aero/canada-compe...

#AvGeek

BP is a solid 🇨🇦 choice. Swiss Chalet also, if you get a chance.

One of the funniest things Ive learned about the AS operation the last few weeks is that they're towing the Tokyo A330 from S to N gates every day so that it can depart from the Alaska terminal and be seen from the lounge. It makes sense but still

Cool neighbourhood, great stadium (for the type of events held there), nice view of the escarpment. 🇨🇦👍

Both American and United are working with travelers affected by Silver's sudden closure to get them home.

This thread will bring you joy

This is incredible

Japan’s JR East Announces New Overnight Express Train to Northern Japan - Altitude Yes JR East will offer an overnight express train service starting in spring 2027, servicing parts of its rural network.

NEW Japan train news!

JR East has announced a new overnight express train service from Tokyo to Northern Tohoku, starting in spring 2027. This train will feature private rooms, a lounge car, an elevated class called Premium Green, and more.

#Japan #trains

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Flightradar24 show on the LED video board in the North end zone at Gillette Stadium.

When you have access to one of the largest LED video boards in the world, a Flightradar24 subscription, and you want to see which flights out of Boston are flying overhead.

Sent to us by one of our users and shared with permission.

And a video of us passing a freight train. (What the video doesn’t show is that we were crawling behind this train for miles until there was a third track it could pull over to)

A TTC TR-series subway train on Line 1 (Yonge-University-Spadina) with a destination board reading Finch is stopped at St. Andrew station circa 2015. CTV News photo.

Sunday commercial activity in Toronto remained contentious until the last decade of the 20th century. Even today, TTC Sunday subway service doesn't begin until 8 AM, long after thousands of service employees are required to be at work. 3/3

WestJet July/August 2025 US Service Reductions – 04MAY25
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Very low-res copy-pasted solution.

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