Montreal (YUL,YMX,YHU) week 18-2023

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Montreal (YUL,YMX,YHU) week 18-2023

Post by LifelinerOne »

Hej everybody!

work brought me to Montreal, and I secured some time to do some planespotting at Montreal-Trudeau but also decided to make quick visits to Mirabel and St. Hubert.

Let's start at Mirabel, which I visited on 4 May 2023. This is quite a frustrating airport for photographers as I actually knew. There wasn't much happening with no A220s outside. The only thing to be photographed rather acceptably was this B767-300F C-GUAJ:

1. ImageIMG_7920 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

Then I drove to St. Hubert, a small airport that features general aviation but is also home of Chrono Aviation with its black B737-200s. Unfortunately, two B737-200s departed just before I arrived, meaning I didn't catch one. There were, however, a few nice things photographed:

1. No visible registration but this is Pascan Aviation Jetstream C-GUSC:
ImageBAe32-PAS-CGUSC-YHU04may23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

2. Another stored Pascan BAe32, C-FKQA:
ImageBAe32-PAS-CFKQA-YHU04may23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

3. Max Aviation has quite a nice livery as shown on this Beech 100 C-GYPA:
ImageBE100-MAX-CGYPA-YHU04may23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

Most spotting was done at Trudeau International. Because of maintenance work only runway 06R-24L was in use, which is good as it's the runway that has a dedicated viewing area. It's also the runway next to my hotel, the Sheraton, and I could also do some spotting from the parking lot there in the early morning before driving to work.

Here's an impression of what you can spot.

1. 40 years old and still going strong are the Air Inuit Boeing 737-200s, like this C-GOPW landing in rainy weather:
ImageB732-INU-CGOPW-YUL30apr23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

2. Lufthansa serves YUL with the B787-9 from Frankfurt and the A350-900 from Munich. Here's B787-9 D-ABPD departing back to FRA:
ImageB789-DLH-DABPD-YUL30apr23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

3. Unfortunately the only Flair MAX I saw was this C-FLEJ:
ImageB738M-FLR-CFLEJ-YUL30apr23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

4. Lots of A220s of Air Canada could be seen, the star of being, of course, this C-GNBN:
ImageA223-ACA-CGNBN-YUL04may23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

5. Another classic 737, this -200 C-GNLN of Nolinor:
ImageB732-NOL-CGNLN-YUL04may23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

6. Thanks to the single runway configuration, all the nicer local stuff also could be captured more easily as this Hydro Quebec DHC-8-400 C-GHQL:
ImageDHC84-HDQ-CGHQL-YUL04may23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

7. PAL Airlines DHC-8-400 C-FPQI:
ImageDHC84-PAL-CFPQI-YUL04may23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

8. PAL Beech 1900D C-GPBG:
ImageBE1900D-PAL-CGPBG-YUL04may23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

9. Air Creebec DHC-8 C-GUXF:
ImageDHC8-CRB-CGUXF-YUL04may23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

10. PAL DHC-8 C-GPAU:
ImageDHC8-PAL-CGPAU-YUL04may23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

11. Air Inuit DHC-8 C-GIAB:
ImageDHC8-INU-CGIAB-YUL04may23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

12. Air Liasion Beech 1900D C-GDSG:
ImageBE1900D-LIA-CGDSG-YUL04may23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

13. This Canadian North B737-400C C-FFNC is still wearing the First Air-livery:
ImageB734C-CND-CFFNC-YUL04may23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

14. Jetlines has quite the nice livery as seen here on A320 C-GCJL:
ImageA320-JTL-CGCJL-YUL04may23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

15. Porter Airlines is now also a jet-operator, using the E195-E2 and quite a few were photographed including this C-GKQQ:
ImageE195E2-PRT-CGKQQ-YUL05may23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

16. A few Sunwing's were also photographed, like this B737-8 C-FYXC:
ImageB738M-SWG-CFYXC-YUL05may23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

17. Bombardier has a big site at YUL for building Globals. Here's Global 6500 C-GXJO returning from a test-flight:
ImageBD700-PVT-CGXJO-YUL05may23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

18. Nice little surprise, Twin Otter N137JR:
ImageDHC6-PVT-N137JR-YUL05may23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

19. Another cool classic jet! B737-200 C-FFAL of Raglan:
ImageB732-RAG-CFFAL-YUL05may23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

20. Great to catch the special liveried B787-8 JY-BAH of Royal Jordanian:
ImageB788-RJA-JYBAH-YUL05may23 by Anton Homma, on Flickr

And that was my impression. Next to these, you can, of course spot much more from Air Canada (A220, A319, A320, A321, A330, B737-8, B787, B777), Air Canada Rouge (A319, A320, A321), Air Canada Express (E175, CRJ900, DHC8), Air Transat (A321, A330), Air France (B777), Austrian Airlines (B767), Qatar (B777), WestJet (B737), Porter Airlines (DHC8), American Airlines (A319, CRJ, E145), Delta (B717, CRJ900), United Airlines (E175), Air Algerie (A330)

You can find all the photo albums here: https://flickr.com/photos/lifelinerone/ ... 0308253522

Hope you liked them and see you next time!

Cheers! :wave:
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Re: Montreal (YUL,YMX,YHU) week 18-2023

Post by YS11 »

Nice set of oldies.
Rgds,Martin.
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