Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
In late 2017, WestJet and Pacific Coastal Airlines officially announced WestJet Link - a Capacity Purchase Agreement that would connect smaller cities in Alberta and B.C. to the rest of WestJet’s network in Calgary.
Initially, 3 Pacific Coastal Saab 340s were painted in WestJet colours and operations began in June 2018.
In May 2024 though, it was announced that the Capacity Purchase Agreement would not be renewed, and that the remaining Link services would be transferred to WestJet Encore, and flying on their Dash 8-400s instead.
As a send-off to the WestJet Link Saab 340s, I made sure to hop on the last flight out of Calgary!
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FLIGHT INFORMATION
Airline: Pacific Coastal Airlines (PCO/8P)
Aircraft: Saab 340B (SF34)
Flight Number: WS3010/3017
Seat: 12A/7A
Livery: Old (2015)
Engines: 2x General Electric CT7-9B
Registration: C-GPCI
Route: Calgary (YYC) - Medicine Hat (YXH) - Calgary (YYC)
Callsign: PASCO 3010/3017
Runway used: 35R (YYC) - 03 (YXH) / 21 (YXH) - 35R (YYC)
Date filmed: September 2024
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Outro song - "Take Flight" by Nyhtian: youtu.be/bCTTwQ_269c
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This video is the property of Alex Praglowski Aviation and may not be used for any purpose without prior permission. Contact me at the email in the "About" section of my channel for usage.
In late 2017, WestJet and Pacific Coastal Airlines officially announced WestJet Link - a Capacity Purchase Agreement that would connect smaller cities in Alberta and B.C. to the rest of WestJet’s network in Calgary.
Initially, 3 Pacific Coastal Saab 340s were painted in WestJet colours and operations began in June 2018.
In May 2024 though, it was announced that the Capacity Purchase Agreement would not be renewed, and that the remaining Link services would be transferred to WestJet Encore, and flying on their Dash 8-400s instead.
As a send-off to the WestJet Link Saab 340s, I made sure to hop on the last flight out of Calgary!
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FLIGHT INFORMATION
Airline: Pacific Coastal Airlines (PCO/8P)
Aircraft: Saab 340B (SF34)
Flight Number: WS3010/3017
Seat: 12A/7A
Livery: Old (2015)
Engines: 2x General Electric CT7-9B
Registration: C-GPCI
Route: Calgary (YYC) - Medicine Hat (YXH) - Calgary (YYC)
Callsign: PASCO 3010/3017
Runway used: 35R (YYC) - 03 (YXH) / 21 (YXH) - 35R (YYC)
Date filmed: September 2024
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Outro song - "Take Flight" by Nyhtian: youtu.be/bCTTwQ_269c
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![RARE DOUGLAS DC-8 STILL FLYING! Samaritans Purse DC-8 and 757 at Calgary Airport! [4K]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NTNNyN-5B98/mqdefault.jpg "RARE DOUGLAS DC-8 STILL FLYING! Samaritans Purse DC-8 and 757 at Calgary Airport! [4K]
Yesterday, Calgary International Airport got perhaps the rarest visit of the year. Humanitarian organization Samaritans Purse brought in their Boeing 757 and their Douglas DC-8, which is one of the last ones flying in the world!
The 757 is a fairly recent addition to their operation, but the DC-8 has been flying with them since 2016.
This 55-year-old DC-8-72 Combi first entered service with Finnair in 1969, and also flew with the French Air Force and Air Transport International before being purchased by Samaritans Purse.
Both planes were here bringing in an Emergency Field Hospital to their warehouse here in Calgary. The hospital and its supplies will be based here and ready to be deployed by their Canadian division.
With barely any DC-8s still flying around the world, and NASA retiring theirs in the next few months, the plane itself is an extremely rare sight.
To see one of these in operation in 2024, right at home, was pretty unbelievable, so I hope you enjoy!
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FLIGHT INFORMATION (757)
Airline: Samaritans Purse (NSP)
Aircraft: Boeing 757-225(PCF) (B752)
Flight Number: NSP7
Livery: Standard
Engines: 2x Rolls Royce RB211-535E4
Registration: N783SP
Route: Greensboro (GSO) - Calgary (YYC) - Greensboro (GSO)
Callsign: SAM PURSE 7 / SAMS PURSE 7 (?)
Runway used: 35R, 35L
Date filmed: March 2024
FLIGHT INFORMATION (DC-8)
Airline: Samaritans Purse (NSP)
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8-72CF
Flight Number: NSP8
Livery: Standard
Engines: 4x CFMI CFM56-2C1
Registration: N782SP
Route: Greensboro (GSO) - Calgary (YYC) - Greensboro (GSO)
Callsign: SAM PURSE 8 / SAMS PURSE 8 (?)
Runway used: 35R, 35L
Date filmed: March 2024
Outro song - Take Flight by Nyhtian: https://youtu.be/bCTTwQ_269c
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![ONLY INTERNATIONAL HEAVY ARRIVALS at Vancouver Airport (YVR) [4K]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NbhlD8ejZl0/mqdefault.jpg "ONLY INTERNATIONAL HEAVY ARRIVALS at Vancouver Airport (YVR) [4K]
Vancouver International Airport is the second-busiest airport in Canada, and has plenty of international traffic throughout each day, from both and Europe and Asia.
Heres just a few of their regulars landing on runway 26R on a beautiful sunny day in May 2022!
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FLIGHT INFORMATION
00:00 - Lufthansa 747-400 from Frankfurt (FRA)
01:05 - Philippine Airlines 777-300ER from Manila (MNL)
01:52 - Condor 767-300ER from Frankfurt (FRA)
02:37 - Turkish Airlines A350-900 from Istanbul (IST)
03:25 - KLM 777-200ER from Amsterdam (AMS)
04:11 - Lufthansa A350-900 from Munich (MUC)
04:58 - Qantas 787-9 from Sydney (SYD)
05:53 - China Eastern A350-900 from Shanghai (PVG)
06:40 - EVA Air 787-10 from Taipei (TPE)
07:26 - British Airways 777-200ER from London (LHR)
Outro song - Take Flight by Nyhtian: https://youtu.be/bCTTwQ_269c
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