Flights to deer Lake Newfoundland

tankbarry

I know Westjet are doing flights to St Johns and I could transfer there but does anybody here know of better way of getting to Deer Lake and cheaper fairly expensive any time of the year.


thanks

man98

Either Westjet to St. John's, or Air Canada/ Aer Lingus to Toronto. Take your pick.

owenc

tankbarry wrote: »

I know Westjet are doing flights to St Johns and I could transfer there but does anybody here know of better way of getting to Deer Lake and cheaper fairly expensive any time of the year.


thanks

NO! Do you honestly think anyone would fly there?

man98

owenc wrote: »

NO! Do you honestly think anyone would fly there?

Careful now. The guy could want to go to Pyongyang, doesn't mean there's direct flights there!

somme

Air Post of France were supposed to be flying a scheduled service from Paris to Halfax via Glasgow ,you could have a look at that,or a before they went bust Astreus Airlines of the UK used to fly a regular charter series from the UK direct to Deer Lake for some UK property developement company that was building holiday home there at the time.

Tenger

owenc wrote: »

NO! Do you honestly think anyone would fly there?

Question asked honestly, no need to be so judgmental.

owenc

somme wrote: »

Air Post of France were supposed to be flying a scheduled service from Paris to Halfax via Glasgow ,you could have a look at that,or a before they went bust Astreus Airlines of the UK used to fly a regular charter series from the UK direct to Deer Lake for some UK property developement company that was building holiday home there at the time.

And why would anyone bother with that when you can fly from Dublin to St Johns?

man98

owenc wrote: »

And why would anyone bother with that when you can fly from Dublin to St Johns?

Price? Connections to Deer Lake? Who knows? It's like asking why someone would travel to Dublin Airport from the north just so they could travel to New York...

Vince1974

I'm actually looking to go to the same destination. Westjet is so much cheaper than any other airline and Dublin to St John's only takes five hours. The problem is then that you're on the other side of the island if you're going to Deer Lake.

I just found out there's a daily bus service that leaves St John's at 7:30am (MUN University Centre) or 8:00am (Crossroads Motel) and gets you to Deer Lake (Circle K) at 5:12pm, which costs CAD 95 (~EUR 67) for a single.

The bus company are called DRL and this is their page for fare calculation: http://drl-lr.com/schedule-and-fares/

man98

Vince1974 wrote: »

I'm actually looking to go to the same destination. Westjet is so much cheaper than any other airline and Dublin to St John's only takes five hours. The problem is then that you're on the other side of the island if you're going to Deer Lake.

I just found out there's a daily bus service that leaves St John's at 7:30am (MUN University Centre) or 8:00am (Crossroads Motel) and gets you to Deer Lake (Circle K) at 5:12pm, which costs CAD 95 (~EUR 67) for a single.

The bus company are called DRL and this is their page for fare calculation: http://drl-lr.com/schedule-and-fares/

I have also been thinking of heading over in a few years. Dublin - St. John's - Halifax - Montreal - Toronto - Vancouver would be what I'd love to do. WestJet are amazing if you're looking for value :P .

tankbarry

Westjet were a good price but when I got to the other side and wanted to fly up to deer lake the price was nearly the same as coming across the atlantic. I'm just thinking of adding 2 days to the trip and hiring a camper and staying in a campsite that way I can at least save on hotels.

tankbarry

Air Canada from dublin to toronto then onto deer lake is by far the best so far and I of the cheapest will do the job for € 861 return

Kenny2012

FYI Westjet are ending their service on Oct 25th the following is a message on their website.

"Seasonal service to and from Dublin, Ireland (DUB) ends Oct 25, 2014 and resumes Jun 14, 2015"

veetwin

Kenny2012 wrote: »

FYI Westjet are ending their service on Oct 25th the following is a message on their website.

"Seasonal service to and from Dublin, Ireland (DUB) ends Oct 25, 2014 and resumes Jun 14, 2015"

Wasn't this supposed to be a year round service when it was launched?

Tenger

veetwin wrote: »

Wasn't this supposed to be a year round service when it was launched?

Don't believe so. TBH it was seen as a bit of a 'out of field' route when it was announced. But I'm happy to say it has done well this Summer. Might take a year or two to build up the route to require year round service.

L1011

veetwin wrote: »

Wasn't this supposed to be a year round service when it was launched?

Only announced for summer 14 originally.

Vince1974

Phew, my plan to head over around the end of June next year can still go ahead with the El Cheapo flights of WestJet.

christy c

Tenger wrote: »

TBH it was seen as a bit of a 'out of field' route when it was announced

I think Westjet CEO said they did it to test the market to Europe, which would make sense as it was relatively low risk with flights being short(ish)

man98

christy c wrote: »

I think Westjet CEO said they did it to test the market to Europe, which would make sense as it was relatively low risk with flights being short(ish)

Aren't they getting 767s in over the coming years for European ops?

somme

The 767s will be mostly for flights from Canada to Hawaii and the Carribean

zone 1

when does this service start back up in 2015 dub-st johns

fuerte1976

June 2015 it says on website

owenc

Tenger wrote: »

Don't believe so. TBH it was seen as a bit of a 'out of field' route when it was announced. But I'm happy to say it has done well this Summer. Might take a year or two to build up the route to require year round service.

Well it is freezing cold in St Johns in winter. I am not so sure if people would go there in winter

man98

owenc wrote: »

Well it is freezing cold in St Johns in winter. I am not so sure if people would go there in winter

Connections...? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John%27s_International_Airport#Airlines_and_destinations Can't get to half them from Ireland.

Tenger

owenc wrote: »

Well it is freezing cold in St Johns in winter. I am not so sure if people would go there in winter

Some people like cold weather. And a major spoke of the business plan was connections to the rest of the Westjet network.