I flew on CA Pacific on their evening flight back the CLD on Thursday, 11/1. Three of the Vallas Family were on board including 97-year-old Ted Vallas. I flew back the next morning (11/2) with a little fan-fare with some execs of CA Pacific present. We took off CLD on time with 18 people on board. We had a water-cannon salute upon arrival with the press and airport officials meeting the flight, which included a ribbon-cutting. It was a very nice experience!
I’m in the UK we have loads of these aircraft.I flew from Manchester to Glasgow on one once with only 8 people onboard which included 2 pilots I stewardess.You were lucky to get away on that aircraft in the uk no running water and no flushing toilet would have resulted in no takeoff 🛫.
I’m very happy to see this airline get its first review :) I’m hoping to do one soon too. One thing I do note, you seem to be a bit harsh toward them. It’s only their first couple days of operation. Sit back, relax, and enjoy experiencing a brand new airline with the first trip report out on TH-cam! Not many people can say they published the first ever trip report of an airline. I think they look amazing and as I’m based out of Denver I believe I’ll be doing some flights with them.
Geminijets 46 all I can say is I Hope hope hope they do! When they begin Carlsbad - Denver flights with the stop in Phoenix Mesa Gateway I’d love to see that gorgeous E170 in Denver, but if they actually will is outside of my knowledge.
8:03 that is called a static takeoff I believe. Pilots usually do it on shorter runways. They hold the brakes as they put the throttle up to full. Then they release the brakes and the plane instantly moves fast :)
While I didn't experience a static takeoff on American Eagle ORD-CWA some years ago,my first ever flight on a ERJ impressed me with the takeoff--those engines have some serious kick in 'em and yes,you are pushed into the seat!
you are correct; static takeoff due to shorter runways, heavier aircraft weight, hot days due to density and in some cases wanting/needing the engines to stabilize rotation speed
Doubt theyll be around very long. It isnt viable to fly RJs around with 15 people on that arent feeding other flights. Great for the passengers while it last because its close to a private plane.
Looked like a really nice flight - especially the beautiful liver (2:40). Haha! Anyway, well done - now I'm all tempted to give this a shot myself, assuming that they stick around longer than the others did.
iTripReport Leon is great it's grown so much in the last 15 years I do a lot of business in Leon so I fly lax to bjx at least once every 1 or 2 months .. the airport looks great I remember when it didn't even have jet bridges back in the 90s when I was a young kid now they even have a lounge due to the influx of business travelers I was just telling someone yesterday about the large Asian population ( mostly Japanese) coming to Leon the Japanese government even opened a consulate to serve their citizens,Leon will only continue to grow and that includes the airport
There is a restaurant located at the Carlsbad airport no more than 40' from the terminal. According to what I read on their website (The Landings) they don't open until 7:30 AM. You can see the restaurant at 6:30 to the side of the left engine. On another note, I really wish Cal Pacific would start advertising. I want them to succeed.
Looks like they also inherited a Great Lakes Airlines boarding ramp..... 6:22 . Very cool! Got to see a Static Flaps 22 takeoff with a Flaps 45 landing.
Airline needs to market more (I never see ads for them). I'm a socal based flyer but I live in San Diego (about 20min from SAN) so unlikely i would drive up the 5 just to fly to SJC, although you would have to deal with crummy T1 since AS and WN both use T1 for SJC flights. CLD looks like a small but very nice, functional airport, you probably don't have to take out a second mortgage to pay for parking at CLD either. I hope this airline makes it given how many people live in north county, too bad they sold their E170 that they had originally planned to use, much nicer than a erj but probably too expensive to lease.
Thanks for posting this video! Hope they do last, noticed the cabin aging on the 15 year old bird, but awesome flying and exceptional customer service!
Cal Jet continued service from Carlsbad to Las Vegas until April 18, 2018. They told media that they were ceasing operations at that time to restructure their business plan. Their plan was to have non-stop, daily flights from Palomar Airport in Carlsbad to Oakland, San Jose, Phoenix, Sacramento and Las Vegas. Once the aircraft were acquired and supporting operations were in place, Cal Jet planned to restart service. However, as of December 2019, the airline's website continued to report that its operations remained suspended. Their website is offline as of June 2019. Cal Jet's Twitter feed and Facebook page have not been updated since the April 2018 announcement. The suspension inconvenienced many passengers who enjoyed the convenience of flying out of McCellan Palomar Airport. sadly went out of business :( that didnt last long.
As an airline enthusiast, I have been following this airline for years. I love the idea, and the area served. This airline sounds so amazing and i am extremely happy for Ted Vallas and his company. This sounds trivial, but do you think the runway size will hinder growth? If they wanna stay out west, then great, but expansion, like maybe to Dallas, Chicago, etc. may run into issues. Thoughts?
runway size out of carlsbad? as of right now, absolutely not, the airport is under utilized as a commercial airport so they have plenty of run to create more time slots for departure and leaving ... getting into the bigger airports, I personally see as both positive and negative ... positive because they can provide niche services from northern san diego to those destinations without the hassle of SAN or LAX ... negative because "if" any of the big boys see them as a threat, they could initiate service to carlsbad as well beat them on price
I looked into it a bit, and that isolated route between Denver and South Dakota is an EAS contract. I'd say that's a pretty smart move for them, since it will give them a stable source of income and a decent safety net while they try to expand. Though maybe it would be best to have Denver to Carlsbad route at some point to connect everything.
Really amazed the FA said to put away ALL portable electronic devices before takeoff,surprised she didn't harass you during the taxiing out to the runway--if the load factor on today's flight is an indicator of what to expect,it doesn't look good for CP's future,clearly they didn't make any money on this run! I'm sure its too much to assume that they don't codeshare---too bad you couldn't connect with that HA A330--will you post footage back to Carlsbad?
I feel like that's SOP, as she also repeated the same phrase on the way back, I'm guessing she understands that there is no way devices can harm the aircraft. The return flight also had a low load factor, maybe their Denver routes make up for the loss on the Cali routes. I did not film the return flight, as there wasn't really anything different to film. Hopefully I'll fly HA soon !
They have a few essential air service routes which is pretty much free money from the federal government so I'm sure they have a few guaranteed streams of income
@@andresreyes5398 Still, on that jet I'm not sure they'll make their money back. It will certainly help with the hit though. Cape Air with their C402 does great since it's really operationally cheap and they get $30+ millions every year in the program
too early in the game imo for both ... its gonna take awhile for their name to really get out there as an alternative to SAN/LAX and code sharing is something that is wayyyyyy down the road, however, if they play their hand right with the business community, they could be feeder service to the majors by ensuring business travelers can connect to the majors in the larger city pairs
Those 145 LRs are rockets compared to the XRs. Potable water in the lab could have been differed for a failed water sample. We have it happen quite a bit where I work but we usually placard the sink so people know. On those lav doors, there's a post that goes down when the lock is actuated. It could have been binding with the bottom rail. But it's good that you didn't force it. We've had mechanics get trapped in the lav from forcing them shut.
Also don't know if that one had it, but on a lot of the 145s, there's a peephole in the aft wall that people always shove toilet paper in for some reason. To the left of it is a black button. If you push the button and look in the peephole, the cargo hold lights come on and you can see the baggage. This is so the flight attendants can look in there for fires and smoke.
runway can't support 737 operations and the 717 isn't that much different in terms of takeoff/landing space needed; however! back in october this year, the board approved a runway extension by anywhere from 350+ to just at 800 ft which would allow larger aircraft operation ...nowwww with that said, my experience has been it takes about anywhere north of 7+ yrs for this size airport to get it done
Well I was supposed to be booked on their first flight on November 1st, but they cancelled it due to aircraft maintenance because the aircraft was still stuck in Denver. I bet the no water in the lav had to do with it. They offered a rebook or refund.
AD Smith if anything they can bring more options i have family in San Diego but as you know it's a huge city and my family is closer to Carlsbad. San airport is like 25 to 30 min away that's without traffic
Those ADI birds are tired. Really really tired. I with them luck but they’re going to have so many mechanical problems with them. It’s going put off a lot of potential customers
Does anyone know the history of this plane? I watched a documentary about, it's sensational, ERJ145 was the last chance for the company, which took loans from suppliers, was privatized, managed to finish the project of this plane promising to sell 400 aircraft and managed to sell much more.
Do you mean Denver? There's no way any of their planes could fly to Dubai. They would have to have a 747, 777, 787, A330, A340, A350, A380, or other long haul aircraft to fly that far.
Well... they didn't last
iTripReport oof I always feel bad for airlines that shut down
Yeah, I heard...
iTripReport There Restructuring
They are coming back tho (apparently)
They’re back now! But in Montana?
I flew on CA Pacific on their evening flight back the CLD on Thursday, 11/1. Three of the Vallas Family were on board including 97-year-old Ted Vallas. I flew back the next morning (11/2) with a little fan-fare with some execs of CA Pacific present. We took off CLD on time with 18 people on board. We had a water-cannon salute upon arrival with the press and airport officials meeting the flight, which included a ribbon-cutting. It was a very nice experience!
I’m in the UK we have loads of these aircraft.I flew from Manchester to Glasgow on one once with only 8 people onboard which included 2 pilots I stewardess.You were lucky to get away on that aircraft in the uk no running water and no flushing toilet would have resulted in no takeoff 🛫.
0:30 you do realize there was a stop sign there???
J Deltaspotter do you realize that itripreporter has # swag? A mere stop sign is for knuckleheads
Cali stop
What stop sign?!
@@neelsuthar7391 haha wasn't even a cali stop
I guess stop signs don't work in Carlsbad.
I’m very happy to see this airline get its first review :) I’m hoping to do one soon too.
One thing I do note, you seem to be a bit harsh toward them. It’s only their first couple days of operation. Sit back, relax, and enjoy experiencing a brand new airline with the first trip report out on TH-cam! Not many people can say they published the first ever trip report of an airline. I think they look amazing and as I’m based out of Denver I believe I’ll be doing some flights with them.
Hi
SkyHighGuys will the e170 fly to dia or e145?
Geminijets 46 all I can say is I Hope hope hope they do! When they begin Carlsbad - Denver flights with the stop in Phoenix Mesa Gateway I’d love to see that gorgeous E170 in Denver, but if they actually will is outside of my knowledge.
SkyHighGuys thank you!
They already close down they lasted about two months to load factor on that flight should tell you why
8:03 that is called a static takeoff I believe. Pilots usually do it on shorter runways. They hold the brakes as they put the throttle up to full. Then they release the brakes and the plane instantly moves fast :)
While I didn't experience a static takeoff on American Eagle ORD-CWA some years ago,my first ever flight on a ERJ impressed me with the takeoff--those engines have some serious kick in 'em and yes,you are pushed into the seat!
It's called a high-performance takeoff.
you are correct; static takeoff due to shorter runways, heavier aircraft weight, hot days due to density and in some cases wanting/needing the engines to stabilize rotation speed
YOOOOOOOOO
ALB Spotter YOOOOOOOO
Literally ran the stop sign lol 😂
Henry 562 lol 😂 SHUT uP WHAT IF THE POLICE SEE THIS.
It’s called a California stop
Haha nice having still E145 around there. When arriving in San José, watching an A330 around was also cool
Doubt theyll be around very long. It isnt viable to fly RJs around with 15 people on that arent feeding other flights. Great for the passengers while it last because its close to a private plane.
First plane I ever fly on . Loved the standing start . It pushed you back into the seat.
I really like this kind of rare/small airlines reports, good job on this one..!
Looked like a really nice flight - especially the beautiful liver (2:40). Haha! Anyway, well done - now I'm all tempted to give this a shot myself, assuming that they stick around longer than the others did.
itripRepor You got on the very first flight of this new epic air - Line? Itripreport is the best like if you agree !
Like if you agree that Big McLargeHuge's comment is so true
That was a really great trip report. Loved watching the video
Excellent video
You seem to take a rather casual approach to stop signs
Glad to see this airline finally got off the ground... nice review as always one of my favorite reviewers due to you always flying to BJX
Well BJX is my hometown airport... love how the airport looks now with the modernized terminal.
iTripReport Leon is great it's grown so much in the last 15 years I do a lot of business in Leon so I fly lax to bjx at least once every 1 or 2 months .. the airport looks great I remember when it didn't even have jet bridges back in the 90s when I was a young kid now they even have a lounge due to the influx of business travelers I was just telling someone yesterday about the large Asian population ( mostly Japanese) coming to Leon the Japanese government even opened a consulate to serve their citizens,Leon will only continue to grow and that includes the airport
Beautiful brasillian plane! Great video! Thanks!
Holy crap he watches the office I subbed
The plane took off pretty quick with such a light load haha
There is a restaurant located at the Carlsbad airport no more than 40' from the terminal. According to what I read on their website (The Landings) they don't open until 7:30 AM. You can see the restaurant at 6:30 to the side of the left engine. On another note, I really wish Cal Pacific would start advertising. I want them to succeed.
Excellent trip report video !!
I've been waiting for a video of a cal pacific flight since Thursday :)
Yes.. California Pacific has a beautiful liver.
Amazing review btw! Subbed
Looks like they also inherited a Great Lakes Airlines boarding ramp..... 6:22 . Very cool! Got to see a Static Flaps 22 takeoff with a Flaps 45 landing.
Sccratlanta depends on the operator. I know Envoy and Expressjet are authorized to use 22 degrees for takeoff if needed.
from the pilot exam: When can you do a Flaps 22 landing? Only when in normal flight conditions. No Amber or Red messages on (EICAS) eye cas.
@Sccratlanta ahhh understood; I'll see if i can find it again and will post
Airline needs to market more (I never see ads for them). I'm a socal based flyer but I live in San Diego (about 20min from SAN) so unlikely i would drive up the 5 just to fly to SJC, although you would have to deal with crummy T1 since AS and WN both use T1 for SJC flights. CLD looks like a small but very nice, functional airport, you probably don't have to take out a second mortgage to pay for parking at CLD either. I hope this airline makes it given how many people live in north county, too bad they sold their E170 that they had originally planned to use, much nicer than a erj but probably too expensive to lease.
definitely in these cases the economics play HEAVY
Really enjoyed this video, fantastic work mate !
That engine shut down though. 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Thanks for posting this video! Hope they do last, noticed the cabin aging on the 15 year old bird, but awesome flying and exceptional customer service!
Excellent nave !👍confort y secúrity ! congratulation Embraer/ Brazil!
Embraer erj 145 uma das maravilhas Brasileiras 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷👏
Trip report 11:04 is my favorite moment in the video 👍👍👍👍 love from india! Respect
That’s not an aircraft, it’s a Texas Lawn dart.
That's the ERJ-145 for ya.
I worked flights ✈️ on that tail number ✈️ for 10 yrs!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️SDF.
Splendid.
Cal Jet continued service from Carlsbad to Las Vegas until April 18, 2018. They told media that they were ceasing operations at that time to restructure their business plan. Their plan was to have non-stop, daily flights from Palomar Airport in Carlsbad to Oakland, San Jose, Phoenix, Sacramento and Las Vegas. Once the aircraft were acquired and supporting operations were in place, Cal Jet planned to restart service. However, as of December 2019, the airline's website continued to report that its operations remained suspended. Their website is offline as of June 2019. Cal Jet's Twitter feed and Facebook page have not been updated since the April 2018 announcement. The suspension inconvenienced many passengers who enjoyed the convenience of flying out of McCellan Palomar Airport. sadly went out of business :( that didnt last long.
Great Video as always
I would love to be on that quiet flight
I like how you run the stop signs in the parking lot lol
As an airline enthusiast, I have been following this airline for years. I love the idea, and the area served. This airline sounds so amazing and i am extremely happy for Ted Vallas and his company. This sounds trivial, but do you think the runway size will hinder growth? If they wanna stay out west, then great, but expansion, like maybe to Dallas, Chicago, etc. may run into issues. Thoughts?
runway size out of carlsbad? as of right now, absolutely not, the airport is under utilized as a commercial airport so they have plenty of run to create more time slots for departure and leaving ... getting into the bigger airports, I personally see as both positive and negative ... positive because they can provide niche services from northern san diego to those destinations without the hassle of SAN or LAX ... negative because "if" any of the big boys see them as a threat, they could initiate service to carlsbad as well beat them on price
8:09 The airline Passaredo, nowadays Voepass, operated this model for smaller runways in some airports here, smaller than this one
Красота!!! 🙂 Молодец
I looked into it a bit, and that isolated route between Denver and South Dakota is an EAS contract. I'd say that's a pretty smart move for them, since it will give them a stable source of income and a decent safety net while they try to expand. Though maybe it would be best to have Denver to Carlsbad route at some point to connect everything.
Stop sign what stop sign. Oh yeah it's California.
My dad flys the ERJ embreir 145
I just love this plane
nice report good job
Great video
Going to be doing my flight training at CRQ! Nice little airport
Same here! I’m planning on starting soon
Any airline that's adding competition to the market is good.
I agree they DO have a beautiful liver
I think the flight was great!
Nice Porsche! : )
Perfect
16:51 I just love that LIVER, don't you?
Thx for the review. Seeing this, I’ll pass on them
Really amazed the FA said to put away ALL portable electronic devices before takeoff,surprised she didn't harass you during the taxiing out to the runway--if the load factor on today's flight is an indicator of what to expect,it doesn't look good for CP's future,clearly they didn't make any money on this run! I'm sure its too much to assume that they don't codeshare---too bad you couldn't connect with that HA A330--will you post footage back to Carlsbad?
I feel like that's SOP, as she also repeated the same phrase on the way back, I'm guessing she understands that there is no way devices can harm the aircraft. The return flight also had a low load factor, maybe their Denver routes make up for the loss on the Cali routes. I did not film the return flight, as there wasn't really anything different to film. Hopefully I'll fly HA soon !
They have a few essential air service routes which is pretty much free money from the federal government so I'm sure they have a few guaranteed streams of income
@@andresreyes5398 Still, on that jet I'm not sure they'll make their money back. It will certainly help with the hit though. Cape Air with their C402 does great since it's really operationally cheap and they get $30+ millions every year in the program
too early in the game imo for both ... its gonna take awhile for their name to really get out there as an alternative to SAN/LAX and code sharing is something that is wayyyyyy down the road, however, if they play their hand right with the business community, they could be feeder service to the majors by ensuring business travelers can connect to the majors in the larger city pairs
As much as the E145 series looks cool, it sounds really loud especially towards the back. Other than that awesome video!
@Sccratlanta Sorry about that. Misread.
1:54 "Help me, somebody help!"
Is this embraer 145 used only for commercial flights? Does she fly regularly?
The unusual route map is do to them inheriting a former Great Lakes airline route from Den to those two cities in South Dakota.
Looks nice, I have wanted to try small airlines like this, Denver Air Connection (Key Lime Air), and ViaAir for example
Coke Cans And Winglets ur name gives me life man
Those 145 LRs are rockets compared to the XRs. Potable water in the lab could have been differed for a failed water sample. We have it happen quite a bit where I work but we usually placard the sink so people know. On those lav doors, there's a post that goes down when the lock is actuated. It could have been binding with the bottom rail. But it's good that you didn't force it. We've had mechanics get trapped in the lav from forcing them shut.
Also don't know if that one had it, but on a lot of the 145s, there's a peephole in the aft wall that people always shove toilet paper in for some reason. To the left of it is a black button. If you push the button and look in the peephole, the cargo hold lights come on and you can see the baggage. This is so the flight attendants can look in there for fires and smoke.
Any chance of them picking up any 717 aircrafts?? Thought they would be cheaper? Good video!
I’d love for them to pick up a larger aircraft, the only problem would be filling it up and the restricted runway length at Carlsbad
runway can't support 737 operations and the 717 isn't that much different in terms of takeoff/landing space needed; however! back in october this year, the board approved a runway extension by anywhere from 350+ to just at 800 ft which would allow larger aircraft operation ...nowwww with that said, my experience has been it takes about anywhere north of 7+ yrs for this size airport to get it done
Nice!
In California the STOP signs are optional?
Well I was supposed to be booked on their first flight on November 1st, but they cancelled it due to aircraft maintenance because the aircraft was still stuck in Denver. I bet the no water in the lav had to do with it. They offered a rebook or refund.
Highly recommend you checkout Jetsuite X.
Awesome Engine sound though...
Amei.
interesting seat layout 1-2
No reverse thrust on landing?
Did you switch seats mid flight?
Well done, they need to work on things.
Selling booze makes $$$
Was the price a good deal?
0:30 dude ran a stop sign...
Bro you didnt even slow down for that stop sign
shhhh
That is the chattiest captain I have heard in a very long time!
I tbh hate planes with the seats in an uneven configuration like 2-1
Does CRQ currently have any airline service, or just private aviation aircraft?
JSX recently started service there
@@ITripReport very neat, I had no idea!
What was that song called you were listening on the radio on you’re way to the coffee store
This airline is not gonna last.
why do you say that?
It will San Diego is huge and they finally got a reliever airport. Once people know to fly here they will get going.
@@Chilax I'm really hoping they do and wish them the complete best
AD Smith if anything they can bring more options i have family in San Diego but as you know it's a huge city and my family is closer to Carlsbad. San airport is like 25 to 30 min away that's without traffic
@@Chilax I'm hoping they do, would make a great relief/secondary airport
Those ADI birds are tired. Really really tired. I with them luck but they’re going to have so many mechanical problems with them. It’s going put off a lot of potential customers
Does anyone know the history of this plane? I watched a documentary about, it's sensational, ERJ145 was the last chance for the company, which took loans from suppliers, was privatized, managed to finish the project of this plane promising to sell 400 aircraft and managed to sell much more.
9:09 stayed at that campground on the beach before
rebooking looks easy
I wish I gone to this airline
Fire your spall checker!
I’d have to fire myself, and prolly also you lol...
*dead meme alert* Did you drink SPRITE CRANBERRY?
at 0:29 you ran a stop sign
is it cheaper to vegas than SWA? then i'm in !
$99 at cheapest
I wish I could live near the airport but I live 45 min out of Philly
The no running water is a big issue, hopefully temporary
Do they really fly at 30,000 feet for an hour only flight on a smaller jet??
absolutely ... turbine engines are much more efficient at those altitudes due to less density of air
Sound like a new airline...
Never heard of this airline but
Apparently they will begin Carlsbad to Dubai next month!
Do you mean Denver? There's no way any of their planes could fly to Dubai. They would have to have a 747, 777, 787, A330, A340, A350, A380, or other long haul aircraft to fly that far.
HAHAHAHAHAH thats histerical. They’ll never be able to make it that far without crashing !
RIP Ted Vallas November 13, 2020
Clicked so fast the video was private.
R u in New Mexico
Lots of hours flying that particular bird.