Air Canada Upgrade's YVR-EWR to 787-8 Effective June 2016

Quite the upgrade on Air Canada's YVR-EWR service effective June 17, 2016:

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AC548 YVR0900 – 1700EWR 788 D
AC549 EWR1900 – 2145YVR 788 D

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With Cathay and Philippines operating this route from JFK on the 777-300ER I imagine they felt the need to compete - A319 wasn't cutting it.

http://airlineroute.net/2015/12/27/ac-yvrewr-jun16/