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fromyeg said:

CEO of WestJet talking about continuing to increase flight offerings over the next 10 years. ✈️
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Yes, great additions. When asked about Europe or Asia, he said that's not in the cards anytime in the next few years.
But perhaps 10 years or so.
Westjet partners with KLM and Condor which he said helps bring passengers to YEG to support those flights.
 
A good point by Alexis about the feed being improved for KLM and Condor with more domestic flights happening.

Myron mentioned to expect some decent terminal renovation to commence in 2026 as some of the offices currently in the North terminal area behind the check-in desks get moved into the old office tower.
 
Flair are temporarily located in the new tower. There are offices across from WS trans boarder checking counters that are temporary where AC and WS have offices. My understanding is these will be removed to open up that area for more check in counters
 
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OEB still under construction
 
David A said:
In the end the most likely way to get improved service here is if more customers refuse to be treated as second class by the airlines.
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The Airlines fly routes that make the most profits / has demand. In Canada 🇨🇦 , Toronto YYZ , Vancouver YVR and Montreal YUL & Calgary YYC is where they make the most money & where the increased or new flight frequencies are✅.
For cities like YEG, Halifax YHZ, Ottawa YOW, Winnipeg YWG etc , that are non hubs is tougher to get new routes every year.


Plus after Covid19 pandemic, a lot of airlines✈️ are still consolidating their routes to make them more full through their busier hubs✅. A pretty good example why the Edmonton YEG - Hamilton YHM route still hasn’t come back yet as WestJet rather consolidate it through YEG-YYC-YHM.
 
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Vanfan123 said:
The Airlines fly routes that make the most profits / has demand. In Canada 🇨🇦 , Toronto YYZ , Vancouver YVR and Montreal YUL & Calgary YYC is where they make the most money & where the increased or new flight frequencies are✅.
For cities like YEG, Halifax YHZ, Ottawa YOW, Winnipeg YWG etc , that are non hubs is tougher to get new routes every year.


Plus after Covid19 pandemic, a lot of airlines✈️ are still consolidating their routes to make them more full through their busier hubs✅. A pretty good example why the Edmonton YEG - Hamilton YHM route still hasn’t come back yet as WestJet rather consolidate it through YEG-YYC-YHM.
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Tell us something we don’t know. People are just venting their frustrations
 
Vanfan123 said:
The Airlines fly routes that make the most profits / has demand. In Canada 🇨🇦 , Toronto YYZ , Vancouver YVR and Montreal YUL & Calgary YYC is where they make the most money & where the increased or new flight frequencies are✅.
For cities like YEG, Halifax YHZ, Ottawa YOW, Winnipeg YWG etc , that are non hubs is tougher to get new routes every year.


Plus after Covid19 pandemic, a lot of airlines✈️ are still consolidating their routes to make them more full through their busier hubs✅. A pretty good example why the Edmonton YEG - Hamilton YHM route still hasn’t come back yet as WestJet rather consolidate it through YEG-YYC-YHM.
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It is venting partly, but it is more than that. And actually we are getting more services now - standing up for ourselves will help, being defeatist about it does not.
 
Glenco said:
Tell us something we don’t know. People are just venting their
Vanfan123 said:
The Airlines fly routes that make the most profits / has demand. In Canada 🇨🇦 , Toronto YYZ , Vancouver YVR and Montreal YUL & Calgary YYC is where they make the most money & where the increased or new flight frequencies are✅.
For cities like YEG, Halifax YHZ, Ottawa YOW, Winnipeg YWG etc , that are non hubs is tougher to get new routes every year.


Plus after Covid19 pandemic, a lot of airlines✈️ are still consolidating their routes to make them more full through their busier hubs✅. A pretty good example why the Edmonton YEG - Hamilton YHM route still hasn’t come back yet as WestJet rather consolidate it through YEG-YYC-
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Vanfan123 said:
The Airlines fly routes that make the most profits / has demand. In Canada 🇨🇦 , Toronto YYZ , Vancouver YVR and Montreal YUL & Calgary YYC is where they make the most money & where the increased or new flight frequencies are✅.
For cities like YEG, Halifax YHZ, Ottawa YOW, Winnipeg YWG etc , that are non hubs is tougher to get new routes every year.


Plus after Covid19 pandemic, a lot of airlines✈️ are still consolidating their routes to make them more full through their busier hubs✅. A pretty good example why the Edmonton YEG - Hamilton YHM route still hasn’t come back yet as WestJet rather consolidate it through YEG-YYC-YHM.
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Yeah, the feds locking international travel to those four largest airports during the pandemic really screwed over YEG and our momentum of trying to attract more long-haul pencil routes on smaller aircraft.
 
yeggator said:
Yeah, the feds locking international travel to those four largest airports during the pandemic really screwed over YEG and our momentum of trying to attract more long-haul pencil routes on smaller aircraft.
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Yes, that did set things back, but fortunately that is over now. Also, I always find it a bit strange when Edmonton gets lumped in as a small market with much smaller cities like Halifax (a third of our size) and Winnipeg (half our size).
 
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