Then they'd re-launch the Euro routes out of YEG if it were such a lucrative market. YEG-MSP doesn't really change the throughput coming southbound on WS238 and WS242. Nobody is denying the strength of the YEG market, we deny the idea that a large city cannot serve as a spoke to a hub, and YEG...

Working beautifully so far. WS has no summer slots for AMS and not enough frames to run it in the summer anyway. AMS will be back next winter.

WestJet will obviously have done their homework and have a good idea of what the loads will be on YEG-MSP, but announcing it initially as seasonal is the right move. If it performs well, or even just as well as expected, then WS look like the good guys when it gets extended. If WS had...

MSP and SEA are massive adds, congrats to YEG and props to WS for coming in to fly what DL never should have bailed on in the first place. 6x weekly YOW seems a bit aggressive and AC will work them over on that, but I love everything else. Yes it's still currently showing a Q400, plenty of...

Hearing now that it might not be Icelandair. Kinda what happens when everything is just rumours and coming through the grapevine. So now I'm very curious to see what is announced.

It's more of a Flair issue than a "lack of Nashville knowledge" issue... if the number of people flying YEG-DEN-BNA or YEG-YYC-BNA is any indication. Somebody should be able to successfully fly YEG-BNA. Not sure why Flair can't. Agreed. Even if this specifics announcement is not for...

If I still lived in YEG, I wouldn't connect at YYC either. It's a garbage airport for transiting and a terribly managed airport overall. No sarcasm.... it sucks. There's a reason AC's YEG-SFO flight is doing so well... It's roughly carrying the ratio of Asia cnx that UA's YEG-SFO used to...

HKG is not #1 of out YEG, though. It's not even #2. MNL pretty handily beats HKG.

So what? Because you've been to Japan before, WestJet's flight will fail? YYC-NRT doesn't "help" YEG, but doesn't really hurt it. I stand by the statement that this provides additional data points to network planners about YEG-originating traffic heading for Asia. It's only a positive for YEG...

You're saying the WS NRT flight is primarily Japanese tourists visiting Banff? I'd have to check PDEW but I can't imagine HKG is the #1 Asian destination out of YEG.

I haven't heard about whatever you're talking about... I don't think WS expects to be drawing any significant number of pax to be flying YVR-YYC-NRT. YLW-YYC-NRT would be one stop...? You'll have to clarify your point because I'm confused. As for the disbelief that YYC-NRT could possibly be...

WestJet returning to YEG and reclaiming market share from Flair will significantly increase yields for Flair? That's what you're saying?

Will Flair push back against increased WS service at YEG? A scream of desperation, perhaps?

Probably because creating a stopover on a premium transatlantic service is, in fact, terrible customer service. 300+ pax are flying YYC-LHR on WestJet tonight. Less than 20 are YEG-originating. It sounds like good customer service to you for that flight to stop in Edmonton for over an hour...

You don't need another runway, 2 non-intersecting is more than enough for YEG's volume. What you need is an airfield revamp with centerline taxiway lighting and a category III ILS approach so your airport doesn't grind to a halt in the fog and divert all the arrivals to Calgary like what...

The Jetz planes fly all the Canadian teams. In years past, one plane would stick with the Oilers for at least a few weeks usually, but this year the operation is a bit tighter so you'll see a plane leave Edmonton after bringing the Oilers home and then go to Florida to get the Leafs, for...

The difference, which I thought was obvious, is the total number of transatlantic flights on offer from these cities. Any KLM reduction in this period represents a decrease in transatlantic travel options from YEG, where that is not the case for KLM's other Canadian destinations which all have a...

Except for 3 of the 5 Canadian destinations have their frequencies unchanged, i.e. the majority. 2 of 5 is "all" when Edmonton is involved, I suppose.

The KLM reduction appears to be in response to Condor's strong bookings, if I were to guess... but KLM has a better product and wrecks Condor in price on any head-to-head 2-stop itinerary I've tried to build. It's kinda weird.

This is This is really bad timing for a big winter storm to rock the lower mainland. YVR was 100% closed this morning to arrivals and departures. The WestJet Hawaii flights inbound to YVR had no choice but to divert. Air Canada is much better suited to recover from these kind of irrops...