CplKlinger
Senior Member
Drone deliveries set to take off from Edmonton International Airport
A new type of aircraft will soon be taking off from the Edmonton International Airport (EIA).
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IanO
Superstar
Curious to see if and when Porter enters the YEG-YYC-YVR triangle and or other flights.
www.flyporter.com
Porter Airlines
IanO
Superstar
Or how about YEG-MSP-YYZ or YEG-ORD-YUL
EdmTrekker
Senior Member
Why would anyone want to go to to a US airport to go to YUL or YYZ? Yes we will have pre-clearance here - but seriously for most people that would be a hassle.Or how about YEG-MSP-YYZ or YEG-ORD-YUL
ChazYEG
Senior Member
Flights that would be mostly useless for the vast majority of non-canadian citizens (which is a large chunk of the population). Getting a US Visa is a gigantic pain in the buttocks and expensive.Or how about YEG-MSP-YYZ or YEG-ORD-YUL
Fine if your Australian, European or Canadian, but apart from that, very few nationalities (and none of the main immigrant communities in Canada: India, China, Middle East and Latin America) have visa exemption to travel through the US.
ChazYEG
Senior Member
ORD would be nice as a destination, but I would like to see at least one weekly flight to somewhere in the East Coast (NYC, Boston or DC). I'm sure there's a market here for the NE corridor that would warrant one or two flights a week to any of these cities.
As a Mizzou student, I would personally love a flight to ORD that would make my life THAT much easier, but I'm not sure there's a market for the flight.
IanO
Superstar
As in replacing certain flights as one-way versus connection on a very competitive YYZ-YEG mainline.
The_Cat
Senior Member
International flights allowed to Edmonton August 9: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/can...y-covid-19-vaccinated-us-tourists-from-aug-9/
occidentalcapital
Senior Member
Great! Now, where should the flight opportunities fund be spent?
I think it needs to be spent on routes that are a "stretch" for each particular airline. I think it can be assumed that the trunk routes will return on their own accord.
How about Flair to LIH, Westjet to PDX, Air Canada or United to EWR and AA to Dallas; Internationally I think we need to see NRT - that should be the main focus, and LHR. Europe will rebound with KLM and likely a charter carrier to FRA.
I think it needs to be spent on routes that are a "stretch" for each particular airline. I think it can be assumed that the trunk routes will return on their own accord.
How about Flair to LIH, Westjet to PDX, Air Canada or United to EWR and AA to Dallas; Internationally I think we need to see NRT - that should be the main focus, and LHR. Europe will rebound with KLM and likely a charter carrier to FRA.
IanO
Superstar
Charter to FRA would be fantastic, as would charters to Gatwick.
ORD, EWR, MSP, IAH please and thank you.
ORD, EWR, MSP, IAH please and thank you.
CaptainBL
Active Member
Basically all the key routes that a metro of 1.4MM+ (and catchment area much larger) serving 8.2MM (pre-pandemic) passengers had before...YEG management really needs to step up its game. Hire an external consultant like BCG or something to figure out a strategy to reverse the service decline of the Leduc regional airport.
The_Cat
Senior Member
Potentially Hartsfield-Jackson in Atlanta.
EdmTrekker
Senior Member
Can do without MSP
The_Cat
Senior Member
MSP is a key transfer point for Northwest/Delta.
CaptainBL
Active Member
Without MSP, Chicago or EWR, there is no E-W US to East Coast or Europe connection. That leaves YYZ or (shudders) YYC. MSP is an important one that needs to come back...mind you they are all important in one way or another and need to come back.