[The_Cat]

I'm not sure if this has been covered yet, but Denver is also an important transfer point.

 

[occidentalcapital]

Denver, Seattle, Houston, Amsterdam, Los Angeles, are all already scheduled in coming months from YEG.

 

[TAS]

I wonder if Icelandair will return with direct flight from Edmonton. I flew with them twice when returning from Europe and it was great.

Out of curiosity, I searched Icelandair for June 2022 and they offer a one stop flight YEG-YVR-KEF. The flight to Van is through westjet before boarding Icelandair.

 

[YEGCANUCK]

I've heard that our direct flight to Seattle was supposed to resume mid-October, but has now been delay and won't restart until March 17th 2022 now

 

[IanO]

Alaska?

 

[YEGCANUCK]

Yup, Alaska... I'm surprised, I expected it to be a busier route this winter since the US is more vaccinated than many parts of the world, plus I'd imagine flights would be 100% full around the dates that the Oilers are playing in Seattle.

 

[IanO]

I'm planning a trip of that nature for 2022.

 

[The_Cat]

I think the KLM flight to Amsterdam starts August 19.

 

[archited]

I hear that ABBA has Swedish connections.

 

[IanO]

Nothing from Delta it seems...

'Delta is more than doubling the number of daily flights between the U.S. and Canada starting in September, eight to 19, resulting in a 150% increase in available seats. Customers will enjoy nonstop, easy access from multiple U.S. hubs to Canada’s largest business and leisure markets, including more flights to Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and Montreal, as well as restarted service to Winnipeg. Toronto will see the largest increase, growing to 10 daily flights in September.'

Delta doubles flights as Canada reopens to U.S. travelers

Delta is adding over 1,000 seats to Canada’s biggest markets in September – a 150% increase in capacity.

news.delta.com

 

[CaptainBL]

Nothing from Delta it seems...

'Delta is more than doubling the number of daily flights between the U.S. and Canada starting in September, eight to 19, resulting in a 150% increase in available seats. Customers will enjoy nonstop, easy access from multiple U.S. hubs to Canada’s largest business and leisure markets, including more flights to Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and Montreal, as well as restarted service to Winnipeg. Toronto will see the largest increase, growing to 10 daily flights in September.'

Delta doubles flights as Canada reopens to U.S. travelers

Delta is adding over 1,000 seats to Canada’s biggest markets in September – a 150% increase in capacity.

news.delta.com

Don't worry though, EIA continues to promote daily propaganda on the importance of route development in the region:

Edmonton International Airport (YEG) on LinkedIn: Improving Air Service for the Future

Carmen (Director, Passenger, Markets & Air Service Development) shares how EIA is improving air service for the future. She has worked at EIA for over 20 years…

www.linkedin.com

Edmonton International Airport (YEG) on LinkedIn: Why Does a Routes Matter?

Find out why routes matter from Carmen (Director, Passenger, Markets & Air Service Development). With over 20 years of experience at EIA, she is passionate…

www.linkedin.com

Edmonton International Airport (YEG) on LinkedIn: #yegbiz

Air service non-stop into and out of our region is foundational to our region’s strength and growth. A strong international airport is critical for our…

www.linkedin.com

Edmonton International Airport (YEG) on LinkedIn: How Supply and Demand Impacts Air Service.

Deanna (Manager, Air Service Development) explains how supply and demand impacts air service. She has worked at EIA since 2018.

www.linkedin.com

Maybe one day YEG will be fortunate enough to land an American Airlines route like Halifax or Quebec City, or a route on Delta like Winnipeg.

80 years strong: American Airlines celebrates decades of service to Canada

TORONTO — American Airlines is celebrating 80 years of service to Canada as it looks to ramp up operations from additional Canadian gateways next spring.

www.travelweek.ca

Delta doubles flights as Canada reopens to U.S. travelers

Delta is adding over 1,000 seats to Canada’s biggest markets in September – a 150% increase in capacity.

news.delta.com

Absolutely pathetic and quite frankly outright embarrassing look on a city and airport authority for a city and catchment area of 1.4MM+ that served 8.2MM passengers at peak a couple years ago.

 

[The_Cat]

I think some of Delta's U. S. destinations would benefit from non-stop flights to Edmonton.

 

[David A]

For whatever reasons Edmonton does tend to be an after thought for some such organizations.

So I suppose part of the job of our Mayor is to get in touch with these people as needed and remind them we do exist and we are much bigger than Great Falls Montana.

Hopefully this will happen very soon, if it has not already, and this will be corrected in the near future.

 

[JayYEG]

Edmonton airport gets $25M from Ottawa to cover COVID-19 losses

Edmonton International Airport will get about $25 million in federal funding to offset COVID-19's impact and complete projects it put off while ridership was low.

edmonton.ctvnews.ca

 

[TAS]

I think CTV might have doubled up the total by mistake/poor reporting. Global is reporting half that amount.

Edmonton International Airport receives nearly $25M to help with COVID-19 recovery - Edmonton | Globalnews.ca

The Edmonton International Airport has received $24.7 million in federal funding to help the facility recovery from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

www.google.com