[occidentalcapital]

$10 is all that Flair earns on my ticket to Van and it was $14 on my ticket to San Francisco. The taxes/fees are 4-5 times what the airline is earning on my ticket. That's tough economics for Flair to manage.

Yes and no. Most airlines earn bulk of their profit on the last few seats they sell on a given flight.

 

[occidentalcapital]

Flair has so many issues. They should have never agreed to share aircraft with Bonza (FYI Bonza are also having massive issues, with this being one of their issues as well). I want both to survive as I live in both Canada (Winnipeg) and regional Australia where Bonza flys and provides massive price relief for flights, but honestly it isn't looking too good for both airlines at the moment. I hope they can sort themselves out soon before it's too late.

This latest issue doesn't seem nearly as serious as having their airplanes taken away.

 

[IanO]

Yes and no. Most airlines earn bulk of their profit on the last few seats they sell on a given flight.

J class is where you make money (if you have it), but yes, last minute fairs certainly help the bottom line.

$900 to YVR likely has a decent margin.

 

[TAS]

Yes and no. Most airlines earn bulk of their profit on the last few seats they sell on a given flight.

That's good at least - I was wondering how they could possibly manage but the margins are significantly better on last minute seats.

 

[Gronk!]

I took this survey. I told them I wanted non-stop flights to London-Heathrow, NYC-JFK and Tokyo. I chose Air Canada as my preferred airline but only because I have an Aeroplan VISA credit card, otherwise I would have chosen Flair.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1752730094458827018

 

[IanO]

London (or Gatwick), HK and Chicago.

 

[BASE]

I took this survey. I told them I wanted non-stop flights to London-Heathrow, NYC-JFK and Tokyo. I chose Air Canada as my preferred airline but only because I have an Aeroplan VISA credit card, otherwise I would have chosen Flair.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1752730094458827018

Survey done. Love to see it. LHR/LGW, ORD, IAH, & PDX noted

 

[erudyk_29]

Just did it as well:

I chose: Melbourne or Sydney, Tokyo, New York and Barcelona

 

[occidentalcapital]

Survey done. Love to see it. LHR/LGW, ORD, IAH, & PDX noted

Really hope YEG starts seriously talking to Air India and to someone about east Asia service. Population numbers are there to support both of these.

 

[Westendyeg]

I did the survey. I chose NYC, Chicago, BKK and MNL (though the last two are super unlikely!)

 

[MattPT]

Air transat direct to Faro… I might have ulterior motives lol

 

[EdmTrekker]

Air transat direct to Faro… I might have ulterior motives lol

Love the area - Faro a long shot. Maybe a charter weekly for 1-3 months but likely to Lisbon and a train or drive to Faro and the Algarve.

 

[ChazYEG]

Voted too.
LGW, JFK, OHD and CDG

 

[MattPT]

Lisbon is having massive capacity issues though… Portugal has been having a moment lately. Why not fly into the south and train north? The thing about the Algarve region though, is that, people see it as a beach destination only, but there’s so much to see and do here off season. Winter here, weather wise, is basically the same as a bad week in August in Edmonton lol. it could be marketed as an Iceland type outdoorsy destination with the added bonus of amazing affordable gastronomy. Can you sit on the beach with a caipirinha with your shirt off?…probably not. Can you go for a two hour walk with your feet in the water along rugged cliffs…absolutely. And once you’re done exploring the beaches you can visit castles, vineyards, mountain hikes, Roman and Islamic Ruins, bird sanctuaries, salt farms, orange orchards, thermal baths, carnival celebrations, off-road tours, river cruises, coastal cruises to cliffs and caves, museums, and more! Furthermore, once you’re here, you have quite a selection of quick getaways using the worlds absolute worst airline…Ryanair. Ok. My mini Commercial is now over

come on EIA, do a quick 2 year exploitation of the Algarve like you did for Iceland and Nashville!

 

[ChazYEG]

Lisbon is having massive capacity issues though… Portugal has been having a moment lately. Why not fly into the south and train north? The thing about the Algarve region though, is that, people see it as a beach destination only, but there’s so much to see and do here off season. Winter here, weather wise, is basically the same as a bad week in August in Edmonton lol. it could be marketed as an Iceland type outdoorsy destination with the added bonus of amazing affordable gastronomy. Can you sit on the beach with a caipirinha with your shirt off?…probably not. Can you go for a two hour walk with your feet in the water along rugged cliffs…absolutely. And once you’re done exploring the beaches you can visit castles, vineyards, mountain hikes, Roman and Islamic Ruins, bird sanctuaries, salt farms, orange orchards, thermal baths, carnival celebrations, off-road tours, river cruises, coastal cruises to cliffs and caves, museums, and more! Furthermore, once you’re here, you have quite a selection of quick getaways using the worlds absolute worst airline…Ryanair. Ok. My mini Commercial is now over

come on EIA, do a quick 2 year exploitation of the Algarve like you did for Iceland and Nashville!

I love Algarve (and my mom's family is from there), but sadly Portugal in itself is already a hard sell, especially if the airport does not offer too many connections afterwards.
I'd 100% use this flight one a year, tho, if it ever existed