Saskatoon and Regina Air Service - Page 50

casper · #**981** Posted **Sep 9, 2015, 3:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by Robag

Just like the YYZ flights, this is a shift in equipment for the winter season. In April this service will go back to twice a week on the fantastically cramped CRJ aircraft that seat 50, as opposed to one of the nicer planes that Air Canada has in the E190 that seats 97.

I know what you're saying in losing the morning service as it's timed pretty good to get into Vancouver and have a full day there before taking the late night flight home. But again, just a reduction in frequency, not seats.

It also makes it harder to make good connections onto the mid-day bank of Flight to Japan, China and Korea. When I lived in Saskatoon I would us that morning flight to do Asia connections. I also see quite a number of people doing that same.

It is now back to being Saskatoon-Calgary-Vancouver-Asia.

Dino35 · #**982** Posted **Sep 11, 2015, 9:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by casper

It also makes it harder to make good connections onto the mid-day bank of Flight to Japan, China and Korea. When I lived in Saskatoon I would us that morning flight to do Asia connections. I also see quite a number of people doing that same.

It is now back to being Saskatoon-Calgary-Vancouver-Asia.

Agree. Its also about timely flights in order to make connections to other destinations.

Maintaining or increasing capacity doesn't matter much if the flights times don't correspond to having reasonable connection times to the ultimate destination.

SkydivePilot · #**983** Posted **Sep 12, 2015, 5:04 PM**

Things are really taking shape at Regina's airport! If you guys are bored this weekend, take a [slow] drive around there.

SkydivePilot · #**984** Posted **Sep 19, 2015, 5:12 PM**

Since WestJet will have service between Winnipeg and Frankfurt, would that enhance or hinder similar service to Regina/Saskatoon? Baby steps first, I guess.

jmt18325 · #**985** Posted **Sep 19, 2015, 5:39 PM**

London

Stormer · #**986** Posted **Sep 19, 2015, 6:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by SkydivePilot

Since WestJet will have service between Winnipeg and Frankfurt, would that enhance or hinder similar service to Regina/Saskatoon? Baby steps first, I guess.

We can't even hang on to RJ flights to DEN and ORD. Forget about widebodies to Europe any time soon.

jmt18325 · #**987** Posted **Sep 19, 2015, 6:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by Stormer

We can't even hang on to RJ flights to DEN and ORD.

Don't feel too bad about that. Winnipeg and even Edmonton are having the same trouble.

MacLac · #**988** Posted **Sep 19, 2015, 7:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by jmt18325

Don't feel too bad about that. Winnipeg and even Edmonton are having the same trouble.

Yeg is having trouble filling RJ's to ORD and DEN? News to everyone in Yeg.

jmt18325 · #**989** Posted **Sep 19, 2015, 7:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by MacLac

Yeg is having trouble filling RJ's to ORD and DEN? News to everyone in Yeg.

Winnipeg and Edmonton aren't having trouble filling any planes. It hasn't stopped United from cutting service.

SkydivePilot · #**990** Posted **Sep 19, 2015, 9:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by Stormer

We can't even hang on to RJ flights to DEN and ORD. Forget about widebodies to Europe any time soon.

The real reason as to why United cut off service to Regina and Saskatoon is due-to-the-fact that United wanted to utilize their aircraft on domestic routes on shorter flight legs. The ORD--YQR/YXE legs were among the longest in North America. They wanted to use their aircraft for shorter legs, which equals higher revenues/day. The load factors out of YQR and YXE were still high though.

Pinus · #**991** Posted **Sep 19, 2015, 9:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by MacLac

Yeg is having trouble filling RJ's to ORD and DEN? News to everyone in Yeg.

Edmonton's International passenger count has dropped significantly this last year.

LO 044 · #**992** Posted **Sep 21, 2015, 2:51 PM**

^A minor correction but it also depends on whether you lump in transborder with international. YEG's transborder numbers are down significantly but flights to Europe and anywhere else except transborder are up.

circle33 · #**993** Posted **Oct 1, 2015, 4:10 PM**

I wonder what this is doing parked on the Apron near Purlolator today.

Have a look inside

Robag · #**994** Posted **Oct 1, 2015, 5:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by circle33

I wonder what this is doing parked on the Apron near Purlolator today.

Have a look inside

According to Flightaware.com, it came in from Iceland, and will be heading to Orlando Florida. So some rich guy from Saskatoon is probably taking his family on a trip to DW!

Stormer · #**995** Posted **Oct 1, 2015, 6:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by Robag

According to Flightaware.com, it came in from Iceland, and will be heading to Orlando Florida. So some rich guy from Saskatoon is probably taking his family on a trip to DW!

Where was it before Iceland? Iceland sounds like a refueling stop.

Stormer · #**996** Posted **Oct 1, 2015, 7:32 PM**

Before RKV, it came from Nice, France and before that Moscow. Moscow is home to a lot of billionaires and Nice is home to a lot of their super yachts. How YXE fits into that is the mystery.

Treesplease · #**997** Posted **Oct 2, 2015, 1:04 AM**

Thinking in terms of global corporations - PCS and Cameco come to mind. With it coming from Russia, most likely a potash connection. The Florida leg could be DW or it could be a phosphate interest. Speculation, but interesting all the same.

Robag · #**998** Posted **Oct 2, 2015, 5:18 AM**

The plane is owned by a charter company. It may not having anything to do with where it was before Iceland. Charters are flying all over the place all of the time, so I wouldn't read too much into this.

SkydivePilot · #**999** Posted **Oct 2, 2015, 4:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by Robag

The plane is owned by a charter company. It may not having anything to do with where it was before Iceland. Charters are flying all over the place all of the time, so I wouldn't read too much into this.

Exactly. There has been a whole pile of larger private/corporate/charter aircraft in/out of Regina this year --- whereas in past years, such aircraft haven't frequented YQR nearly as often.

casper · #**1000** Posted **Oct 3, 2015, 1:42 AM**

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Originally Posted by Robag

The plane is owned by a charter company. It may not having anything to do with where it was before Iceland. Charters are flying all over the place all of the time, so I wouldn't read too much into this.

Sweet. It looks like this is charter company:

http://www.globaljetconcept.com/aircraft/airbus-acj319

This is not your average business jet. Nice looking aircraft. How the "1%" live. Nice interior looks like it would make for a nice crossing.