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Originally Posted by skyhigh953
It looks like this is a significant reduction in seats from Air Canada for YYZ-YXE/YQR.
Currently Saskatoon-Toronto is five flights per day on the E190 and the red eye on the E175; total of 548 seats per day each way.
In November, this changes to 3 flights/day, one on the E190 and two on the A320; total of 389 seats a day.
Total reduction of 159 seats/day or 1,113 per week, per direction...not good.
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From YQR perspective, I can't agree with you on this. Last year (winter), YQR averaged 4 flights a day on the E190. That aircraft carries 97 passengers. 97 x 4 = 388.
This winter, the majority of the days will see 1 A320, and 2 A319 aircraft. The A319 carries 120, and the A320 carries 146. You are now looking at 380 passengers for 3 flights as opposed to 388 for 4 flights. I know on weekends, they sub an E190 for one or two of the flights, but last year, they only operated 3 flights on Saturday. So in all reality, not a huge reduction from Air Canada in seats, just the reduction in flights. That mid-afternoon flight is not very full, so I don't really see much loss with this change.
The other factor is the summer time has more flights as there is a fair amount more travel abroad to Europe, so there are more options to get to YYZ from here. Winter time is always a bit less, as there are more direct and non-stop sun destination charters from YQR/YXE that impacts the Air Canada flights to YYZ.
I think for the most part, this is a wash. The biggest disappointment is that the E190 is far superior in the comfort aspect of your 3 hour flight to YYZ than the Airbus twins.