Originally Posted by Prairiedawg (Post 8271561)

With passenger counts expected to double to 3.1 million per year in the next couple decades,
here's a look at SKYxe masterplan in the years to come;
new runway aprons, new long term parking lot to the South and terminal extention to the North side.

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In addition to providing over 8000 full-time jobs in Saskatoon, John G. Diefenbaker International Airport’s
contribution to the GDP of the Saskatoon area was over $1 billion in 2016.

Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker (Post 8270115)

They've also changed their flight times so that Gander-bound passengers land at YYT after their connecting flight to Gander has already departed.

Originally Posted by SteelTown (Post 8270127)

Swoop to launch transborder service in October to five tourist destinations

https://business.financialpost.com/p...t-destinations

Swoop will become Canada’s first ultra low cost airline to fly to the United States when it launches service this fall to five popular tourist destinations in Florida, Nevada and Arizona.

The subsidiary of WestJet Airlines Ltd. will start Oct. 11 with flights to Las Vegas from Abbotsford, B.C., and Edmonton, Alta., about four months after Swoop began to fly.

Service will be added over the following couple of weeks between Hamilton, Ont., and Las Vegas as well as to the Florida cities of Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and Tampa Bay. Flights between Edmonton and Phoenix will start Oct. 27.

Most destinations will be serviced a few times per week but daily service will be flown between Edmonton and Las Vegas.

The transborder service will be launched to these U.S. gateways as Swoop receives delivery of its fifth and sixth airplane, said Swoop president Steven Greenway.

“They really blend well to the model that we provide in terms of low cost, high volume type of leisure profile that we definitely are targeting,” he said in an interview.

Everyday one-way fares start as low as $149 including taxes and fees through April, however it will offer 4,100 seats at low promotional fares of $99 and $119 for travel booked online until Feb. 13.

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Originally Posted by SaskOttaLoo (Post 8272433)

Good to already see expansion, but it would be so much better (for me) to see ULCC service to Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, Saskatoon, St. John's, and other domestic cities! It's already so much cheaper to leave Canada than to fly within it...I've been hoping ULCCs will improve that situation. Any hope on the horizon do you think?

Originally Posted by ACT7 (Post 8274043)

Saudia is ceasing YYZ operations as of August 13th because of the diplomatic row with Canada.

Originally Posted by thenoflyzone (Post 8274077)

Good. That POS country's airline should be banned from Canadian skies !

If only I could have Trudeau's job for one day!

Originally Posted by whatnext (Post 8274398)

Who even knew Saudia flew to Canada.

Given the lickspittle way the UAE followed their Saudi masters by condemning Canada, revoking Emirates right to fly to Canada would be in order. We’ve always been a thorn in their side, the one country that wouldn’t throw their domestic carriers under the bus for the “privilege” of EK service.

Originally Posted by kwoldtimer (Post 8274464)

One would like to think that Canada would demonstrate more sangfroid than that. Leave hysteria to the Arabs and the Latins!

Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse (Post 8281494)

Quick question about the island airport YTZ. What do you think is the max annual passenger potential given the current rules pertaining to aircraft type and the current physical size (without the lake to add runways)? It's at about 2.8 million as of 2017, so could it theoretically say, double that?