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In winter, there European partner would send some of their aircraft over to Canada with European pilots who would work the winter in Canada. Sunwings big thing is flying Canadians down to sun destinations in Mexico during the winter. In Summer those aircraft would go back to Europe with their pilots. In addition Sunwings would charter some of the aircraft with Sunwings pilots to their European partner to operate in Europe. |
In the most recent schedule update, WS has reduced YYZ-LGA from 7x daily to just 2x daily for S22.
I'm wondering if this is implying WS/DL are going to go to try for their JV again. I believe LGA slots were the main issue the last time? |
This does sound quite odd.
So a business jet chartered for Russians arrives in Yellowknife from Geneva. Apparently they look to be organizing a round the world car tour. So if this is all legit it does yield the question; are they this entitled or this out of touch with the state of the world today? The article: https://cabinradio.ca/86909/news/no-...mzGCv2AC7ysvtA |
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The pilots should have read the Canadian NOTAMs. The dispatchers as well. Someone missed the mark, and I highly doubt its the Russian citizens on board. |
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It's also because WS don't need to slot squat as the US airports have allowed international carriers another slot waiver for 2022 at slot-controlled airports. |
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YVR and YUL posted 2021 full year figures. I've all but given up on YYZ. Their last posted month was February 2021. Also, still waiting for YYC and YEG December numbers.
YVR Total: 7,086,602 -3.0% Domestic: 5,160,742 +21.7% International: 994,627 -42% Transborder: 931,233 -31.2% Intl+transboder: 1,925,860 -37.1% https://www.yvr.ca/-/media/yvr/docum...fic-update.pdf YUL Total: 5,201,751 -4.3% Domestic: 2,442,801 +21.6% International: 1,903,257 -20.2% Transborder: 855,693 -17.8% Intl+transborder: 2,758,950 -19.5% https://www.admtl.com/sites/default/...et_2021_EN.pdf |
Speaking of Russian oligarchs:
Russian oligarch could have indirect stake in WestJet through Sunwing deal ERIC ATKINSTRANSPORTATION REPORTER PUBLISHED 2 HOURS AGO A Russian oligarch on Europe’s blacklist could end up holding an indirect stake in Onex Corp.’s WestJet Group if the investment company’s takeover of Sunwing Airlines is approved by the Canadian government. Alexei Mordashov, one of Russia’s wealthiest men, was sanctioned by the European Union on Monday over the country’s invasion of Ukraine. He owns 34 per cent of London-listed tourism giant TUI AG, which owns 49 per cent of Toronto’s Sunwing.... On Wednesday, WestJet announced a deal to buy Sunwing for an undisclosed amount. In the takeover, which requires regulatory approval, TUI and Sunwing owner Stephen Hunter would become minority shareholders of WestJet Group.... https://www.theglobeandmail.com/busi...rough-sunwing/ |
^ I guess WestJet and Sunwing should be banned from Canadian airspace....:runaway:
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The FAA hasn't issued COVID relief slot guidelines for S22 yet, at least not publicly. https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org...ry_information Quote:
Let's be honest. WS has probably always lost money on YYZ-LGA. They're flying the route in order to keep the slots. Period. Their competition on the route, for the most part, flies regional aircraft with regional crews, meaning lower costs, while they're stuck flying fuel inefficient B737-700s, on mainline pilot pay. Fuel efficiency was probably even worse when they were using the B737-600s on the route. Yes, AC puts mainline equipment on the route during peak times, but at least its the CSeries, which burns 20% less fuel than those old 737s. So, on a very busy route such as this, where you need to match fares, it's a given YYZ-LGA is losing money for WS, and probably always has. So if in fact they have already been told to expect slot waivers for S22, it's a given YYZ-LGA would be downgraded. What is WS's current operations on YYZ-LGA in W22? Probably only 1x daily no? So it will be the same thing in S22. I think WS knows it can put those 737s to better use on other routes. As for the war, as long as it stays in Ukraine, I doubt it will depress traffic on Canada-Western Europe this summer. |
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I would have expected WS to be running connecting traffic on Delta on that route. |
WS YYZ-LGA gradually goes up to 2x daily by late April. The other odd part is even with DL codeshare it drops from 8x daily in late April to just 5x daily from May 1.
Still odd that WS won't extend its modified schedules into May. Well a few routes have gotten some adjustments the bulk of the schedule is still pre-COVID. Pretty sure they are the last NA carrier to make summer changes. YYC-LON still jumps from 4x weekly in late April to 11x weekly May 1st. |
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LaGuardia isn’t a fantastic connection point either, unless one has to connect there. I would wager the bulk of traffic through the airport is origin-and-departure in nature. |
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YYZ I believe is posting stats on a quarterly basis now. |
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All 3 countries and their major hubs (LHR, MAN, YYZ, SYD, MEL, YVR, YUL, etc) rely heavily on international travel. With border restrictions and travel restrictions still in place for most of 2021, it's normal that these airports had lower overall numbers in 2021. That's not the case in other developed countries such as the U.S, China, where their domestic travel numbers dwarf international travel. It's worth noting, however, that even here in Canada, airports that rely much less on international travel, such as YYC, YHZ, YLW, YQM, etc. all had a busier 2021 compared to 2020. |
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