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Originally Posted by Draftsman
The press release from Air Canada probably had an error, as there is no direct service between Regina (YQR) and Saskatoon (YXE), nor is there any service between Regina and Ottawa (YOW). There is however, a seasonal (summer) flight that originates in Ottawa that flies non-stop to Regina, then it continues on to Saskatoon, and then it heads back to Ottawa non-stop. So basically, this flight made a loop between the three cities. And this seasonal flight only ran 6 days a week.
Regina is only losing two flights, not three.
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Service to a distant airport via another airport (or even several) where you can stay on the same plan eis called "direct" in the airline industry, so a flight on the same craft via Saskatoon to Ottawa is direct, just not non-stop.
You could buy a flight to Saskatoon on that route and get off there. You could also connect in Saskatoon to elsewhere (which I'm sure is how it was used, if ever anyone got off in Saskatoon).
So, technically, we had non-stop (and direct) service to Saskatoon, and direct (but not non-stop) service to Ottawa.