Posted Jun 24, 2021, 3:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Nick
I don't have numbers, but there are a few things to consider. Calgary has YYC and YBW (Springbank), and Edmonton has YEG, and ZVL (Villeneuve). I work at YYC so just for YYC you have Westjet, Westjet Encore, Jazz, Central Mountain Air, Flair, Sunwing going to YEG from the main terminal. Some like Sunwing might not sell tickets, but for physical flights that's what you have from the terminal. Cargo has Cargojet 757/767, Sunwest SW4 (Metroliner). Oilpatch charters have Canadian North, Flair (in the past), Summit, Central Mountain, Sunwest, North Caribou plus many more flying from their hangers and FBOs up to YEG. Then there's corporate traffic from every outfit based at YYC and more. These are dozens of aircraft and range from a BE20 up to a B737. There are medevacs as well, mostly flown by Canwest using BE20s
The thing is most aviation companies in Alberta are based in YYC. So if someone in YEG wants a charter flight they often have to fly from YYC to YEG to start the charter. So Canadian North doing a flight from YEG up to the oil patch or NWT will start in YYC, fly to YEG then start their charter from there. But for us ATC, a plane is a plane, whether it's full or empty.
Ballpark I'd say 40-60 flights a day depart YYC for YEG, and the same coming back.
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Thank you for the information. I should have been more specific. I am looking for the passenger service on regular scheduled routes. This does give me a good start.
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