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Originally Posted by zahav
Maybe it was said as a fluff piece to make businessman feel good, but it was presented as statement of fact.
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Yes.
Westjet’s self perception is strange at times. I think they do see themselves as a Calgary carrier, but also realize that they can’t limit themselves to that if they want to grow. They’d probably prefer to run everything through YYC, but also know that to compete and to defend their market share they need enough service from YEG, YVR and YWG, etc. to actually keep the YYC traffic, as if they aren’t a realistic option elsewhere they’d also be more vulnerable to competitors on the YYC routes. But one does also wonder if they want to serve everywhere at its full potential, or just enough to keep others out. Becoming a DL feeder seems to be a related part of that strategy.
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