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Originally Posted by hollywoodcory
I'm not disagreeing the flight times aren't ideal. A 4.5-5 hour connection wouldn't bother me either, as you would eat some of that time with customs, re-checking your bag and security etc.
I feel like if Mexico City was your destination, then these flight times becomes dreadful. Arriving at 1am means getting to your hotel at 3am, and returning usually you check out at 11am and now have to wait around for like 13 hours until 2am for your departure.
I looked up the previous schedule WS had when it ran YYC-MEX back in 2018:
YYC 10:10 - 16:20 MEX
MEX 17:20 - 21:35 YYC
Going to guess that the 00:58/01:55 were the only slots available to them. And this is better then being forced to use the even more undesirable NLU.
I also looked up in comparison how AC schedules its flights at MEX and they also arrives that late too, AC995 from YUL at 23:55 / AC996 from YVR at 00:05 and AC993 from YYZ at 00:55.
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I feel like flights to Mexico City have always been weird times, I took Air Canada there in 2012 and had to get a cab super late night into the city. Probably made the commute faster but I didn't like arriving so late (don't remember exact time, but after 10pm for sure). For what it's worth, AC arrives earlier from YVR, YYZ, and YUL to MEX starting March 9th. YUL will arrive in MEX at 22:55 instead of 23:55, YYZ will arrive at 23:45, instead of 00:45, and YVR will be 22:50 instead of 00:05. So exactly 1hr earlier for YUL and YYZ, and 1hr 15mins from YVR, not sure why the weird 15 min differnce lol, my OCD hates that.
I can't believe it was all the way back in 2018 they last flew YYC-YYC, wow time flies it feels like way sooner. It wasn't worth the hoop la but that's WS for ya, nothing to hate on, just funny. A solid route to reinstate, even if not the best time to launch it considering the sad state of affairs between Canada and Mexico with the visas etc). Really put the brakes on an otherwise booming travel market, WS should still do fine with 5x weekly and codeshares, so a good level of service. If the travel/visas/foreign student/NPR drama hadn't unfolded, it would help everyone.
The fact that AM doesn't reinstate 2x daily service YUL or YYZ to MEX until June 26th is wild, they seem to have been hit with the brunt of demand loss from the above issues. AC service from all 3 was always pretty conservative already, so stayed the same. But AM was adding capacity before, and then stopped/pulled back. Summer they are 2x daily on YVR, YYZ, and YUL, no variation from what I can see. With multiple flights, they offer another option for arrival. YVR flights arrive at 06:10 and 14:30, from YYZ at 04:20 and 14:20, and from YUL at 02:45 and 15:00. The 04:20 and 02:45 YYZ and YUL arrivals are foul, would avoid at all costs. Funny how all three Canadian airports arrive so close together in the afternoon (first and last arrival are 40 mins apart) but so spread at "night" (first and last are 3h 25 mins apart).
Anyways, good luck YYC, this should be a more solid add this time!
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