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I've heard United (Express) has added a 3rd daily to Chicago for the summer. For those keeping score it is now United - 9, Air Canada - 1 for daily transborder flights out of YEG.
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The guesses have been interesting for 2008 by many people at the airport, I have had people asking in a round about way is it service to Texas?Europe?Asia?Is it -------Air?is it ----? or is it ---------?
I can tell you we speak to many airlines in a given year and that late 2007 was VERY productive for attracting carriers to sit at the table with us, even a couple we did not expect who approached us.
One airline in particular who now wants YEG has limited to service to N.america as a whole.
And with Port Alberta picking up the pace the number of cargo carriers showing a large interest in the market is more than we expected.
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I am newcomer to the forum and just wanted to say hi. All of you are doing a wonderful job of obtaining insightful information and going out of your way to post it here. I really hope that YEG gets some amazing flights to some exotic far off destinations plus some excellent cargo connections.
At this point I have to add my two cents, and please, please take it with a grain of salt, I am not 100% sure of any of this and it is a rumour:
1. I dated someone that worked for the Netherlands Consulate and was told that Edmonton may have a Netherlands government office re-open due to renewed interest from Amsterdam. And the government officials stated that if they came back to Edmonton, they would bring KLM with them. Now will this go ahead for sure, no one knows, but this person applied for a transfer to Edmonton if the possibility comes up for such an office or outpost.
2. Another person stated that a company known as "China Shipping" has so much going thru Edmonton that they want to get involved with Port Alberta. Not sure what this means either, but just thought I would let you all know.
So once again, please take this information with some caution, and I hope for the best for YEG, and for all of you great people in Edmonton. Take care, McLovin.
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Current bilaterals dont permit the service on a scheduled basis, but I did say ''current''.
Things can change.
There was a bilateral signed in 2004 that allowed for scheduled flights between Canada and Russia, but I don't know any of the specifics (cities, number of flights allowed etc).
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So it sounds like this is infact the week for one of the announcements, office talk today seems to confirms this.
It also seems that AC may be making adjustments to the YEG-LAX route with the possibility of going to a EMB-190 and increasing to 2 flights a day.Not confirmed though so dont quote me just yet.With the amount of baggage that regularly gets bumped because of the CRJ-705's limited amount of baggage space, I will not be surprised.
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