YEG - Edmonton Int Airport - Page 206

tuffyy · #**4101** Posted **Sep 26, 2009, 6:45 AM**

Sorry to add another post, but watch as Northwestern air will launch Edmonton-Hay River I can just about promise that.The Jetstream 31 is better suited than the Dash-8 for the amount of traffic on the route.

SHOFEAR · #**4102** Posted **Sep 26, 2009, 2:38 PM**

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The Yellowknife-based airline cites

ummm... Isn't it based in Fort Smith?

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in the market at $55 one-way between Edmonton and Yellowknife

—!!!

$55 one way to Yellowknife

$900 something for a Fort Smith return

Thats BS.

Airboy · #**4103** Posted **Sep 26, 2009, 4:38 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by SHOFEAR

ummm... Isn't it based in Fort Smith?

—!!!

$55 one way to Yellowknife

$900 something for a Fort Smith return

Thats BS.

Its cheaper to go to YK than Fort Mac. ...........which isn't that bad.

I do wish there was alternatives to the east. Iqaluit is about $3000.00

tuffyy · #**4104** Posted **Sep 26, 2009, 9:27 PM**

5T (Canadian North) is Yellowknife based, interestingly the 737 base is Edmonton and all the crews are Edmonton based.

Northwestern air is Fort smith based, they currently offer Edmonton-Fortsmith and Edmonton-Cold lake, and soon I am sure a Hay river flight.

Yes fares to the north have always been typically high as there was little competition.Now with WestJet that has changed.

naidoo · #**4105** Posted **Sep 28, 2009, 7:44 PM**

Oh these prairie winds...

Coldrsx · #**4106** Posted **Sep 28, 2009, 10:43 PM**

interesting graphs on YEG and YYC

http://blog.mastermaq.ca/2009/06/24/airport-passenger-statistics-for-edmonton-calgary/

0773|=\ · #**4107** Posted **Sep 29, 2009, 4:42 AM**

Pretty old blog, but interesting information nonetheless. It would be awesome to see YEG catch up to YYC's numbers, though I wonder if that will happen in my lifetime.

Now, why have I been hearing that pro-muni advocates are trying to organize some sort of lawsuit now...? (Global news mentioned it a few weeks ago, so I suppose that should be taken with a grain of salt) ...Sadly, despite the milestone reached this summer, this debate probably won't be put to rest until the shovels are in the dirt for condos.

YYCguys · #**4108** Posted **Oct 2, 2009, 3:18 AM**

http://shaw.stockgroup.com/sn_newsreleases.asp?symbol=T.WJA&newsid=12831179

Anybody have any educated guesses as to what this might be? I don't, and I work for the company!

Jasper and one o nin · #**4109** Posted **Oct 2, 2009, 4:14 AM**

New York (Newark) Guess

rapid_business · #**4110** Posted **Oct 2, 2009, 12:22 PM**

Great news.... excited to see if it actually is!

lubicon · #**4111** Posted **Oct 2, 2009, 2:25 PM**

Hawaii is my guess. Apparently they made an announcement this morning in Calgary about YYC-HNL already.

YYCguys · #**4112** Posted **Oct 2, 2009, 2:37 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by lubicon

Hawaii is my guess. Apparently they made an announcement this morning in Calgary about YYC-HNL already.

Who did? Westjet? Our current aircraft can't reach HNL from YYC. And upon reading your post I was trying to find news on TV or on the internet to that effect, and haven't seen any mention of it! And our friends in the know over in the Calgary forum haven't even mentioned a Calgary announcement!

TimB09 · #**4113** Posted **Oct 2, 2009, 2:51 PM**

I will guess a flight to the New York area.
With Houston already coming into service via Continental, a flight to the New York area would make sense.

lubicon · #**4114** Posted **Oct 2, 2009, 3:07 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by YYCguys

Who did? Westjet? Our current aircraft can't reach HNL from YYC. And upon reading your post I was trying to find news on TV or on the internet to that effect, and haven't seen any mention of it! And our friends in the know over in the Calgary forum haven't even mentioned a Calgary announcement!

I'm looking and can't find anything yet. But I swear that I heard Suzanne Fox on City TV say this morning that they had a Westjet guy on earlier who made the announcement.

lubicon · #**4115** Posted **Oct 2, 2009, 6:02 PM**

taken from a post in the Calgary section:

Westjet To Launch Non-Stop Flights To Hawaii From Calgary, Edmonton

October 2, 2009
Calgary Herald
Gina Teel

CALGARY - WestJet Airlines Ltd. will offer non-stop flights to Hawaii from Calgary and Edmonton starting in March.

The eight week runs will offer non-stop flights from Calgary to both Maui and Honolulu, and Edmonton to Maui, through to the end of April.

WestJet, Canada’s second-largest carrier, currently flies to Hawaii, but doesn’t offer non-stop flights.

The Calgary-based carrier will make the official announcement later today and said unlike its main competitor, it will offer non-stop flights from Edmonton to Maui.

The wait is related to aircraft availability. WestJet will take delivery of six new aircraft between now and March, part of its confirmed orders for 54 aircraft through 2016, and those aircraft will be used for the new flights and other new destinations on its winter schedule.

Earlier this year, Air Canada announced it will begin direct flights to Hawaii from Calgary in December. The carrier will offer up to five weekly flights from Calgary.

Canda's biggest airline already offers 15 weekly flights during peak winter from Vancouver to Hawaii.

© Copyright The Calgary Herald

Bigtime · #**4116** Posted **Oct 2, 2009, 6:06 PM**

I brought this up in the YYC thread also, but how does WJ plan on operating these flights if they are indeed weight restricted? (besides obviously operating them with restrictions)

Rocket252 · #**4117** Posted **Oct 2, 2009, 6:26 PM**

Would Westjet be ordering a 737LR version?

Bigtime · #**4118** Posted **Oct 2, 2009, 6:31 PM**

I'm checking the wiki page now for 737 ranges, and it appears that from both YYC and YEG the two destinations are within the maximum range. But I swear I've also heard that there would be weight penalties to operate these routes.

Edit: Stupid wikipedia had the ranges in KM's instead of nautical miles. I changed the numbers and both destinations get a lot tighter with the maximum ranges.

LO 044 · #**4119** Posted **Oct 2, 2009, 7:32 PM**

I read somewhere that YYC's elevation makes it difficult for such a route with the 737 but who the hell knows for sure.

Bigtime · #**4120** Posted **Oct 2, 2009, 7:55 PM**

Over at a.net someone thinks that due to OGG's shorter runway it could make that flight to YEG and YYC tricky.

Over at AvCanada on the Westjet forum a poster is saying the flights will be capped, not known at what number yet.