YEG - Edmonton Int Airport

[tuffyy]

Route #1 by WestJet announced YYC-DFW. Don't fret YEG there is some good news coming your way too...

[dansk]

Not a shocker. Oneworld hubs are going to be important.

[tuffyy]

In addition another leak for YEG this time see's YEG-PHX becoming year round by WestJet.

[dansk]

So with a new American Airlines YEG will have connections via code share at Two of their largest West coast hubs LAX and PHX. Good.

[EdmTrekker]

Originally Posted by dansk

So with a new American Airlines YEG will have connections via code share at Two of their largest West coast hubs LAX and PHX. Good.

This may mean no US Air flight to PHX given the merger with AA. Just Westjet and higher fares to go with it. Not so "good".

[hilman]

I doubt they would remove that route, its fairly busy.

[EdmTrekker]

Originally Posted by hilman

I doubt they would remove that route, its fairly busy.

Daily year round flights by WJ will steal traffic...and they are code sharing it under the merger with AA/US Air...

[SpongeG]

was at the airport on wednesday, the new part is nice, only complaint is food options aren't that great, they need some quick and cheap like mcdonalds or tim hortons, starbucks works but its too expensive for what you get, i ended up at some fancy bakery place $24 for a salad and a sandwich and a drink

[dansk]

Originally Posted by EdmTrekker

Daily year round flights by WJ will steal traffic...and they are code sharing it under the merger with AA/US Air...

But unlike are Canada there is no joint venture so both airlines running their own aircraft is more likely as it is more profitable.

[Hallsy's Toupee]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

was at the airport on wednesday, the new part is nice, only complaint is food options aren't that great, they need some quick and cheap like mcdonalds or tim hortons, starbucks works but its too expensive for what you get, i ended up at some fancy bakery place $24 for a salad and a sandwich and a drink

There is a Timmy Ho's on the arrivals level.

[dansk]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

was at the airport on wednesday, the new part is nice, only complaint is food options aren't that great, they need some quick and cheap like mcdonalds or tim hortons, starbucks works but its too expensive for what you get, i ended up at some fancy bakery place $24 for a salad and a sandwich and a drink

I'm assuming you stayed in the Central Hall area? For fast food you have Tim's, Booster Juice, Starbucks, Chilli's to go, Quiznos, WokBox, and Brioche Dorée. Oh and Cafe Sorrentino's.

[Coldrsx]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

was at the airport on wednesday, the new part is nice, only complaint is food options aren't that great, they need some quick and cheap like mcdonalds or tim hortons, starbucks works but its too expensive for what you get, i ended up at some fancy bakery place $24 for a salad and a sandwich and a drink

Huh

Leaving to Japan I had a breakfast croissant, fruit bowl and coffee for $9.

[LO 044]

Originally Posted by dansk

But unlike are Canada there is no joint venture so both airlines running their own aircraft is more likely as it is more profitable.

I don't think it makes a difference if WestJet and American ever do a joint venture. With the way US has downsized flights to YEG, they'll probably let YEG go and let WS handle the leisure traffic. US Airways has hubs in Philadelphia, Charlotte and Phoenix. American has hubs in Dallas, Miami, Chicago, New York and Los Angeles. I am curious if the Phoenix hub would be swallowed up by the LA hub. They have stated that Phoenix would stay a hub but i am not sure i believe it personally. The connections LAX offers relative to PHX are quite substantial. I am surprised WS doesn't offer 2x daily flights to LAS.

http://www.azcentral.com/business/arizon...nce-merger-next-week.html?nclick_check=1

A quote from the same above link: "Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport: Airline officials have said they intend to maintain the airport as a hub for the airline. But one issue with a Phoenix hub has long been that it’s dominated by vacationers seeking deals rather than business travelers paying full price for tickets. Airlines usually maintain the status quo for a time after a merger, for business and public-relations sake, but big cuts can come later. US Airways cut its number of Pittsburgh flights by one-third and closed its flight-attendant and pilot bases there two years after the 2005 America West/US Airways merger."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323452204578288512679218692.html

Another quote from the above link: "In the expected American tie-up, analysts point to Phoenix as the likely target, partly because it is sandwiched between American hubs Los Angeles and Dallas."

[dansk]

Originally Posted by LO 044

I don't think it makes a difference if WestJet and American ever do a joint venture. With the way US has downsized flights to YEG, they'll probably let YEG go and let WS handle the leisure traffic. US Airways has hubs in Philadelphia, Charlotte and Phoenix. American has hubs in Dallas, Miami, Chicago, New York and Los Angeles. I am curious if the Phoenix hub would be swallowed up by the LA hub. They have stated that Phoenix would stay a hub but i am not sure i believe it personally. The connections LAX offers relative to PHX are quite substantial. I am surprised WS doesn't offer 2x daily flights to LAS.

http://www.azcentral.com/business/arizon...nce-merger-next-week.html?nclick_check=1

A quote from the same above link: "Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport: Airline officials have said they intend to maintain the airport as a hub for the airline. But one issue with a Phoenix hub has long been that it’s dominated by vacationers seeking deals rather than business travelers paying full price for tickets. Airlines usually maintain the status quo for a time after a merger, for business and public-relations sake, but big cuts can come later. US Airways cut its number of Pittsburgh flights by one-third and closed its flight-attendant and pilot bases there two years after the 2005 America West/US Airways merger."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323452204578288512679218692.html

Another quote from the above link: "In the expected American tie-up, analysts point to Phoenix as the likely target, partly because it is sandwiched between American hubs Los Angeles and Dallas."

If you're referring to LAS being downsized by US, that was because LAS was "de-hubbed" and YEG was not the only one affected by that move. PHX has been upgauged from RJ's to the A319/20's in recent years. Summer both YYC and YEG are down to one daily flight on US this year, but still on mainline, not the CRJ-900 like in year's past. Maybe I'm missing something.

I do think if PHX is downsized, much like what happened when America West (HP) merged with US, that YEG will reap benefits via new routes to LAX or DFW on AA.

[hilman]

I would love to see the new AA planes at YEG, their new livery is very nice.


http://static2.businessinsider.com/image.../american-airlines-new-logo-livery-2.jpg

[Coldrsx]

You sure about that?


(http://www.airlinereporter.com/wp-conten...-640x443.jpg.pagespeed.ic.nbxx-J85yO.jpg)

[hilman]

That grey doesn't look great, the white looks very good.

New

http://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/USATODA...1b79b3da202957124496e3768cfb7b67cdb10c81

Old

http://cdn.airnation.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/american_airlines_boeing_757_d5g3.jpg

[LO 044]

^The new tail is terrible along with the smidgen of paint prior to the word American. The rest of the livery looks pretty good .

[SpongeG]

Originally Posted by Hallsy's Toupee

There is a Timmy Ho's on the arrivals level.

yeah i didn't feel like leaving the post security area - the thought of getting molested to get back into the post security area isn't too fun, taking off your shoes, your belt, all that stuff not worth it for a cheap sandwich

whats with the stomach swabbing now in airports?

my coworker travelled back from halifax and she had to go through it a few times in the bigger airports, i only had to go through security in grande prairie so they never did it there

[CanadianCentaur]

The swabbing is done to check for traces of explosives.

There's also a Tim Horton's post-security. It's in the north terminal.