Saskatoon and Regina Air Service - Page 69

casper · #**1361** Posted **Sep 17, 2016, 12:09 PM**

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/me waves from Regina... we're in Saskatchewan too! And we're one of the four.

Frustrating. Oh well. Flying out of Regina really sucks right now.

Sorry, should have said pulled out of Regina and Saskatoon.

kalin_10 · #**1362** Posted **Sep 17, 2016, 11:29 PM**

I think the biggest issue for New Leaf in Saskatchewan is lack of marketing and advertising. Pretty much every person I've spoken to has never heard of New Leaf and their destinations. Flew with them this week to Kelowna. Flight was perfect. On time and what I expected. No extra costs. Paid for what I used and half the price of Air Canada and West jet. I'd recommend them to anyone looking for a cost effective flight. I will use again.

Stormer · #**1363** Posted **Sep 18, 2016, 12:57 AM**

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Sorry, should have said pulled out of Regina and Saskatoon.

It says they are temporarily suspending between Nov 1 and mid December but should resume and for the holidays.

I also flew Newleaf and found it really great.

esquire · #**1364** Posted **Sep 18, 2016, 8:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by kalin_10

I think the biggest issue for New Leaf in Saskatchewan is lack of marketing and advertising. Pretty much every person I've spoken to has never heard of New Leaf and their destinations. Flew with them this week to Kelowna. Flight was perfect. On time and what I expected. No extra costs. Paid for what I used and half the price of Air Canada and West jet. I'd recommend them to anyone looking for a cost effective flight. I will use again.

Even in Winnipeg, which is supposedly their "home town", their marketing presence is minimal at best. Hardly anyone I know is aware that they're actually flying. I guess money is tight as a start-up, but you'd think they'd spend a few bucks on billboards and commercials to get the word out.

Nice to hear that you had a good experience though... I haven't been on NewLeaf yet, myself.

RepomanYWG · #**1365** Posted **Sep 18, 2016, 8:46 PM**

They seem to make pretty regular updates using twitter and Facebook but if you don't know about them and specifically following them you're right; pretty much next to no advertising. I would assume word of mouth would eventually get around but I think right now - route wise, they are hampered by the fact they only have 4 aircraft.

kalin_10 · #**1366** Posted **Sep 22, 2016, 3:22 AM**

SAA & YXE announced their rebranding today. A new brand was presented as well as promo video for SKYXE. Website will be updated in the near future. Checkout press release and video below

http://yxe.ca/press-releases/articletype.../new-brand-name-at-the-saskatoon-airport

https://youtu.be/8F8Y2ffi4Vo

one_brick_at_a_time · #**1367** Posted **Sep 22, 2016, 9:49 AM**

I am so interested to see what the expansion will look like for YQR. Literally cannot wait anymore!!! Lol

one_brick_at_a_time · #**1368** Posted **Oct 5, 2016, 4:20 PM**

Have Westjet, Sunwing and Air Transat announced their full winter schedule destinations from YQR yet for south of the border? Also, do you think down the line, Air Canada Rouge's plan will be to directly compete with these airlines flying out of smaller centres south?

PhotoJim · #**1369** Posted **Oct 5, 2016, 6:48 PM**

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Have Westjet, Sunwing and Air Transat announced their full winter schedule destinations from YQR yet for south of the border? Also, do you think down the line, Air Canada Rouge's plan will be to directly compete with these airlines flying out of smaller centres south?

Air Canada is highly unlikely to fly to any US or international destinations from YQR or YXE, given their hub-spoke model. All such flights will be out of hubs, at least minor hubs.

Does Air Canada do much for US flights out of larger non-major-hub airports like YEG or YWG?

jmt18325 · #**1370** Posted **Oct 5, 2016, 8:50 PM**

None. Ottawa has some flights. I'm not sure about Halifax.

Stormer · #**1371** Posted **Oct 5, 2016, 9:14 PM**

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None. Ottawa has some flights. I'm not sure about Halifax.

When did AC quit flying to ORD out of YWG?

jmt18325 · #**1372** Posted **Oct 5, 2016, 9:42 PM**

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When did AC quit flying to ORD out of YWG?

Did they ever? They coldeshare with United on ORD and DEN.

Stormer · #**1373** Posted **Oct 5, 2016, 11:04 PM**

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Did they ever? They coldeshare with United on ORD and DEN.

Definitely. At least until codesharing started.

YWG-RO · #**1374** Posted **Oct 6, 2016, 2:32 AM**

Dc9s back in the day. Used to be Aeroplan short haul for 15 k IIRC. I think it changed to UX in early 90s.

kattiff · #**1375** Posted **Oct 6, 2016, 6:17 AM**

Air Canada use to have a Jazz flight to Las Vegas out of YWG in the winter, seasonal and I think it ended in 2010 or 2011 but otherwise AC is all about their hub n spoke. WestJet is the only hope for US flights.
WestJet Encore could maybe do a flight to Minneapolis one day out of YQR given their code share with Delta?

jmt18325 · #**1376** Posted **Oct 6, 2016, 1:22 PM**

Apparently Westjet is recruiting people from legacy airlines and is about to introduce a more hub and spoke oriented model.

kattiff · #**1377** Posted **Oct 6, 2016, 3:58 PM**

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Apparently Westjet is recruiting people from legacy airlines and is about to introduce a more hub and spoke oriented model.

In YWG I'd say it's the other way around, there are rumours that Delta is gonna invest into WestJet and redo it up like it has done with Birgin Atlantic, GOL and AeroMexico

jmt18325 · #**1378** Posted **Oct 6, 2016, 4:07 PM**

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In YWG I'd say it's the other way around, there are rumours that Delta is gonna invest into WestJet and redo it up like it has done with Birgin Atlantic, GOL and AeroMexico

Delta is a hub and spoke carrier....

I mean, Air Canada has seen a ton of investment - just not here.

wave46 · #**1379** Posted **Oct 6, 2016, 9:26 PM**

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Apparently Westjet is recruiting people from legacy airlines and is about to introduce a more hub and spoke oriented model.

But why?

I thought Westjet's model was Southwest-like - cheap point-to-point travel. Sure, you need some hubs, especially for traffic from smaller cities (mostly stuff served by Westjet Encore and some mainline flights that serve the extreme east or west of the country), but otherwise why bother with all the downsides of a hub unless you need to?

AC has hubs as they allow travelers to reach a critical mass that feeds their international network. Even they've moved more to a point-to-point system than previously.

Unless Westjet is thinking about expanding their intercontinental flights, this makes no sense.

jmt18325 · #**1380** Posted **Oct 6, 2016, 9:30 PM**

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But why?

I thought Westjet's model was Southwest-like - cheap point-to-point travel.

That changed when they went into regional travel and then international long haul.

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Unless Westjet is thinking about expanding their intercontinental flights, this makes no sense.

They most certainly are - you can be sure of that.