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Originally Posted by ace.yyc
There is no actual "YYC-based fleet" currently, I don't even know what that means. The entire mainline fleet rotates through YYC with roughly equal frequency. Every MAX in the fleet this summer has flown to Europe from either YYZ or YHZ, for example... with variation to the degree that it almost seems intentional. To say 60 aircraft are stationed here is meaningless and it's therefore meaningless to say 100 aircraft will now be based here. There are some Encore tails that get pinned out east for a while but they eventually make it back. Of course if you nuke eastern flying they have no reason to be out there in the first place.
Maybe they mean the number of aircraft that RON (remain overnight) here will be going up by some margin. Note that this number is currently not near 60, nor would that be logistically possible given current and medium-term operational constraints.
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I also don't get why the press release says "In return for the government’s investment, WestJet will create a hub at the Calgary International Airport"??
But from the sounds of Westjet's own release we can expect more European flying from YYC which is always nice.
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