Saskatoon and Regina Air Service - Page 118

scotty c · #**2341** Posted **Dec 30, 2022, 3:50 AM**

Sunwing announced today they are cancelling all services from Saskatoon and Regina for the month of January. Apparently they will restart in February but I’m not holding my breath.

casper · #**2342** Posted **Jan 12, 2023, 3:48 PM**

Interesting press coverage. I think it is a bit of exaggeration. It makes it sound like Regina and Saskatoon are losing all service until flair comes in to save the day. The Calgary route is well served by WestJet.

I find it hard to believe that two conferences have pulled out over AC reducing service. But I could we wrong.

https://globalnews.ca/news/9403315/airlines-leaving-saskatchewan-tourism-economy-impact/

Newstart · #**2343** Posted **Jan 12, 2023, 6:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by casper

Interesting press coverage. I think it is a bit of exaggeration. It makes it sound like Regina and Saskatoon are losing all service until flair comes in to save the day. The Calgary route is well served by WestJet.

I find it hard to believe that two conferences have pulled out over AC reducing service. But I could we wrong.

https://globalnews.ca/news/9403315/airlines-leaving-saskatchewan-tourism-economy-impact/

I don't find it hard to believe. The thing about Air Canada is it is the preeminent Canadian Carrier and its partner airlines. There are reward points, connections from other mid-west US States etc etc etc. Because of Air Canada pulling out certain routes it is making travel for existing businesses and others less direct, more layovers and what should be a limited time table to travel, in some cases it is adding a day of travel just to get to Regina as an example from certain hubs in the US.

reducing service makes sense, i get that. Pulling out completely from specific runs does not make the least bit of sense other than Air Canada kicking and screaming because of the investment the Alberta Government is putting into Westjet at the YYC Airport, no different than AC receives in other hubs.

one_brick_at_a_time · #**2344** Posted **Jan 17, 2023, 5:08 PM**

Stormer · #**2345** Posted **Jan 17, 2023, 6:04 PM**

Westjet cuts flights in the east, AC cuts flights in the west, fares skyrocket.

I'm not normally a conspiracy theorist, but....

esquire · #**2346** Posted **Jan 17, 2023, 6:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by Stormer

Westjet cuts flights in the east, AC cuts flights in the west, fares skyrocket.

I'm not normally a conspiracy theorist, but....

Ha. Now that you mention it, that does seem a little convenient for the airlines...

one_brick_at_a_time · #**2347** Posted **Jan 17, 2023, 6:34 PM**

The competition of Porter is needed absolutely.

EDM753Fan · #**2348** Posted **Jan 17, 2023, 7:23 PM**

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The competition of Porter is needed absolutely.

Psssst not to start rumors but.... a little bird told me that Porter were "hoping" to start service to YQR from YYZ within 2023.

Stay tuned...

one_brick_at_a_time · #**2349** Posted **Jan 17, 2023, 7:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by EDM753Fan

Psssst not to start rumors but.... a little bird told me that Porter were "hoping" to start service to YQR from YYZ within 2023.

Stay tuned...

Crossing fingers! It would be such a great third dependable schedule option.

one_brick_at_a_time · #**2350** Posted **Jan 17, 2023, 7:56 PM**

one_brick_at_a_time · #**2351** Posted **Jan 26, 2023, 6:00 PM**

To Cover Cost of Runway Project and Service Debt, YQR to Increase Fees

January 26, 2023

The Regina Airport Authority (RAA) is announcing that on April 1, 2023, YQR will be increasing certain aeronautical fees at the airport.

Passenger Facility Fee: Increasing $10 per departing passenger, which is currently $20, to be $30 effective April 1, 2023.

Landing Fees and General Terminal Fees: This fee is charged to airlines and will be increasing by 5% effective April 1st, 2023.

While the RAA made significant debt repayments just prior to the pandemic, it did not raise fees throughout the pandemic to encourage recovery. With well over $15 million in pandemic losses, rising interest rates, severe inflation, and a $26.7 million runway project commencing, a fee increase is necessary. However, even with these fee increases, YQR landing fees are still some of the lowest in Canada, which helps drive air service development.

The Passenger Facility Fee, which was previously known as the Airport Improvement Fee, has not been increased since 2012.

https://www.yqr.ca/en/to-cover-cost-of-runway-project-and-service-debt-yqr-to-increase-fees

esquire · #**2352** Posted **Jan 26, 2023, 6:14 PM**

These fees are getting out of hand. A Winnipeg-Toronto return flight now lards $75 in airport fees on top of your ticket. So even if you get a good ULCC price, probably at least a third of it is going to the airport.

If I became Minister of Transport, the first thing I'd do is bring back the little kiosks where you pay the AIF as you walk towards the gates. This way people will know how much the airports are soaking them.

Stormer · #**2353** Posted **Jan 26, 2023, 7:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by esquire

These fees are getting out of hand. A Winnipeg-Toronto return flight now lards $75 in airport fees on top of your ticket. So even if you get a good ULCC price, probably at least a third of it is going to the airport.

If I became Minister of Transport, the first thing I'd do is bring back the little kiosks where you pay the AIF as you walk towards the gates. This way people will know how much the airports are soaking them.

In the U.S. small airports are heavily subsidized by the feds. In Canada they just get screwed by the feds and the airlines.

esquire · #**2354** Posted **Jan 26, 2023, 8:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by Stormer

In the U.S. small airports are heavily subsidized by the feds. IIN Canada they just get screwed by the feds and the airlines.

It used to be the airlines that paid the airports. Now the airports double dip and hit up the airlines and the people riding with them.

Every airport in Canada has undergone some massive expansion or reconstruction project in the last 15 years. A lot of little empires have been built, and passengers have to pay for it.

one_brick_at_a_time · #**2355** Posted **Jan 26, 2023, 8:29 PM**

More on the topic…

https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/y...d514a94-782f-4419-a770-b484bcb2d761/amp/

Wyku · #**2356** Posted **Jan 26, 2023, 9:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by one_brick_at_a_time

More on the topic…

https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/y...d514a94-782f-4419-a770-b484bcb2d761/amp/

"The lower fees for airlines attract service, which is something to be proud of, he added."

Did he say that with a straight face?

EDM753Fan · #**2357** Posted **Feb 7, 2023, 11:07 PM**

I was talking to an AC check in Agent last night at YQR when I had arrived from YYC. He was super friendly as always but he admitted that AC is operating their most sparse schedule in YQR in the 22 yrs he's been with the company.

He blamed it all on the pilot shortage. I'm not so sure.

SkydivePilot · #**2358** Posted **Feb 9, 2023, 8:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by EDM753Fan

I was talking to an AC check in Agent last night at YQR when I had arrived from YYC. He was super friendly as always but he admitted that AC is operating their most sparse schedule in YQR in the 22 yrs he's been with the company.

He blamed it all on the pilot shortage. I'm not so sure.

There's a Pilot shortage alright; that's a fact. Another thing is the new flight duty regulations that have been implemented in recent times.

one_brick_at_a_time · #**2359** Posted **Feb 11, 2023, 7:11 AM**

3x a week to Kamloops yet no Saskatoon or Regina flights…

hehehe · #**2360** Posted **Feb 11, 2023, 1:20 PM**

WS is starting three times weekly YXE-MSP service next summer