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Originally Posted by JakeLRS
To be fair, the economy is slowing and people have less money to spend. That could be a reason why WS is relatively conservative with this schedule release.
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Comparing to 2019, Calgary used to have lots of service from lots of carriers. AC treated Calgary as a hub (albeit a small one) with lots of non-stop destinations and tons of connections via Star Alliance. WestJet was a big player in a competitive market.
Since then, most carriers seem to have ceded YYC to WestJet.
A conservative schedule release from WestJet really is surprising given that other airlines have drawn down YYC so much.
(As for "people having less money to spend" ... that's true, to a point. But not so much with the traveller demographic. Flights out of YYC are jam-packed, and those tickets are being purchased at higher fares than I've ever seen in my life. Hotels everywhere are charging ridiculously high room rates - now and through the Christmas season - and they're selling them without discounting. The travel economy is still red hot.)
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