Saskatoon and Regina Air Service

[Justanothermember]

One of my WAA contacts told me Porter is getting ready to announce YQR-YYZ in the next day or two. If true, YQR finally joins the Porter family

[Justanothermember]

Edit: duplicate post.

[Justanothermember]

The Porter announcement should make one_brick_at_a_time very happy as they have been requesting this pairing for quite some time.

[one_brick_at_a_time]

Originally Posted by Justanothermember

The Porter announcement should make one_brick_at_a_time very happy as they have been requesting this pairing for quite some time.

FINALLY! ! I was thinking since Kelowna was just announced and they have refreshed their future route map…

[one_brick_at_a_time]

Daily flights to Denver coming to Regina in May 2025. The new flight, operated by SkyWest Airlines under United Express.

https://regina.ctvnews.ca/daily-flig...2025-1.7151967

[Justanothermember]

Originally Posted by one_brick_at_a_time

Daily flights to Denver coming to Regina in May 2025. The new flight, operated by SkyWest Airlines under United Express.

https://regina.ctvnews.ca/daily-flig...2025-1.7151967

LOL apparently THIS was the upcoming announcement, not Porter to YYZ. My info turned out to be Chinese Whispers! Apologies, but good news for Regina anyhow. I still think Porter will be in YQR by next summer.

[Justanothermember]

I wonder if UA YXE-DEN isn't far away. Usually when one Sask city twin gets one flight, the other generally gets that same flight not long after.

[EDM753Fan]

Does anyone know how the YQR-MSP flight has been in terms of load factor? Very interested to know if this will be sustained long term.

[Myst]

I can extract it next time the US data is released.

Load factors only give part of the story of viability. Fares are an important part of it - if there’s perpetually readily available cheap seats that ain’t great. And history. YQR-MSP had a decent history of supporting service at 100-150 seats per day.

The wild card is the WS / DL factor. At the moment WS sees feeding DL as a growth opportunity. But they haven’t done a great job of integrating systems or offerings. We’ll see how it sticks long term.

[Stormer]

Originally Posted by EDM753Fan

Does anyone know how the YQR-MSP flight has been in terms of load factor? Very interested to know if this will be sustained long term.

YQR CEO yesterday said it was 80% I believe. which is good I think.

[Myst]

I will post the November stats when they are released.

US bureau of transportation statsfor YQR-MSP:
Seats - passengers carried - load factor

April
YQR-MSP 234 - 128 - 55%
MSP-YQR 234 - 157 - 67%
Total both ways 468 - 285 - 61%

May
YQR-MSP 2418 - 1514 - 63%
MSP-YQR 2418 - 1977 - 82%
Total 4836 - 3491 - 72%

June
YQR-MSP 2184 - 1434 - 66%
MSP-YQR 2262 - 1903 - 84%
Total 4446 - 3337 - 75%

July
YQR-MSP 2340 - 1954 - 84%
MSP-YQR 2340 - 2069 - 88%
Total 4680 - 4023 - 86%

August
YQR-MSP 2340 - 2060 - 88%
MSP-YQR 2262 - 2122 - 94%
Total 4602 - 4182 - 91%

September
YQR-MSP 2262 - 1743 - 77%
MSP-YQR 2340 - 1825 - 78%
Total 4602 - 3568 - 78%

October
YQR-MSP 2418 - 1951 - 81%
MSP-YQR 2418 - 1871 - 77%
Total 4836 - 3822 - 79%

[Myst]

November statistics for MSP flights from Sask.

available seats - passengers flown - load factor

YQR-MSP: 2340 - 2023 - 86.5%
MSP-YQR: 2340 - 1889 - 80.7%
total: 4680 - 3912 - 83.6%

YXE-MSP: 2010 - 1542 - 76.7%
MSP-YXE: 2010 - 1455 - 72.4%
total: 4020 - 2997 - 74.6%

Interesting that the YXE passenger count is lower than YQR. Obviously operating a less extensive schedule with larger airplanes has its limitations on its ability to serve peoples' travel schedules.

[one_brick_at_a_time]

With possible USA flight demand softening from Canada, do we think Porter Airlines will divert to some more Canada route priority and announce Regina sometime soon?

[CattyCommittee]

Originally Posted by one_brick_at_a_time

With possible USA flight demand softening from Canada, do we think Porter Airlines will divert to some more Canada route priority and announce Regina sometime soon?

I wouldn't hold my breath. The YXE To YYZ is not performing they way they expected/wanted it too.

Flair was the reason they went to YXE vs YQR in the first place.

I heard a rumbling they are contemplating a YQR to YOW flight for later this spring.

[EDM753Fan]

Originally Posted by CattyCommittee

I heard a rumbling they are contemplating a YQR to YOW flight for later this spring.

YUL direct from YQR would be even better!

[EDM753Fan]

Originally Posted by CattyCommittee

I wouldn't hold my breath. The YXE To YYZ is not performing they way they expected/wanted it too.

Flair was the reason they went to YXE vs YQR in the first place.

I heard a rumbling they are contemplating a YQR to YOW flight for later this spring.

I've heard from a credible source that this won't be happening anytime soon. Apparently "YXE-YYZ has too many low periods to consider YQR" anytime soon.

Unfortunate but unsurprising. AC's loyalty program draws a lot of ppl (myself included) and WestJet is a very well known brand to Western Canadians. Porter is really on the outside looking in...

[Myst]

December statistics for MSP flights from Sask.

available seats - passengers flown - load factor

YQR-MSP: 2262 - 1910 - 84.4%
MSP-YQR: 2262 - 1820 - 80.5%
total: 4524 - 3730 - 82.4%

YXE-MSP: 2556 - 1782 - 69.7%
MSP-YXE: 2556 - 2040 - 79.8%
total: 5112 - 3822 - 74.8%

[Myst]

January statistics for MSP flights from Sask. (source - US bureau of transportation statistics data filings)

available seats - passengers flown - load factor

YQR-MSP: 2340 - 1541 - 65.9%
MSP-YQR: 2262 - 1311 - 58.0%
total: 4602 - 2852 - 62.0%

YXE-MSP: 2370 - 1150 - 48.5%
MSP-YXE: 2370 - 1082 - 45.7%
total: 4740 - 2232 - 47.1%

[thenetstud]

WestJet today announced a major expansion of its domestic network with new non-stop service between Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ) and three Canadian cities for summer 2025. The expansion includes all-new non-stop service from Saskatoon and Regina.

New domestic routes for summer 2025

Route Frequency Start Date
Saskatoon - Halifax 1x weekly June 28, 2025
Regina - Halifax 1x weekly June 29, 2025

https://www.westjet.com/en-ca/news/2...ew-routes-and-

[Draftsman]

That's great news, 'stud