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Originally Posted by jmt18325
I know, and that was my point. There was more at play than just losing flights. The flights were lost because of lower volumes (the same reason that Winnipeg and Edmonton lost United flights - though Winnipeg still had healthy growth overall).
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The REAL raison d' être as to why United dropped Regina and Saskatoon is due to aircraft utilization/frequency. The load factors were high; however, QR's and XE's flight legs were among United's longest. United wanted to use their aircraft for shorter legs for more $$$/day. Even though the seat-mile costs are higher on short legs, there was still less revenue/fewer legs per aircraft per day when United was flying here. That equalled fewer dollars. So, good-bye Regina and Saskatoon.