Markyeg
Active Member
Exactly this. Last winter ATL was daily, but we’re actually getting the route back since it was originally scheduled year round but got axed in the spring for Summer 2025 when the transborder numbers took a nosedive.
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Exactly this. Last winter ATL was daily, but we’re actually getting the route back since it was originally scheduled year round but got axed in the spring for Summer 2025 when the transborder numbers took a nosedive.
blue12
Active Member
To add clarity, YLW is up from 19x weekly last winter to 27 this winter. YYJ from 11x to 13x. MZT from 2x to 3x. HUX from 2x to 3x. ATL from 7x to 4x.
But to respond to the rest - I’m not sure where you got some of this from. I never wrote about YYC being an AC hub, because it isn’t one. My previous comments were about Westjet’s current strategy and how, although it sucks, it makes sense.
Regardless, my post this afternoon was solely talking about some changes to YEG’s schedule this winter. That is what this thread is for, after all - Edmonton’s airport. I didn’t mean it in an inflammatory way.
blue12
Active Member
I seem to have missed a few, so here they are for those interested (and I’ve included the previous frequencies this time):
Puerto Vallarta from 10x weekly to 11x
Cancun from 9x to 10x
Grande Prairie from 4x to 9x
Regina from 11x to 13x
Las Vegas from 11x to 5x
Phoenix from 10x to 8x
Palm Springs from 7x to 6x
Los Angeles from 6x to 4x
Ottawa from 12x to 2x
Montreal suspended until Spring 2026
Unsurprising to see the American destinations continue to struggle.
YOW/YUL took quite a big domestic cut, not just from YEG - those have always been very sluggish markets for Westjet, but I wasn’t aware it was this bad. Hopefully next season we can regain some of those “lost” frequencies.
BASE
Active Member
YEGs (and others similar) outsized vulnerabilities (compared to hubs) are certainly on display during some of these market disruptions. Hopefully this threat can be used as a opportunity to strengthen domestic and other international flying until transborder returns at which point perhaps some of those gains can be maintained. As far as Westjet is concerned though they are really displaying struggles out east which is on display in the changes above.
blue12
Active Member
Not all of the east - YYT and YHZ are going very strong, not just domestically but internationally as well. It’s just YOW and YUL that they chronically have issues retaining service in.
Glenco
Senior Member
Opportunity for Porter to upgrade their service to YUL and YOW
BASE
Active Member
Below is what would be expected with the transborder route reductions. International is a small number so the % can swing wildly.
Monthly passenger stats June 2025
Terminal
- Terminal Traffic: 642,323 passengers (Year-to-date 3,476,609 passengers) 2.2% (Year-to-date 4.4%)
- Domestic 568,782 passengers (Year-to-date 2,725,834 passengers) 5.8% (Year-to-date 6.7%)
- Transborder 56,091 passengers (Year-to-date 432,074 passengers) -25.6% (Year-to-date -4.3%)
- International 17,450 passengers (Year-to-date 318,701 passengers) 10.2% (Year-to-date -1.7%)
Fixed Base Operators (FBO)
- 64,360 passengers (Year-to-date 370,760 passengers) 22.7% (Year-to-date 16.2%)
Total passengers (Terminal and FBO)
- Month overall 706,683 passengers (Year-to-date 3,847,369 passengers) 3.7% (Year-to-date 5.4%)
Passenger stats
flyeia.com
BASE
Active Member
When do we see a significant terminal project begin? I appreciate they have been plugging away at items like the departure roadway, jet bridge improvements, and others.
yeggator
Active Member
The airport master plan mentions completely redoing the northern half of the terminal building sometime before 2048 (no mention of tying it to passenger counts). But major expansion on the south end of the terminal would only happen when we see annual passenger counts on the verge of 16 million (and we're only halfway there), currently projected for sometime after 2050.
Windermere
Active Member
I didn't know there was an official planespotting spot. I had a chuckle at the "Planes to Watch For" which included the MD-11 and F28 - that could use an update.
There's also a cool little cafe there, great to grab a coffee and watch the planes.
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There's also a cool little cafe there, great to grab a coffee and watch the planes.
Dark Kiss Coffee LTD. · 6420 50 St, Leduc, AB T9E 6P1, Canada
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Glenco
Senior Member
The current terminal is supposed to be capable of handling 10 million passengers annually. At present we are about 8 so I don’t see anything materializing for a few years unless we see a major boost in passenger numbers.
mcr
Active Member
I hope they focus on their refresh of the arrivals / baggage area first. It's looking incredibly dated and dark.
ChazYEG
Senior Member
Agreed, but it would not be a bad idea to start planning for an expansion, and get ahead of the curve, instead of waiting for capacity to be reached and have to deal with an overcrowded airport AND construction, all at the same time.
I would not be shocked if the numbers reached close to the 10M by the end of the decade, based on populational growth prospects alone.
Oilguy
Active Member
The problem is paying for it when the revenues aren’t there, but I do intend to agree with your premise.
IanO
Superstar
Population growth does NOT = PAX if you do not have the capacity.