[Offworld]

It looks like (AC) Air Canada *New* Boeing 787 Dreamliner 10 fleet of planes will be based at Toronto YYZ 1st to support AC’s YYZ hub & international flights /expansion.

Global Horizons: Air Canada Further Strengthens Toronto Hub with Expanded International Network

/CNW/ - With new, exciting routes already set to begin operating to South America and Mexico this winter from Air Canada's global hub at Toronto Pearson, the...

www.newswire.ca

Plus the AC 787-10 has lot of premium seats 42J 28W and 262 Y according to Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Canada_fleet

I’m sure as AC gets more deliveries of 787-10 they will rotate some of it to operate international flights from Vancouver YVR & Montreal YUL AC hubs & even on the Calgary YYC- London LHR UK route too (seasonally) .

I don’t think Edmonton YEG will see the AC 787-10 , unless AC decides to upgauge from YYZ.

Let's just remind ourselves that Vanfan123 is Calfan12 on SSP. Bald-faced Calgary huckster.

 

[Glenco]

Okay, but this is just how competition amongst airlines work. This strategy of "licking the cookie" as you call it is not even remotely specific to Westjet or Edmonton. I could come up with a million examples of this phenomenon happening from other parts of Canada from different airlines, or even other parts of the world. Really strange thing to blame WS for.

Of course you are correct the airline industry is very competitive and they have done nothing illegal. What bothers me is this strategy would not work in any other market. Not YVR or YHZ only YEG. That is both frustrating and infuriating that we are a captive market that doesn’t get the service that is justified.
On the other hand AC doesn’t think we are worth fighting over. They offer seasonal flights to LHR and could potentially go year round with the XLR from YOW. AC Express have direct flights from YWG and YHZ to YOW .but not Alberta’s provincial capital it took Porter Airlines to initiate that service. It is galling for the people of Edmonton to be treated as inconsequential a second rate market an after thought and I for one am tired of it.

 

[MacLac]

Let's just remind ourselves that Vanfan123 is Calfan12 on SSP. Bald-faced Calgary huckster.

Don’t forget also a 14 year old living in his/her Mom’s basement

 

[MacLac]

Ground radar black out on Sep between 12:45pm - 1:00pm - flight on WJ from Firebag to YEG couldn't take off due to this. Wife standing at the United counter at the same time mentioned to the desk folk and they new "nothing about it." How is this possible? According to the pilot - "had to wait for the secondary system to come online before we could depart. Never heard of this happening before....

 

[David A]

Of course you are correct the airline industry is very competitive and they have done nothing illegal. What bothers me is this strategy would not work in any other market. Not YVR or YHZ only YEG. That is both frustrating and infuriating that we are a captive market that doesn’t get the service that is justified.
On the other hand AC doesn’t think we are worth fighting over. They offer seasonal flights to LHR and could potentially go year round with the XLR from YOW. AC Express have direct flights from YWG and YHZ to YOW .but not Alberta’s provincial capital it took Porter Airlines to initiate that service. It is galling for the people of Edmonton to be treated as inconsequential a second rate market an after thought and I for one am tired of it.

I feel the competition is mainly at the fringes (ex. Flair and Porter). The two major airlines now have a cozy duopoly or even almost regional monopolies where much of the east is ceded to one and the west to the other.

There are only a few places these bigger airlines compete more. I am not sure this is actually legal, it is more like our competition laws are not strongly enforced and no one seems to care to enforce them more rigorously.

 

[Offworld]

Don’t forget also a 14 year old living in his/her Mom’s basement

Please explain?

 

[Oilguy]

I feel the competition is mainly at the fringes (ex. Flair and Porter). The two major airlines now have a cozy duopoly or even almost regional monopolies where much of the east is ceded to one and the west to the other.

There are only a few places these bigger airlines compete more. I am not sure this is actually legal, it is more like our competition laws are not strongly enforced and no one seems to care to enforce them more rigorously.

Unless Westjet and aircanada are colluding with each other in who serves what competition laws can’t force a company to serve a market they don’t think is as profitable as another one.

They have pretty much carved the country up with little overlap, but I can see why it makes business sense from their standpoint, even if it sucks for the traveller.

 

[David A]

Unless Westjet and aircanada are colluding with each other in who serves what competition laws can’t force a company to serve a market they don’t think is as profitable as another one.

They have pretty much carved the country up with little overlap, but I can see why it makes business sense from their standpoint, even if it sucks for the traveller.

I suspect it is not a coincidence how they have carved things up, but our competition laws are not well enforced and there seems to be little desire right now to do so.

However, that could change in the future. I don't think those fixing the price of bread expected to be punished.