BASE
Active Member
It's interesting to see Air Canada starting to dabble ever so slightly in sun flights from YEG. First Cancun a few years ago and now Montego Bay. Never hurts to keep Westjet honest on that front.
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MacLac
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“……oversee the North Terminal Modernization program…..” Have we EVER heard of this before? Yeah it’s in all of our dreams……lol
Glenco
Senior Member
The annual general meeting is at the Timms centre on May 7th You could attend and ask about a then.
bodsbods9090
Senior Member
LONNNNGGGG overdue...but talked about for a while.
I hope they modernize that area in my lifetime (42 currently) because it is dated.
I hope they modernize that area in my lifetime (42 currently) because it is dated.
MacLac
Senior Member
Just to put it on the table so there is no more dispute ever again about YYC’s numbers and how they relate to YEG’s……
YYC’s total traffic included 34.4% connecting traffic numbers in 2024. So, 18.9M X 34.4% =12.34 M Without YEG’er and other prairie cities filling up their planes…..so they're only 4M more than YEG….not10M as others might like to think……mic drop!
YYC’s total traffic included 34.4% connecting traffic numbers in 2024. So, 18.9M X 34.4% =12.34 M Without YEG’er and other prairie cities filling up their planes…..so they're only 4M more than YEG….not10M as others might like to think……mic drop!
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yeggator
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It’s worth mentioning that not all of those connecting passengers are from Prairie cities (although the lion’s share probably are). I once met a Californian in Italy who connected through Calgary on WestJet to get a better airfare deal. YYC will likely get more foreign connecting passengers when they launch their Abu Dhabi (west coast passengers) and Sao Paulo (Japan-Brazil) routes.
David A
Senior Member
They may get some foreign connecting, but somehow I feel Vancouver passengers may be much more reluctant and assertive about having to connect there than we are. Also there are other airlines that may not force them to do so.
MacLac
Senior Member
Fire sales/fares…..someone’s gotta pay the $300M price tag per plus YYC’s monthly interest payments on their new terminal of $50M/monthly…..
BASE
Active Member
A much smaller number and percentage but would need to remove YEG connecting passengers to fairly compare.
MakeYEGGreatAgain
New Member
^ much much smaller in terms of %. AC does not rely on any connections at YEG. It's all designed to connect to the major centres. WS - used to be much more, but since the big consolidation at YYC, there's not much really.
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oilcity98
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There are a lot more international connecting passengers these days due to some of the recent overseas routes. Both times coming back from Seoul to Calgary, almost all of passengers on the flight were either Koreans or Chinese. Koreans coming to visit Canada or the US, Canadian-Koreans coming home and connecting off somewhere. For some reason both times there a lot of Chinese passengers. On one flight it was delayed while they waited for a sizable group of Chinese travellers.
All hub type airports do large volumes of connecting passengers, it's typically the case when you're a hub in the the hub and spoke system.
MacLac
Senior Member
Sun routes from Porter next year for YEG: