News   GLOBAL  |  Apr 02, 2020
A Message to Our Readers
 11K     0 
News   GLOBAL  |  Apr 01, 2020
EarthCam Time-Lapse Documents Rafael Viñoly-Designed New Stanford Hospital Construction
 43K     0 
News   GLOBAL  |  Apr 01, 2020
Resort Town
 6.9K     0 
archited said:
This article points to a future that we were trying to get across to the former mayor and council when we were talking about repurposing the Coliseum site as a VTOL Hub and a major transit hub with LRT, buses, and other ground formats. It could work in conjunction with EIA and airports at smaller centres across central and northern Alberta -- feeding into business aviation, pleasure craft and tourism (the possibility of opening and advancing countless tourism locations would lift the entire Alberta economy in that sector). I could see VTOL hubs (primary destination) at Coliseum, EIA, Red Deer, Grande Prairie, Ft. McMurray, and Jasper, with minor hubs at Cold Lake, Lloydminster, Camrose and other similar-sized locales plus tourist destination sites at many of Alberta's lakes and geographical wonders.
www.seattletimes.com

Flying cabs steal thunder at air show as clean future beckons

Electric flying taxis took center stage at the Singapore Airshow as airlines invested in short, battery-powered hops to spur future growth.
www.seattletimes.com www.seattletimes.com
Click to expand...
BrettB said:
Westjet is going all-in on the leisure market by buying Sunwing:

News release

Westjet maintains its headquarters in Calgary, while the Sunwing will remain in Toronto (with a regional office in Laval).

An interesting note from the release:
Click to expand...

Current fleet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunwing_Airlines#Current_fleet​

The Sunwing Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft as of April 4, 2021:[3][20]

Sunwing Airlines fleet
Total271
AircraftIn
service		OrdersPassengersNotes
Boeing 737-80021118912 wet leased from TUI Airways
Boeing 737 MAX 86—189

Former fleet​

Sunwing Airlines former fleet
AircraftTotalIntroducedRetiredNotes
Boeing 767-300ER220112012Leased from EuroAtlantic Airways
 
occidentalcapital said:
rdnewsnow.com

Red Deer Regional Airport expansion set to take flight

Alberta's government has announced a $7.5-million grant to help expand infrastructure and services at Red Deer...
rdnewsnow.com rdnewsnow.com


Province is helping Red Deer airport expand to accommodate low cost carriers.

This will be a challenge for both YYC and YEG, as some traffic could get siphoned off, but I would say it is a much bigger threat to YYC than YEG given Red Deer Airport's location south of Red Deer.
Click to expand...
It might pose a challenge for YEG, but I think it'll help us in the long run. Let's be real, Edmonton is a bit of an "island" right now in terms of political culture (but Calgary is pretty progressive in a lot of ways as well). Red Deer is one of the province's largest cities, but many people there have... a pretty regressive mindset (I have a left-leaning friend with a number of medical conditions who lives there, and she has a loooot of stories). Between Red Deer Poly beginning to offer undergraduate degrees (see also Grand Prairie Regional College/Northwestern Poly), and the airport gearing up for more passenger and cargo services, Red Deer is laying the groundwork to become a more urban centre like Edmonton, Calgary, and Lethbridge.

The more urbanized our cities become, the more our views will be reflected in the provincial government, and the better a deal Edmonton will get. If Edmonton got all the airport investments, all the tech companies, etc., it might look good for us on paper, but then the rest of the province would remain rooted in the same industries and patterns that they have been for decades past; and Edmonton would continue to be the odd one out in provincial politics. I want Red Deer and Calgary to get this stuff too, even if it costs Edmonton some jobs and investment, because I think the benefits of having a more urban and econimcially diversified province outweigh the opportunity costs we incur.
 
CplKlinger said:
It might pose a challenge for YEG, but I think it'll help us in the long run. Let's be real, Edmonton is a bit of an "island" right now in terms of political culture (but Calgary is pretty progressive in a lot of ways as well). Red Deer is one of the province's largest cities, but many people there have... a pretty regressive mindset (I have a left-leaning friend with a number of medical conditions who lives there, and she has a loooot of stories). Between Red Deer Poly beginning to offer undergraduate degrees (see also Grand Prairie Regional College/Northwestern Poly), and the airport gearing up for more passenger and cargo services, Red Deer is laying the groundwork to become a more urban centre like Edmonton, Calgary, and Lethbridge.

The more urbanized our cities become, the more our views will be reflected in the provincial government, and the better a deal Edmonton will get. If Edmonton got all the airport investments, all the tech companies, etc., it might look good for us on paper, but then the rest of the province would remain rooted in the same industries and patterns that they have been for decades past; and Edmonton would continue to be the odd one out in provincial politics. I want Red Deer and Calgary to get this stuff too, even if it costs Edmonton some jobs and investment, because I think the benefits of having a more urban and econimcially diversified province outweigh the opportunity costs we incur.
Click to expand...
Red Deer Airport is not owned by the Government of Canada unlike Edmonton and Calgary International Airports. Red Deers airport: "The Red Deer Regional Airport Authority assumed ownership from the Province of Alberta and operation of the airport from The City of Red Deer on September 1, 1999 and the City of Red Deer and Red Deer County became key stakeholders." It falls under the Alberta Regional Airports Authority Act. Unlike YYC and YEG, Red Deer Airport does not pay lease moneys to the Federal Government every year as the land was gifted from the Province. That is a tremendous benefit that YEG and YYC do not have and likely will result in lower costs for airlines using that airport. https://www.flyreddeer.ca/about-yqf/yqf-history/
 
Yay for WestJet, yay for YYC...
https://edmontonjournal.com/business...a-9dcff7aef3a7
Not a single YEG - Europe flight planned or to be launched by WestJet
frown.gif
:(
 
Post a news article about YYC flights to Europe on SRC and nobody bats an eye.
Post the same news article about YYC flights to Europe on SSP and the sky starts falling.
How typical! 🤣
 
Gronk! said:
Post a news article about YYC flights to Europe on SRC and nobody bats an eye.
Post the same news article about YYC flights to Europe on SSP and the sky starts falling.
How typical! 🤣
Click to expand...
It still pisses me off that we barely get anything to Europe or the East Coast, but cursing in a forum won't get me anywhere
 
occidentalcapital said:
Its like some people still think WestJet is Edmonton's hometown airline. They aren't and never really were. We do have our own hometown airline now. Some people only want to complain.
Click to expand...
Maybe of we fly Flair enough, they'll move up from being an ULCC one day, and actually start flying long-haul flights to prime destinations.
 
Avenuer said:
I believe that's the trajectory WestJet took.
Click to expand...
Exactly my point. And now they're Canada's second largest airline.
We fly Flair whenever we can at home, so does my company (provided that sometimes schedules don't work for corporate trips, and I miss having executive seats sometimes when I'm too tired).
Hopefully in a few years, if more people do this and support it, we'll have a legacy carrier based here.
 
ChazYEG said:
Exactly my point. And now they're Canada's second largest airline.
We fly Flair whenever we can at home, so does my company (provided that sometimes schedules don't work for corporate trips, and I miss having executive seats sometimes when I'm too tired).
Hopefully in a few years, if more people do this and support it, we'll have a legacy carrier based here.
Click to expand...
Hopefully we all see the day when Flair grows enough to inherit the legacy of Wardair.
 
You must log in or register to post here.

Back
Top