[_urbanite]

You most definitely are entitled to compensation for your extra night hotel stay. UK and EU travel laws are pretty explicit about the penalties for late or cancelled flights.

Delays | UK Civil Aviation Authority

UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) guidance on your rights when a flight is delayed under UK Reg (EU) No. 261/2004 (UK261). Learn what care airlines must provide, when you may be entitled to compensation, how to claim expenses, and your refund options for long delays or missed connections.

www.caa.co.uk

You should also be eligible for financial compensation as well as stipulated under both Canadian and British law.

Flight delay and cancellation claims

In line with guidelines set out by the Air Passengers Rights Regulations, you may be entitled to compensation for the interruption in your travel plans.

www.westjet.com

Here is a third party site that can also help you evaluate and file a claim on your behalf (if you win the claim they collect a fee).

Refunds, Reimbursement, and Compensation: Westjet | AirHelp

Who pays when flights are canceled? When are you owed Westjet delay compensation, and how much? Learn your rights and Refund, a refund or compensation.

www.airhelp.com

Thank you for this. I've submitted claims for financial compensation (June 10th) and for hotel expense reimbursement (June 12th), so I'm just playing the waiting game at this point. They have 30 days to get back to me for both claims

 

[ION]

Fun with the Great Circle Map of flights and locations I wish Edmonton either has or had in the past that I'd be interested in... Especially Anchorage, Honolulu and Reykjavik because they are hubs that feed into many foreign ULCC's that Edmontonian's could fly if only we were code-shared or had at least a connecting flight...

 

[ION]

BTW, these are all flights within the range of the A220-100 (Bombardier C-series) which is 6200 km which means these could be really skinny but popular routes with only 100-130 seats which to me is perfect for a market like Edmonton where even 189 seats in a Boeing 737-800 seems a bit excessive...

 

[ION]

On a related note, Norse Atlantic just relaunched. That's the long-haul offshoot of the up and coming Norwegian Airlines that was hit super hard by Scandinavian COVID outbreaks and cross-Atlantic tourism however it's backed and well financed so I have a feeling this would make an ideal flight partner with Edmonton as would Flair if they chose to step up and fill in the KEF flight since then you could transfer to Wizz, Icelandair, Play, Level or any number of cooler niche European players...

 

[ION]

Wizz Air Norse Atlantic Airways Icelandair

 

[ION]

I also forgot how large the range of the Dreamliner really is which is why I hope Westjet launches at least one flight from Edmonton to one of the large global air hubs halfway around the world... Preferably DXB but beggars can't be choosers... And one benefit of being this far north? You're that much closer to the rest of the world via the transpolar flight routing... Or at least until very recently... February 2022... For obvious reasons that stopped but even a single regular LHR non-stop would be helpful. I honestly hope the AMS KLM flight isn't affected by today's announcement that the airport and airline are cutting capacity by 20% because of crowding/COVID/HR issues... This would how this week ends for us after FIFAGATE...

 

[ION]

RU-ROH!

 

[McEdmonton]

I think Anchorage and New York are more likely to return with Flair flying there now.

 

[EdmTrekker]

I think Anchorage and New York are more likely to return with Flair flying there now.

There are few routes international routes operating from Anchorage, other than seasonal to FRA and none to Asia. I can't imagine Flair flying there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Stevens_Anchorage_International_Airport#Passenger

 

[McEdmonton]

There are few routes international routes operating from Anchorage, other than seasonal to FRA and none to Asia. I can't imagine Flair flying there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Stevens_Anchorage_International_Airport#Passenger

I was just going off what I saw on here, but maybe they don't fly there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flair_Airlines

 

[BASE]

Monthly passenger stats May 2022

Terminal Traffic: 467,126 passengers ( 1,699,530 Year-to-date)
Domestic 418,667 passengers (1,444,228 Year-to-date)
Transborder 35,858 passengers (136,645 year-to-date)
International 12,601 passengers (118,657 year-to-date)

Terminal percent growth (%)
Terminal: 584.8% (358.0% Year-to-date)
Domestic 513.8% (292.3% Year-to-date)
Transborder NA% (20083.9%year-to-date)
International NA% (5197.2% year-to-date)

Transborder and International slowed down a lot from April to May with the busy sun travel season winding down.

 

[YEGCANUCK]

Looks like YEG-SFO was quietly dropped by Swoop.

Flair and AC are still flying the route.

 

[occidentalcapital]

YEG-HNL is served by WestJet but I generally agree with the map you posted.

 

[IanO]

Awesome!

https://www.linkedin.com/company/nav-canada/?miniCompanyUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_miniCompany%3A11427&lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_detail_base%3B9OTpk0lCRrGzFxGrpjF0tg%3D%3D&licu=urn%3Ali%3Acontrol%3Ad_flagship3_detail_base-actor_container&lici=PADqaySzT%2FGFirnRrw7fXA%3D%3D

 

[BASE]

I don't know if this was discussed earlier in the year (didn't see it in quick look) but I just noticed Edmonton bumped the Airport Improvement Fee up to $35 effective Jan 1 this year which puts us on par with YYC.

Airport Improvement Fee

flyeia.com

The stated reason is due to Covid-19 budget issues. I wonder if other airports have done this as well? Interested having such a hefty fee while putting a big emphasis on targeting low cost carriers.

Will be interesting how the new CEO approaches AIFs vs. other revenue streams like all the commercial development that has been the focus more recently. An airport like Red Deer starts out with a pretty big advantage at $35/head on airport improvement fees and then increases that advantage when parking is factored in. Just for fun here is a quick video talking about Red Deer's expansion ambitions.