Originally Posted by
PunishedEdmontonian
Not true. DL has not served YEG for "decades."
This would be the second time DL left YEG in the past 20 years as they only reinstituted YEG-SLC about 5 or 6 years ago. They left in the late '80s the first time around.
The fares ex-YEG via SLC on DL were so stupidly expensive that it's no wonder they're leaving.
As for CO returning to YEG, I am delighted as I will give them the bulk of my $$ and the odd time I fly domestically I will credit my miles to OP.
I flew Western ex-YEG through the 80s and that carrier was serving Edmonton through the 70s too. It was taken over by DL in the late 80s or early 90s. So I would say 4 decades -- give or take a year or two -- is "decades". Of course, given more non-stops to US coastal cities, aggressive competition to hub people through SEA by ALASKA/HORIZON, UAEXPRESS into DEN, and even AC non-stops, the old YEG-SLC-LAX run was bound to lose business no matter what DL charged. It was an orphan alliance up in the north woods too.