Saskaboom is over , I lived for three years in Saskatoon and now I live in Ottawa (Private not government). A lot of people drive the four to five hours to Calgary as there are more choices there and it’s a lot cheaper, usually. I have flown YXE-YOW and the plane, a CRA is never full. I am flying again YOW to YXE next week, and I am sure I will move up front.

Wesjet flies the 737 into YXE and I have counted the people coming off and I cant see how they ca make money on some of those flights with such a large plane as AC with only the CRJ from the west, CRA from YOW and 190/175 four times a day from YYZ and that is it. AC uses small planes for this market. Flights are not full. Back in 2007/2008 flights were full even with CRA from the west, very full, but no more.

UA flies a CRJ to Denver and a CRA to ORD, through Regina. Delta does the same thing going YXE-YQR-MSP. Tough enough on a CRJ to YEG or YXE, it almost killed me going to DEN and I have done that a few times. DEN flights are almost full as its cheaper than AC to mid US markets. When you think about it, a lot of traffic just small planes and less frequency.

Good thing I moved, no longer do I have to worry. Look on the bright side, it’s an extra segment and 500 AP no matter which city you go through!