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Old Jun 19, 2017 | 8:47 pm
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Rad456
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Originally Posted by tiberria
I got them to move it to, which seems like a much more reasonable routing, avoiding both YYZ (which I hate connecting through), and also using a 737 instead of a turboprop for the connection into Vancouver Island.

https://www.google.ca/flights/#searc...YQQ0WS339;a=WS

Why does Westjet actually fly 737s into YQQ? Seems like a relatively small/out of the way airport for jet service.
Yes they do, at least from YEG. YQQ=Comox which is a large military base where the Snowbirds train and Search and Rescue training is based

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFB_Comox
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