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Old May 13, 2019, 9:18 am
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jazzsax
 
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Originally Posted by FlyerJ

This is is big news if you’re a WestJet shareholder or a WestJet employee. But it’ll have little to no impact on WestJet customers.
Not sure I neccessarily agree. Run the numbers, cost of capital, rate of return, etc. You're going to see an even tighter push to cost cutting and revenue generation. Ancillary fees? Yep those will be going up. Monetize monetize monetize to pay for the cost of acquisition.

Doubt union negotations will be that simple either....

Pretty sure they will also either close Swoop, or sell them off to someone else. Maybe not Encore, but you can bet every option is on the table.
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