Originally Posted by
hollywoodcory17
its probably in the 25-30% range in terms of what’s been cut.
Here’s a summary of the routes dropped for this summer:
YYC-RDU
YYC-OGG
YYC-FLL
YEG-SEA
YEG-SFO
YEG-ATL
YEG-ORD
YEG-BNA
YEG-YUL
YVR-BOS
YVR-BNA
YVR-TPA
YVR-SFO
YVR-SAN
YVR-MCO
YVR-YUL
YVR-YOW
YLW-SEA
YYZ-LAX
YYZ-LAS
YWG-ATL
YWG-LAS
YWG-BNA
YYC-HNL has a brief suspension from late April until June 27.
I haven’t fully reviewed all the domestic changes, but it seems at least some of that has gone to domestic increases as well as more flights to Mexico / Caribbean.
Wow. That's a huge cut.
Interesting about the YEG cuts .... ORD, SEA, and SFO are the only YEG TB routes where Westjet has competition (UA, AS, and AC respectively). Guess there's demand, but just not enough for more than one carrier.
YVR/YEG-YUL - I thought Westjet was trying to grow in YUL again after the Sunwing acquisition, but I guess that for now, that'll be mostly winter flights down south.
YWG-LAS/ATL are also surprising - you'd think a city as big as Winnipeg could support these. I know YEG is losing ATL too, but that's a much longer flight, and as others mentioned, the timing wasn't great.
Also of note - Starting in August (albeit for a short season), YYC will have 3 carriers competing on New York (AC to EWR, WJ to JFK, and AA to JFK/LGA). As far as I know, this is only the second destination where 3 airlines will compete (the other being ORD with UA, WJ, and AA).