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Old Feb 24, 2026 | 4:12 pm
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Originally Posted by Soccerra
Westjet is ceasing service to both Medicine Hat (YXH) and Lethbridge (YQL) June 24th. Tons of taxpayer dollars spent at YQL to keep WestJet in town, when the code share ended with CMA that was the beginning of the end.
It was destined to fail as soon as WS went down to only one single flight a day. With such a short distance, its only purpose was as a feeder into WestJet's network (not serving O&D traffic). A single daily flight would never work well feeding into a network, as connections would rarely be effective or convenient -- meaning that driving was likely always a better option for people. CMA operating as WS Link had the right aircraft size and better frequencies -- but was painfully unreliable.
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