yyznomad

National Post article refers to jetsgosucks.com
I remember some chap posting that url here on FT?

Ken hAAmer

Once an airline ceases operations on this scale, it's virtually impossible to restart as the same airline. And LeBlanc's record certainly won't help.

I think they are indeed "gone."

yyznomad

YGWYPF! sorry, had to say that again

flyingstudent

Westjet just pulled all their discount fares. It now becomes YVR-YYZ $289 ow and YXX-YYZ $295 ow.

I'm sure AC, Canjet, and Harmony will do so within a few hours.

Sigh .. time for about very high airfares again in Canada this year. No more weekend trips for me ..

lcohen999

agreed, while their CS sucked and they were never on time, to get a YYZ-YUL flight for under $200 was a thing of beauty

anyone realize that it is YYZ's march break this weekend?

DanJ

I'm not really surprised that they did this, but what a crappy thing to do with spring break in the largest province starting. I don't know what the spring break schedules are like in other provinces, but it makes you wonder if it would have killed them to keep it going another week or 10 days. I know, it's unrealistic to expect an airline to care and give any kind of notice.

I feel bad for all the stranded travellers, and the now unemployed staff. Too bad they didn't have a fleet that anyone else would want.

airbus320

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Con...acodalogin=yes

DanJ

WestJet Assists Jetsgo Crews

MARCH 11, 2005 - 03:12:19 ET

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(CCNMatthews - March 11, 2005) - WestJet (TSX:WJA)
today announced that it is offering $35 standby fares (plus all
applicable taxes and fees) to stranded Jetsgo crews including flight
attendants, pilots and maintenance personnel. This standby fare will be
available until Sunday, March 13, 2005 at 12:01 a.m. MST.

Seats at this $35 standby fare are offered on a space-available basis.

To take advantage of this offer, Jetsgo crewmembers must phone WestJet's
call centre at 1-877-435-9952 (toll-free) or 444-2483 (in Calgary).

WestJet provides scheduled service to 33 North American cities and
charter service to 26 destinations in eight countries. The airline
operates a fleet of 56 aircraft featuring 38 Boeing Next-Generation 737
aircraft.

Shareholder

High prices or the true cost of doing business? When will some of you learn that bubbles don't last forever and the airline business is no different? JetsGo was dumping seats and losing money on every ticket sold. Who was going to keep losing money at this rate so you could save a few bucks? I have little sympathy for those stranded: caveat emptor. The airline business in this country will be healthier and in the end customers better served with this fraud out of business. Michel Leblanc should be lynched in Domnion Square for basically doing this a second time [his Royal brought about the collapse of C3K], but that should have been enough warning to those of you seeking something for nothing.

First they ruined Christmas for tens of thousands of Canadians, now it's their spring break...

Shareholder

If you want beauty, take VIA Rail for $140 return. Can you say "sucker punch"? It is spring break in a lot of places, but a lot more people won't be goiing anywhere this week.

Of course, it could have been a lot worse. JetsGo could have flown to Asia and Europe, and left thousands stranded on the other side of the planet...

As for WestJet offering standby tickets, good PR. Either this airline has lots of unsold capacity, which means it'll be the major beneficiary of getting JetsGo out of the market, or it's pulling a shrewd PR number. Either way it wins, and share prices of both it and ACE should rise a few bucks...

B1

With Jetsgo out of the market, it is not clear how many of the rest can remain. While it might be a small oportunity for West Jet and Can Jet the reality is that there still is not enough traffic and costs are exploding. AC has a good chance of surviving with their flexible model. But with the Jetsgo debacle so prominent, will the smaller airlines be able to hold customers who might be concerned about who's next? TA's will have a lot to ponder.

Crampedin13A

Have to agree. People buying $1 tickets should have looked at as a lottery(surely no member of the flying public could possibly think that covered the price of their flight).

Wonder when the media will start pointing at big bad Air Canada for not honouring these $1 tickets to get stranded SG pax home when their planes are already full at this time of the year?

DanJ

Shareholder, you obviously have more knowledge on these things than me, and I don't disagree that Royal was the downfall of C3K. But, is it really Leblanc's fault that C3K bought Royal? Should he have been less of a sham artist and not sold to them? I liked both when I flew them, but found C3K had prettier FA's LOL.

Shareholder

Gotta love those market forces! Maybe you can afford the fare on the Number 7 bus, FS. And there's always Voyageur to Montreal for a nice weekend trip...

Shareholder

True Kinnear and company might have done better due diligence on Royal, but it was LeBlanc who basically created a false set of books that sucker punched them into a major expansion based on false number. This is a man who should be enjoined from ever doing business with the public again...