Originally Posted by CanadianConnection33 (Post 20225102)

Airline industry race to the bottom continues!

Now that we know Economy - is onboard the Q400s does that mean Encore will also be introducing Economy +? I'm not sure if there's space to do that with 78 seats.

We also know that Encore won't be serving YTZ any time soon. No more than 70 seats can fly in and out of that airport (I guess they could probably just not sell 8 tickets but wouldn't that be a major waste of space?).

Originally Posted by Santander (Post 20239805)

Or how about WS lobbies the Edmonton/Alberta governments to keep YXD open (the closure of which is a travesty) and allow Q400 service, launch Encore service YXD-YYC with 10x+ weekday frequency both ways (with all night flights out of YEG for noise abatement) and operate it like Rapidair or US Shuttle? WS is a very strong brand in Alberta and if they executed it right they could crush AC and Red Arrow on this route. Build it for the oil commuters and fill the remainder of the seats with connecting traffic.

I know YXD doesn't have the infrastructure right now, but I'm sure something could be arranged with the Aerocentre or Avitat...

Originally Posted by TheGreatestX (Post 20223234)

Really? YYC-DFW? There's already 2 dailies on that route. How about something a little more innovative like YEG-DFW?

Originally Posted by FlyB (Post 20248268)

Wouldn't be surprised to see AA or WS move into the YEG market from DFW this fall either, its been a long time coming. Much like IAH just needed the right market mix. I think these western Canada routes are prime for DFW, AA/WS, and OneWorld connections now.

Originally Posted by Santander (Post 20253572)

Connections to where? UA/AC's IAH flights are understandable because of the high O&D traffic. In order to sustain YEG-DFW you'd have to have people willing to connect in DFW to another destination in the US (and again... where would those people go? Florida is a pretty sh!t destination as far as yield is concerned) or people flying YEG-LatAm. People who regularly fly YYC/YEG-LatAm are almost non-existent and you'd have a hell of a time trying to regularly fill planes with them. I can maybe see WS launch YEG-DFW or YEG-ORD (more likely), but not AA.

Originally Posted by TheGreatestX (Post 20256717)

United's YEG-IAH is up to three dailies on some days. I don't see how AA doing YEG-DFW is a stretch.

Originally Posted by Santander (Post 20257346)

IAH is an oil town. Naturally, they can sustain high O&D traffic Alberta-IAH. There is certainly energy stuff going on in DFW but it also has a lot of communications and banking stuff going on too and is far less of an oil town than IAH. I can't see that much O&D traffic YYC/YEG-DFW, and even less high-yield O&D traffic. Where would you connect to in DFW from Alberta? I can only see low-yield leisure flights to Florida and the Caribbean, which is a perfect market for WS to feed AA with.

If AA is indeed pulling out of DFW-YYC, you can bet they're not going to start DFW-YEG.

Originally Posted by AA_EXP09 (Post 20261730)

South America?

Originally Posted by Santander (Post 20262246)

That was the point. How much YEG-LatAm traffic is there? I'd say very little, and almost non-existent (from a broader perspective) high-yield YEG-LatAm traffic. AA can make more money elsewhere.

Originally Posted by newfbc (Post 20274025)

Interesting...

"Tuesday night Horry County leaders will vote on a resolution whether or not to pass an incentives package that would give WestJet Airlines up to $1 million if it went below a 15% profit margin in the first six months of conducting service at Myrtle Beach International Airport."

http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/212375...ness-goes-down

Ron.