WS announces Canada to London-Gatwick
Sep 15, 2015, 3:18 pm
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737 from YYT.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/fly-we...151500488.html
Canada's low-fare leader offers a total of 28 non-stop flights weekly from Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto and St. John's along with fares on connecting flights from select cities for only $20 more
CALGARY, Sept. 15, 2015 /CNW/ - WestJet today announced it will launch new non-stop service next spring to London (Gatwick) a total of four times daily from six Canadian cities: Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto and St. John's. These new routes represent WestJet's first non-stop service to London, and the only non-stop service from Winnipeg to the United Kingdom.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/fly-we...151500488.html
Canada's low-fare leader offers a total of 28 non-stop flights weekly from Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto and St. John's along with fares on connecting flights from select cities for only $20 more
CALGARY, Sept. 15, 2015 /CNW/ - WestJet today announced it will launch new non-stop service next spring to London (Gatwick) a total of four times daily from six Canadian cities: Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto and St. John's. These new routes represent WestJet's first non-stop service to London, and the only non-stop service from Winnipeg to the United Kingdom.
Sep 16, 2015, 4:08 pm
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What is WestJet's strategy in regards to connecting flights from LGW?
Aegean would be awesome. That could become a good offer for the passengers SkyGreece was serving.
I have read that easyJet wants to become a feeder for transatlantic flights.
And of course there is BA.
Aegean would be awesome. That could become a good offer for the passengers SkyGreece was serving.
I have read that easyJet wants to become a feeder for transatlantic flights.
And of course there is BA.
Sep 16, 2015, 7:56 pm
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Hoping BA will have an awesome deal coming as we have first class tickets booked on the inaugural flight of the A380 into YVR just need a cheap positioning flight with them to get us to LHR.
Sep 16, 2015, 10:52 pm
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oh boy, now if only WS earned status miles somewhere this would be even more amazing... as someone flying YVR-EU often this is a sweet deal tho. 299!
Do you guys think AA will codeshare/ticket these? Because... then they'd earn status miles... :/
Do you guys think AA will codeshare/ticket these? Because... then they'd earn status miles... :/
Sep 17, 2015, 7:26 am
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So it turns out YOW is gaining 1-stop, same-plane service to LGW on WS. The 73G from YYT will originate in YOW with the same flight numbers.
WS 24
17:30 YOW - YYT 1h59 stop - 08:00 LGW
WS 25
9:20 LGW - YYT 1h53 stop - 14:51 YOW
It's strange that WS didn't include this in their big announcements as they heavily hyped the fact that the GLA and DUB routes are 1-stop, same-plane direct service out of YYZ.
So look at that, while not nonstop, new transatlantic service for YOW without the need to make a connection. 1-stop's the next best thing to nonstop.
Psst WS, don't keep this new direct YOW-LGW service a secret.
WS 24
17:30 YOW - YYT 1h59 stop - 08:00 LGW
WS 25
9:20 LGW - YYT 1h53 stop - 14:51 YOW
It's strange that WS didn't include this in their big announcements as they heavily hyped the fact that the GLA and DUB routes are 1-stop, same-plane direct service out of YYZ.
So look at that, while not nonstop, new transatlantic service for YOW without the need to make a connection. 1-stop's the next best thing to nonstop.
Psst WS, don't keep this new direct YOW-LGW service a secret.
Last edited by YoYUL; Sep 17, 2015 at 7:43 am
Sep 17, 2015, 7:49 am
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Sep 17, 2015, 11:49 am
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Also, when's the last time YWG had scheduled wide-body service to any destination? I can't recall any in the recent past. Maybe "back in the day?"
Sep 17, 2015, 12:24 pm
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Excluding regularly scheduled freighter service at YWG, Zoom had the weekly 763 to LGW. Also, hasn't TS sent 310s down south out of YWG the past couple of winters? I know the 310 is on the skeds for this winter.
Sep 17, 2015, 3:14 pm
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Wonder if there's ever been a "legacy" carrier that's operated widebody flights out of YWG?
Sep 17, 2015, 5:14 pm
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Sep 18, 2015, 7:47 am
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It's a constant struggle for them to find bilingual FAs. Most of the time they're hard pressed to have a bilingual gate agent in YOW or staff a flight with one bilingual FA on a YOW departure, let alone a full compliment for their YUL and YQB ops. It'll be a long time before they fly transatlantic to a non-English speaking destination. No doubt CDG will be the first one though.