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WestJet's new service between Toronto and Edinburgh takes off
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WestJet To Base All 787s, Long-Haul Flying At Calgary | Aviation Week Network
The carrier will make YYC, its home airport, the locus of its international network.
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Westjet moving all long haul routes to/from Calgary. This presumably means the end of Edinburgh-Toronto. Great news for Air Canada. Potentially disappointing for EDI. Will we see them start Edinburgh-Calgary? I have my doubts.
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Other reports suggest this is only in relation to 787 operations. The first line of the article perhaps is a little misleading. It refers to all international routes. I certainly hope WestJet continue at EDI. Some competition for AC is a good thing.WestJet To Base All 787s, Long-Haul Flying At Calgary | Aviation Week Network
The carrier will make YYC, its home airport, the locus of its international network.
Westjet moving all long haul routes to/from Calgary. This presumably means the end of Edinburgh-Toronto. Great news for Air Canada. Potentially disappointing for EDI. Will we see them start Edinburgh-Calgary? I have my doubts.
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Yes, WestJet, EDI-YYZ currently operates with a 7M8. Currently still on sale for S23. I doubt EDI will also get Calgary. I’m not sure if a 7M8 could reach Calgary?
It could however I’m not sure if they would fly it full there.
Westjet have removed from sale GLA and DUB to Toronto. EDI remains on sale for now. Prices on the EDI route, for weeks now have been crazy high. Double the price of Air Canada. Something is going on. I suspect we are about to hear about a change to their S23 TATL offerings.
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I believe that they might be focusing long haul at their hub in Calgary.
A contact at EDI informed me that Westjet is being offered substantial incentives to not only retain YYZ route but to grow and start other routes. The other route is believed to be Calgary. The initial slots reports confirms this. You are correct about their strategy to coordinate long haul operations from Calgary. Time will tell if the carrot being dangled is enough to sway them. The YYZ route did perform extremely well in S22. Average load factor of around 97%. Quite impressive when you consider they are competing against AC.
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EDI-Calgary
3 x weekly from 17th May 2023. No confirmation yet if route is seasonal or year round. Most likely seasonal.
www.aeroroutes.com
EDI-Calgary
3 x weekly from 17th May 2023. No confirmation yet if route is seasonal or year round. Most likely seasonal.
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Calgary is summer seasonal.
WestJet NS23 Calgary International Network Expansion — AeroRoutes
Published at 1500GMT 05DEC22 Canadian carrier WestJet in Northern summer 2023 season is launching various new routes from Calgary, including service to Spain, Japan and the UK. Subject to government approval, planned new routes include the following. Calgary – Barcelona eff 06MAY23 1 weekly 7
www.aeroroutes.com
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EDI-YYZ about to be dropped. Majority of S23 dates removed from site.
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WestJet have reduced YYC-EDI back to 3 weekly - thanks to a DM for the heads up
Halifax also sees a change of days with the Wednesday departure from Edinburgh moving to a Tuesday.
Toronto restart date also pushed back from April 27 to May 16
Halifax also sees a change of days with the Wednesday departure from Edinburgh moving to a Tuesday.
Toronto restart date also pushed back from April 27 to May 16
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