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Westjet dropping direct flights between Winnipeg and saskatchewan

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EdWin


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What I'm saying is that both Edmonton and Calgary have seen a plethora of new non-stop routes in the last year, like to Palm Springs, San Fransisco, Orlando, Mexico City, New York, Halifax and an increase in non-stop services to London, Frankfurt, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, and the list goes on.

So somehow I don't think the recession has much to do with Winnipeg's scaled back services. I wish people would care about this. It may seem insignificant, but if we let too many of these "insignificant" issues just roll on by without batting an eye lash, the cumulative effects will be felt bigtime in the long run.

Freeman

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WestJet seems to be a pretty astute bunch. If the market was there, don't you think they would have continued with the direct flights? What would suggest "we" do?

EdWin

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Freeman wrote:WestJet seems to be a pretty astute bunch. If the market was there, don't you think they would have continued with the direct flights? What would suggest "we" do?

If there wasn't a market there and if Westjet is such an astute bunch, then they wouldn't have had trial runs in the first place. I mean come on, even Regina and Saskatoon are expanding non-stop routes into the US while Winnipeg gets zippo. Again, the "recession" doesn't seem to be affecting the rest of the west.



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Freeman

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Well, actually trial runs make sense. A good way to test the market without making any long term committment. When you say Regina and Saskatoon, who exactly are you referring to?

Still haven't answered the question.

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Freeman wrote:Well, actually trial runs make sense. A good way to test the market without making any long term committment. When you say Regina and Saskatoon, who exactly are you referring to?

Still haven't answered the question.

Regina just got Salt Lake City, and Saskatoon got Denver. Maybe this shows that Regina and Saskatoon are growing more significantly than Winnipeg. I don't know. But it is sad to see those two cities who are significantly smaller be on par with Winnipeg, a city who doesn't seem to have very good direct connections with the rest of North America. I hope that when the new terminal opens, there will be a plethora of new non-stop flights within North America announced; maybe even Europe. But I'm not going to hold my breath.

grumpy old man

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Maybe it shows bugger all. I guess you are not interested in the quote that showed Winnipeg Airport was the busiest in its history in 2008? How about this?

Rank Airport Location Total Passengers Annual Increase
1Toronto Pearson International AirportToronto, Ontario32,334,8312.8%
2Vancouver International AirportVancouver, British Columbia17,852,4592.0%
3Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportMontreal, Quebec12,813,1990.0%
4Calgary International AirportCalgary, Alberta12,506,8932.0%
5Edmonton International AirportEdmonton, Alberta6,437,3346.1%
6Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International AirportOttawa, Ontario4,320,0005.5%
7Halifax Stanfield International AirportHalifax, Nova Scotia3,578,9313.2%
8Winnipeg International AirportWinnipeg, Manitoba3,570,0330.1%
9Victoria International AirportVictoria, British Columbia1,538,4173.8%
10Kelowna International AirportKelowna, British Columbia1,389,8831.9%

grumpy old man

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Here are some interesting facts to consider about the falling sky ...

Both Regina and Saskatoon handled about a million~ passengers each in 2008... And two new US destinations in those airports mean that Winnipeg is falling behind? Perhaps we could do some research instead of jumping to conclusions based on anecdotal news.

Calgary and Edmonton are serving a province with 3 times the population of Manitoba.

I think, in a recession, we ought to find more important things to dwell on.



Last edited by grumpy old man on Wed May 27, 2009 8:01 am; edited 1 time in total (Reason for editing : Corrected the year. We've not yet reached 20078.)

Freeman

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Hey GOM, don't mislead the issue with facts!!! Regina has more baggage handlers than WInnipeg, how the hell can that be allowed. Someone has to do something about that. Smile

grumpy old man

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Don't know how I missed that.

EdWin

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Whatever............................

grumpy old man

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Well why bother then EdWin? Don't like your feedback and you respond "Whatever............................".

I say don't post then if that is how you will handle responses that are contrary to yours. Or in this case do not share the same Chicken Little scenarios...

EdWin

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Um, I don't like being told how to respond. And I'll respond any way I feel like, thank you.

Anyways, I have my beliefs which I feel are important for the city and that won't change.



Last edited by EdWin on Wed May 27, 2009 9:38 am; edited 1 time in total

Deank

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"Regina just got Salt Lake City, and Saskatoon got Denver."

well hicks just gotta visit hicks....

Freeman

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Regina to Salt Lake City, thats hilarious, do they play the banjo in Salt Lake City too?

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grumpy old man

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EdWin wrote:Um, I don't like being told how to respond. And I'll respond any way I feel like, thank you.

Anyways, I have my beliefs which I feel are important for the city and that won't change.
Nobody is fricking telling you how to respond sport. If you want to debate then debate. But actually debate.

Nobody is telling you how to feel but at least consider basing your feelings on real facts and evidence rather than on a couple innocuous events in Saskatchewan.

I don't get you EdWin. You want to post and tell people how you feel (and I want you too as well). But you start pouting when others don't agree with you.

EdWin

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I wish Winnipeg and Winnipeggers would become a little more agressive when it comes to promoting itself and it's future in transportation. I absolutely love this EIA campagne, promoting more people to use EIA building up more non-stop flights and becoming less dependant on Calgary for connecting flight.

http://flyeia.com/flights/fight_for_your_flights

AGEsAces

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Direct flights between Winnipeg & Saskatchewan?
Just drive...costs less, and takes about the same amount of time as the hassle at the airport.

http://www.photage.ca

rosencrentz

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Air Canada has put a bid in for Canada's Army's 50 year old helicopters to take over the service from Wpg to Saskatoon and Regina, with an intermediate stop over in Lockport, so you can get out and buy some really good hot dogs!

http://www.elansofas.com

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