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RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - clasher - 01-31-2019
(01-30-2019, 11:29 PM)bgb_ca Wrote: Now if only they had one that went East to Halifax...
We could fly Kitchener to Paris, France then!
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - panamaniac - 01-31-2019
(01-31-2019, 10:33 AM)Jclasher Wrote:(01-30-2019, 11:29 PM)bgb_ca Wrote: Now if only they had one that went East to Halifax...
We could fly Kitchener to Paris, France then!
Not to mention London, Reykjavik, Dublin, Glasgow, and Frankfurt.
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - Spokes - 01-31-2019
Does Halifax connect to all of those??
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - Coke6pk - 01-31-2019
(01-31-2019, 12:20 AM)YKF Wrote:(01-30-2019, 09:44 PM)Spokes Wrote: Every little bit counts!
Absolutely! At the very least, it signals Westjet's confidence in the market here and suggests that the YYC-YKF route is profitable.
If WestJet had confidence, I wouldn't of had to read this last week:
https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/london-lands-direct-service-to-three-cities-in-one-fell-swoop
Coke
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - Rainrider22 - 01-31-2019
(01-31-2019, 02:34 PM)Coke6pk Wrote:(01-31-2019, 12:20 AM)YKF Wrote: Absolutely! At the very least, it signals Westjet's confidence in the market here and suggests that the YYC-YKF route is profitable.
If WestJet had confidence, I wouldn't of had to read this last week:
https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/london-lands-direct-service-to-three-cities-in-one-fell-swoop
Coke
Yes, that is very disappointing. I cant help but think we don't have the right people running our airport. We seem to consistently loose out on new service. There has to be a common denominator. I cant help but think that the management doesn't entrust the confidence of prospective companies. I have no direct proof..
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - SammyOES - 01-31-2019
I think people around here just over estimate the attraction of Waterloo to airlines and the general public. As much as Pearson is a pain, its still relatively close and offers way more flexibility than an airport like Waterloo can ever offer. We're still a reasonable distance to Hamilton and London too. It's not like we're in this great vast desert of no airline options. It's the opposite really.
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - tomh009 - 01-31-2019
(01-31-2019, 04:52 PM)SammyOES Wrote: I think people around here just over estimate the attraction of Waterloo to airlines and the general public. As much as Pearson is a pain, its still relatively close and offers way more flexibility than an airport like Waterloo can ever offer. We're still a reasonable distance to Hamilton and London too. It's not like we're in this great vast desert of no airline options. It's the opposite really.
I agree on this. And we don't know what carrots London and Hamilton are offering to attract airlines to their airports.
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - KingandWeber - 01-31-2019
(01-31-2019, 04:52 PM)SammyOES Wrote: I think people around here just over estimate the attraction of Waterloo to airlines and the general public. As much as Pearson is a pain, its still relatively close and offers way more flexibility than an airport like Waterloo can ever offer. We're still a reasonable distance to Hamilton and London too. It's not like we're in this great vast desert of no airline options. It's the opposite really.
Fully agree. I'm willing to find a way to Pearson if it means avoiding a stopover, but that's just my own personal travel preference.
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - panamaniac - 01-31-2019
(01-31-2019, 02:05 PM)Spokes Wrote: Does Halifax connect to all of those??Yup.
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - plam - 01-31-2019
(01-31-2019, 05:12 PM)KingandWeber Wrote:(01-31-2019, 04:52 PM)SammyOES Wrote: I think people around here just over estimate the attraction of Waterloo to airlines and the general public. As much as Pearson is a pain, its still relatively close and offers way more flexibility than an airport like Waterloo can ever offer. We're still a reasonable distance to Hamilton and London too. It's not like we're in this great vast desert of no airline options. It's the opposite really.
Fully agree. I'm willing to find a way to Pearson if it means avoiding a stopover, but that's just my own personal travel preference.
And if you're still trying to play the frequent-flier game, Pearson is much more useful than YKF. (Low-cost airlines don't help at all here, so the only flights that get points are WestJet). The airlines have been working on making that game not very fun anymore though.
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - tomh009 - 01-31-2019
(01-31-2019, 05:22 PM)plam Wrote:(01-31-2019, 05:12 PM)KingandWeber Wrote: Fully agree. I'm willing to find a way to Pearson if it means avoiding a stopover, but that's just my own personal travel preference.
And if you're still trying to play the frequent-flier game, Pearson is much more useful than YKF. (...). The airlines have been working on making that game not very fun anymore though.
It's a race to the bottom.
I fly a lot (mostly for work), so I do accumulate miles. But there are no "free flights" any more, and the value of miles is slowly eroding. I find the primary benefit of the programs to be the status, which gets you priority check-in/security/boarding/luggage, lounge access and some occasional upgrades. But for sure this games isn't as much fun as it used to be.
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - nms - 02-09-2019
Did anyone else get an ear worm of "Eight days a week..."?
I wonder which day they'll add a flight.
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - Spokes - 02-09-2019
Hmmm....
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - panamaniac - 02-09-2019
Stay tuned indeed - I can’t believe that one of the low cost carriers isn’t going to be tempted to try a competition-free route out of YKF eventually.
RE: Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF - Canard - 02-09-2019
The cynic in me learned years ago from the ion team to equate “stay tuned” with “pretend I just didn’t say anything, because there will be no news for the foreseeable future”