07-05-2019, 03:20 PM
(07-05-2019, 02:54 PM)Coke6pk Wrote: The other discount airline is Flair (WestJet bullied them out of YHM, now they fly out of YYZ). I think Flair would like to move here... but with their old livery, our runways are too short. We need more passengers to get our runways expanded. If Flair upgrades to newer equipment, they could fly out of here, and I think they would prefer to.
Canada Jetlines and EnerJet are the ULCC's that still are not off the ground. Those are the best hopes of getting new flights into YKF.
Coke
Interesting about Flair. I guess I'd be inclined to support [of course, my support means nothing
] a runway expansion to bring an airline like Flair to Waterloo IF there was a clause that caused Flair to reimburse the region if they didn't meet some minimum threshold of traffic over some set time. But otherwise it just seems like a relatively big risk given past patterns to invest a ton of money enticing airlines to come here.