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https://edmonton.citynews.ca/2026/04/22/edmonton-travel-agents-oilers-fans-us/

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/westjet-chop-edmonton-flights-alberta-tourism

Nice 👍 Air Canada showing Edmonton YEG 🇨🇦 some love ❤️!!

Yes , Airlines ✈️fly routes which they can have demand / make a profit on✅. The only1️⃣ route (WS) WestJet does ok for Quebec year round from Western Canada 🇨🇦 : is from their WS Fortress Calgary YYC Hub - Montreal YUL - YYC , which operates 3x daily in Summer 2026. While YYC - Quebec City YQB...

https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/video/2026/03/14/airport-close-to-pre-2020-travel-levels/

Air Canada Rouge has started flights ✈️on the Vancouver YVR- Edmonton YEG - YVR route today✅.

https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/260224-wsns26ca

Get ready for early March 2026, as Vancouver YVR - Edmonton YEG - YVR route, will see 👀 a few (AC) Air Canada Rouge planes ✈️ operating it✅.

Edmonton YEG (sometimes) do get Boeing 787 or 777 service on KLM to Europe- (but currently it’s operated by Airbus A330 mostly) ✅. Air Canada provides (some) Boeing 787 / 777 or Airbus A330 domestic flights to Toronto YYZ 🇨🇦 year round✅. Sure its not on (WS) WestJet- but it’s not like YEG...

Yes , even without Alberta Provincial Government partnership. After (WS) WesJet completed construction of its $50 million 125,000-square-foot maintenance 787 hangar during the CEO Ed Sim years- there were (some) signs WS was planning to base all its Boeing 787 fleet of planes to operate...

Yes, true. Although Montreal YUL is “Fortress Hubs” for both (AC) Air Canada / (AT) Air Transat in Canada 🇨🇦 & while Calgary YYC has a (WS) WestJet Fortress only✅. Plus with the *new* AC fleet Airbus A321XLR plane ✈️ coming online sometime spring of 2026 - YUL will gain few new seasonal...

Because the limited number of (WS) WestJet Boeing 737 / Q400 planes ✈️ that WS bases out of Edmonton YEG 7 days a week -they require some flying hours to a few US 🇺🇸/Mexico 🇲🇽 or a few weekly 🇨🇦Domestic destinations from YEG (instead of it sitting on the ground a long time) which doesn’t make...

Other factors why Calgary YYC has more flights ✈️& frequencies compared to Edmonton YEG year round is - Banff / Lake Louise/ Canmore (where most visitors want to go and enjoy😉 when they visit Alberta) is located closer drive or bus 🚌 ride from YYC than it is YEG✅. Plus YYC is located closer to...

Agree 💯 % Yes. Up to Airlines ✈️ which routes they add & in 🇨🇦 the 4 cities where Canadian , US & International airlines make the most profits, demand & plus connecting traffic is Toronto YYZ, Vancouver YVR, Montreal YUL & Calgary YYC year round✅ . Add Ottawa YOW in there too , as with (PD)...

Speaking of Calgary- American Airlines in S26 plans to add Calgary YYC - New York JFK- YYC route on Boeing 737Max 3x weekly from August 6th - end of September✅. There’s going be a lot of competition on YYC to NYC area routings with Air Canada/ WestJet flying it nonstop already too✅.