Edmonton International Airport (EIA/YEG)

[blue12]

Yes.

I wonder how long the KLM Edmonton YEG - Amsterdam AMS, Netherlands service would last *if* WestJet codeshare/feed ended & same goes for Air France Ottawa YOW - Paris CDG , France *if* the Porter Airlines codesharing deal ended?
Both routes very likely won’t be around if that did happen.

YEG-AMS, definitely not. YOW-CDG is a larger market and holds more significance (being the capital), so I think it would have a higher likelihood of sticking around if the partnership ended. However with that we'd be getting into a purely hypothetical discussion.

 

[David A]

You may be correct there, YYC would probably be more likely to get a direct flight before YEG, but as other have noted, Calgary's advantages haven't stopped airlines like KLM from flying routes to both cities.

Speaking for myself, while I'm not anti-Calgary in any way, if I have to get a connection for an Asian flight and all things are equal I'll pick YVR over YYC very single time.

I'm sure I'm not alone there so I'll keep holding my breath and say YEG will get a direct Asian flight someday...

Vancouver seems to be the logical geographic choice for most flights to Asia from Canada, just as Edmonton makes sense for flights to Europe flying over us north anyways.

I have no problem with those flights starting in Calgary, adding people here and then continuing on to Europe. I do have a real problem with Edmontonians having to drive or fly south, only to have to fly back over our city.