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Originally Posted by kalin_10
That's awesome Westjet finally made this route year round. It was definitely needed - though I'm surprised it's going to be twice weekly; I figured it would be once weekly during the summer.
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Will Chabun
Star Phoenix
January 31, 2014
WestJet is converting its Regina and Saskatoon-Las Vegas flights into year-round service.
The Calgary-based airline announced Thursday it will fly year-round to the Nevada destination from six Canadian cities, including Regina and Saskatoon, but also Victoria and Fort McMurray. Its existing service to Vegas from Edmonton and Calgary will be increased too. This shift was hinted at two weeks ago when the CEO of WestJet Encore, the airline's new subsidiary with Q400 turboprop aircraft, told the Leader-Post that the airline's arrival for short-haul flights would free up Boeing 737 jets for southbound trans-border service.
This gives Regina and Saskatoon four year-round trans-border destinations: Minneapolis-St. Paul, Denver, Chicago and Las Vegas. Though tourism to Las Vegas itself withers in the city's fierce summer heat - Wikipedia says the average daily high temperature in July is 33.6C and the low nighttime temperatures 27C - it doesn't disappear completely.
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