Canadian Airport Thread II

[LeftCoaster]

Originally Posted by hehehe

Surely ICN and/or FCO would've been much better bets no?

Well that hardly makes for a splashy 100th destination announcement.

This one was a flier and I doubt it flies for too many seasons.

[nname]

AC continue to lease a LHR slot to KE in W26, so the current schedule is confirmed:

YOW/YHZ will share a daily slot operating 3x/4x weekly
LHR-BOM/DEL will not operate this winter
YYZ-LHR remains 3x daily

https://www.acl-uk.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/LHR-W26-AC_KE.png

[RomanR27]

Originally Posted by nname

AC continue to lease a LHR slot to KE in W26, so the current schedule is confirmed:

YOW/YHZ will share a daily slot operating 3x/4x weekly
LHR-BOM/DEL will not operate this winter
YYZ-LHR remains 3x daily

https://www.acl-uk.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/LHR-W26-AC_KE.png

When you say "continue", did they also lease to KE this past winter? If so, they are still down one daily frequency year-over-year compared to last winter (-4 BOM, -3 YHZ, no increases).

[nname]

Originally Posted by RomanR27

When you say "continue", did they also lease to KE this past winter? If so, they are still down one daily frequency year-over-year compared to last winter (-4 BOM, -3 YHZ, no increases).

No, this summer.

A slot pair was returned to AC from OS, and then AC lease it out to KE which subsequently lease it to OZ.

[hollywoodcory]

Sunwing announced its winter schedule
https://westjet.mediaroom.com/2026-06-10...arly-Booking-Bonus-and-Early-Winter-Sale

Includes new destination of ACA and a few new routes: YUL-CZM and YWG-POP.

ACA is now the only Mexican destination that is a Sunwing exclusive, unless it ends up being announced with regular service from YYC?

[nname]

Originally Posted by hollywoodcory

Sunwing announced its winter schedule
https://westjet.mediaroom.com/2026-06-10...arly-Booking-Bonus-and-Early-Winter-Sale

Includes new destination of ACA and a few new routes: YUL-CZM and YWG-POP.

ACA is now the only Mexican destination that is a Sunwing exclusive, unless it ends up being announced with regular service from YYC?

I thought TS operates 1x weekly YUL-ACA?

Or you meant Sunwing destination but not regular WS destination...

[hollywoodcory]

Originally Posted by nname

I thought TS operates 1x weekly YUL-ACA?

Or you meant Sunwing destination but not regular WS destination...

That was specific to WS/Sunwing.

[Dominion301]

Porter are adding 3 new sun routes and the new destination of PLS to the route map for this winter:

- YYZ-PLS up to 5x weekly starting 06NOV26;
- YOW-PLS 2x weekly starting 17DEC26; and
- YHM-TPA 4x weekly starting 18DEC26

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/2...un-Network-With-Turks-and-Caicos-Flights

[hollywoodcory]

Originally Posted by hollywoodcory

Sunwing announced its winter schedule
https://westjet.mediaroom.com/2026-06-10...arly-Booking-Bonus-and-Early-Winter-Sale

Includes new destination of ACA and a few new routes: YUL-CZM and YWG-POP.

ACA is now the only Mexican destination that is a Sunwing exclusive, unless it ends up being announced with regular service from YYC?

The presser only mentions YYZ-ACA but it looks like YUL-ACA was also added too.

[Alexcaban]

Some AC changes.
YUL/YYZ-ATH season extended to January 3, 2027
YUL-ALG/GDL reloaded summer 2027

[Bourkky]

Originally Posted by Alexcaban

Some AC changes.
YUL/YYZ-ATH season extended to January 3, 2027
YUL-ALG/GDL reloaded summer 2027

YUL-VCE also extended to November 28th.

[Dominion301]

Looking at Porter's destinations page, it looks like next week they'll be announcing YXU and PUJ for this fall/winter.

https://www.flyporter.com/en-ca/about-porter/who-we-are/porter-and-embraer

[hollywoodcory]

WS is also ending a few seasonal European destinations early too in response to fuel price spikes including MAD & KEF which will finish their seasons in September instead of October among other cuts being loaded in this weekends update.

CPH, CWL, PDL, GLA were already scheduled to conclude their seasons in September, while LIS remains scheduled until late October.

[hehehe]

Originally Posted by hollywoodcory

WS is also ending a few seasonal European destinations early too in response to fuel price spikes including MAD & KEF which will finish their seasons in September instead of October among other cuts being loaded in this weekends update.

CPH, CWL, PDL, GLA were already scheduled to conclude their seasons in September, while LIS remains scheduled until late October.

Fair enough. Maybe they should've gone for YYZ-BOG instead of MDE to start with.

I'm surprised they haven't tried YYZ-GEO, for the diaspora (and currently growing economy), even just 1-2x a week in peak winter.

[JonToms]

The Traveller Article on WestJets Europe Expansion

Here is an interesting article on some of the reasoning behind Westjets 2026 Europe expansion.

https://www.thetraveler.org/westjets-2026-europe-push-aims-to-shield-canadians/

[Dominion301]

Originally Posted by JonToms

The Traveller Article on WestJets Europe Expansion

Here is an interesting article on some of the reasoning behind Westjets 2026 Europe expansion.

https://www.thetraveler.org/westjets-2026-europe-push-aims-to-shield-canadians/

While the article itself was mildly interesting (i.e., it didn't say anything new), what a ridiculous AI generated image. I see aircraft are now parking landside, lol.

[BlaineN]

I've deleted the posts relating to YYC and the GRU route. Before posting negative comments about other people's airports or 'I told you so' type posts, please consider whether it's really necessary.

[RomanR27]

Porter inaugurated commercial service at YHU this morning with the first flight to YVR. YTZ and YYT also begin today, with the rest of the YHU network coming online over the next week.

Press: https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/me...me-their-first-passengers-810227617.html

[Nicko999]

It won't be long before being a top 10 busiest airport in the country.

People are just so fed up with YUL. They are hungry for alternatives especially considering YMX is hostage to ADM.

I, for one, will be avoiding YUL whenever I can.