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Well if we are talking about a companies that use planes to fly people from point a to point b, WestJet and Air Canada are very similar. And in operating their business, WestJet has a lower cost structure than Air Canada. That's indisputable; Air Canada will tell you the same thing!
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I'm simply responding to your post implying that I had no idea that AC and WS operate two completely different fleet types. So why does your reply here go back to just comparing planes flying from A to B when you acknowledge the operational differences between the two?
Air Canada does have a higher cost structure (and Jazz has the highest in NA if I recall correctly), but they can help offset that with business class and the ability to carry cargo pallets on a lot of their narrowbody fleet (Airbus).
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Who cares if they've strayed from the Southwest model. That doesn't necessarily mean anything good or bad. I don't know what your point is. The Canadian market is different from the American market so there are bound to be differences between the two airlines.
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There are many within the airline itself (and ex-employees) that believe straying too far from that model is a mistake for them. But that is just personal opinion from those people. Of course some of those ex-employees have tried their hand at the game (Morgan with Enerjet) and that isn't exactly working out for them.
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If they're going to charter 757s to go to Hawaii it'll be because they can do it profitably. If it's not profitable, they'll discontinue the service. Again, no clue what your point is here.
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The chartering of the 757's proves that AC hurt them last season with their direct 767 service from YEG/YYC-Hawaii. Flying half empty 737-700's across the pacific must not have done the trick for them. There are already many upset grumblings from within their pilot ranks about this 757 planned charter.
Like I said before, I fly with both airlines. Sometimes I think the western press has too much of a love affair with them, and that they can do no wrong. Just as they think that AC is the devil and their number one mission is to make you unhappy.
If we can agree on one thing, it is that AC and WS are still miles ahead of most other NA carriers, and leaps and bounds ahead of an airline like Jetsgo was.