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I've been thinking about this for the last little while lately. I flew to Toronto a few weeks ago and the return flight to Calgary cost me more than some of the flights I've been seeing to Europe (CMyden's deal to London from YEG). Now I know that flight prices are contingent on a number of factors, be it seasonality, holidays, etc., but overall, it's got me wondering why there are no discount inter-Canada carriers.

Now I understand that the airline industry isn't exactly the easiest one to get into or make a huge profit, so I do see why there may be a lack of them. As well, I know Canada is a large country with greater distances to travel so greater related costs.

But when I was in Australia for two months they had Jet Blue and Virgin flying cheap routes between Cairns-Melbourne, Melbourne-Sydney, and they're not necessarily close either. Australia is the closest example I could find to Canada that has alternatives to Quantas.

Will Canada ever get anything like Ryanair in Europe?