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Old 09-06-2013, 12:53 PM   #398
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In other news I am somewhat ticked that Icelandair announced service to YEG this week (4x weekly starting next year).

Definitely a case of tapping into an under-served YEG-Europe market, but it is little things like this that can chip away at what we are building here in YYC, and the CAA and board should be on top of these things and work to minimize the impact it could have on passenger numbers here.
While it is a loss for YYC, you are always bound to lose eventually and this is probably a loss they'd take over other potential defeats. They just have to make sure it is a single chip rather than the beginning of something.
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