01-14-2026, 08:14 PM
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#3101
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vennegoor of hesselink
Pandas are coming back and return of the Beijing flight is my guess if it is at the zoo
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Carney is in China right now, so maybe he's bringing some pandas back with him.
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01-14-2026, 09:47 PM
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#3102
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Auckland, NZ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by getbak
Carney is in China right now, so maybe he's bringing some pandas back with him.
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If Carney comes back with too many pandas, does that make it a pandamic?
I'll see myself out
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01-14-2026, 09:48 PM
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#3103
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Park Hyatt Tokyo
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Muta
If Carney comes back with too many pandas, does that make it a pandamic?
I'll see myself out
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No but it'll be pandamonium!
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01-15-2026, 10:37 PM
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#3104
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Quote:
Originally Posted by topfiverecords
No but it'll be pandamonium!
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Stop pandaring.
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01-19-2026, 08:45 AM
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#3105
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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Calgary to Sao Paulo, Brazil it is apparently. Wow.
WS54 YYC 22:45 - 15:35+1 GRU 789 247
WS55 GRU 19:40 - 05:15+1 YYC 789 135
Last edited by Bigtime; 01-19-2026 at 10:28 AM.
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01-19-2026, 08:59 AM
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#3106
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Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Pickle Jar Lake
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Smart choice, Brazilians are on average about 2" shorter than Canadians. You add that all up and you can fit a Brazilian or so more on a plane.
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01-19-2026, 10:07 AM
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#3107
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First Line Centre
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Interesting choice for a direct flight to Sao Paulo. I wondering why Westjet won't expand more into Asian destinations like Hong Kong, Beijing, or Manila. Definitely much more demand for direct flights from Calgary to Asia than South America I would think.
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01-19-2026, 10:25 AM
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#3108
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lazypucker
Interesting choice for a direct flight to Sao Paulo. I wondering why Westjet won't expand more into Asian destinations like Hong Kong, Beijing, or Manila. Definitely much more demand for direct flights from Calgary to Asia than South America I would think.
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Hong Kong and Manila are both longer than the announced Sao Paulo flight, and that doesn't take into account having to go around Russian airspace right now which could make them even longer.
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01-19-2026, 10:25 AM
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#3109
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Western Canada
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lazypucker
Interesting choice for a direct flight to Sao Paulo. I wondering why Westjet won't expand more into Asian destinations like Hong Kong, Beijing, or Manila. Definitely much more demand for direct flights from Calgary to Asia than South America I would think.
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It feels to me like Asia is crowded right now with all the flights via Vancouver and really good connections within the region. We're looking to Asia and YYC - NRT is really good to open up the whole region for quite cheap.
In contrast, Western North America to South America does not seem like a crowded market. Seattle, Vancouver, SFO already are a connection to get to Sao Paulo, and LAX only has alternating days with direct. Most flights require a change in eastern North America. So this is a massive population option.
Also, Latam has a hub in Sao Paulo, so great access all of Brazil, as well as BA, SCL, Lima, Montevideo.
I think the bigger question is why announce at the Zoo?
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01-19-2026, 10:04 PM
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#3110
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Winter route so I'm guessing this will cut one of the Mexico 787 routes out of the sched, so no big deal.
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Originally Posted by marsplasticeraser
I think the bigger question is why announce at the Zoo?
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Sao Paulo does have a big zoo apparently, but I think it's more-so this
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Originally Posted by btimbit
It would be a very WestJet move for the whole zoo thing to just be where they're hosting the event and the destination has nothing to do with it whatsoever
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01-20-2026, 02:04 AM
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#3111
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lazypucker
Interesting choice for a direct flight to Sao Paulo. I wondering why Westjet won't expand more into Asian destinations like Hong Kong, Beijing, or Manila. Definitely much more demand for direct flights from Calgary to Asia than South America I would think.
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I'd have to think Beijing is on the radar once more 787s get here.
Manila and Hong Kong are too far.
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01-20-2026, 08:07 AM
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#3112
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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I had a Brazillion dollar bet on that.
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01-20-2026, 08:25 AM
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#3113
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Monster Storm
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
I had a Brazillion dollar bet on that.
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But you came up a hair shy.
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01-20-2026, 08:26 AM
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#3114
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by surferguy
But you came up a hair shy.
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None to be found.
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01-20-2026, 08:43 AM
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#3115
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electric boogaloo
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Quote:
Originally Posted by surferguy
But you came up a hair shy.
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A Kent Hehr short?
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01-20-2026, 08:49 AM
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#3116
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fotze2
A Kent Hehr short?
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Very smooth.
We could do this all day.
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01-20-2026, 10:57 AM
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#3117
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fotze2
A Kent Hehr short?
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He's not short, he's in a wheelchair.
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01-20-2026, 11:08 AM
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#3118
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electric boogaloo
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bizaro86
He's not short, he's in a wheelchair.
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But his wandering fingers are long.
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