YYC Direct Flights Shakeup 2023 - AC Out, WJ In
Lots of news about the landscape of direct flights from YYC recently. Westjet has announced it is greatly increasing the destinations served direct from Calgary, including basing it's entire DreamLiner Fleet here to serve several European Destinations such as Tokyo, Barcelona, Edinburgh are added to the current flights of Rome, Paris, Dublin, London Heathrow and London Gatwick.
Possibly unrelated, but Air Canada has cancelled many YYC regional direct flights to places such as Saskatoon, Regina, Yellowknife, Kamloops, Victoria and Nanaimo.
It certainly seems like anyone who travel out of YYC, WestJet is looking much more appealing for both regional and long-haul travel.