American commenced seasonal flights between New York JFK and Calgary on Thursday 6 August. The 3,285-kilometre service will be maintained 3-weekly, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, with the 172-seat 737 MAX 8 aircraft. The oneworld member will compete against daily year-round WestJet flights. Flight AA1748 departs New York JFK at 09:29 local time, arriving in […]
August 17, 2026 | Latest Route News +
WestJet introduced a new seasonal domestic service on Friday 15 May by launching flights between Calgary and Campbell River (IATA code YBL) in Canada’s west. The 810-kilometre service will be maintained 4-weekly, on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays, with the Dash 8 turboprop aircraft. Flights will run daily between 22 June and 6 September. The […]
May 26, 2026 | Latest Route News +
Lufthansa’s leisure subsidiary Discover Airlines inaugurated flights between Munich and Calgary on Saturday 12 April. The 7,840-kilometre service will be maintained 3-weekly on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, with the 283-seat A330-300 aircraft. The carrier faces no competition on the route. Flight 4Y90 departs Munich at 13:25 local time, arriving in Calgary at 15:25 local time. […]
April 22, 2025 | Latest Route News +
United introduced a new cross boarder service between Los Angeles and Calgary on Thursday 27 June. The 1,940-kilometre route will operate seasonally until 24 September. Flights will be maintained daily with the 150-seat A320 aircraft. The airline will compete directly against WestJet’s 26-weekly rotations between the two cities. Flight UA1132 departs Los Angeles at 19:25 […]
July 4, 2024 | Latest Route News +
WestJet launched a seasonal transatlantic service between Calgary and Reykjavik on Wednesday 15 May, marking its entry onto the Icelandic market. The 5,150-kilometre route will be maintained 4-weekly, on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, departing Calgary, with the 737 MAX 8 aircraft. The carrier faces no competition on the route, which will be maintained until […]
May 21, 2024 | Latest Route News +
Porter Airlines commenced a new domestic service between Ottawa and Calgary on Wednesday 14 February. The 2,885-kilometre route will be maintained daily with the 132-seat E195 E2 aircraft. The carrier faces competition from WestJet, which operates 2-daily flights between the two cities. Flight PD277 departs Ottawa at 18:20 local time, touching down in Calgary at […]
February 23, 2024 | Latest Route News +
Canada’s Lynx Air introduced a new service between Calgary and Orlando MCO on Tuesday November 7. The 3,710-kilometre route will be maintained 2-weekly, on Tuesdays and Saturdays, with the 737 MAX 8 aircraft. The ULCC will compete directly against WestJet between the two cities. What they said Jim Sullivan, CEO of Lynx Air, said: “”As […]
November 15, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Lynx Air (IATA code Y9) on Monday 5 June introduced operations from Montreal for the first time with flights to Calgary and St. John’s. Both the 3-weekly 3,015-kilometre service to Calgary and the 4-weekly 1,625-kilometre route to St. John’s will be maintained with the 737 MAX aircraft. The ULCC faces significant competition on its Calgary operations […]
June 13, 2023 | Latest Route News +
WestJet has introduced its first destination in Asia by launching seasonal flights between its hub in Calgary and Tokyo NRT on Sunday 30 April. The 7,970-kilometre service will be maintained 3-weekly, on Mondays, Fridays and Sundays departing Calgary, and on Mondays, Tuesdays and Saturdays from the Japanese capital. WestJet faces no competition on the route, which […]
May 5, 2023 | Latest Route News +
According to Cirium schedule data, the UK-US market is set to be almost exactly the same size this summer (April to October) as it was in the summer of S19, with around 8.5 million one-way seats. British Airways accounts for just one-third of all seats. During that time the market has seen the disappearance of […]
March 29, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
WestJet celebrated its 27th birthday at the end of February having taken to the sky on 29 February 1996 (yes, a leap day!). The carrier has undertaken a huge network transformation. Most recently, it ended all long-haul routes except from Calgary, its original and biggest airport – a real retreat-to-core. Over the past few years, […]
March 9, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Lynx Air (IATA code Y9) on 24 February introduced flights between its hub in Calgary and Las Vegas. The 4-weekly service operates each Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The airline deploys a B737 MAX aircraft on the 3,130-kilometre route. Flight Y9601 departs Calgary at 08:00 local time, arriving in Las Vegas at 10:10 local time. […]
March 1, 2023 | Latest Route News +