WEST JET CANADA ESPANSIONE LONDRA

[MUSICA]

Massiccia espansione. Quando si parla dei "soliti noti" (scali) ci possono essere entrate a forza.

Comunque vettori che potrebbero interessare qualcosa anche a Mxp...assolutamente non in antitesi ad Air Canada, ma senz'altro almeno nei periodi estivi potrebbero trovare spazi adeguate: in quell periodo anche sul Canada c'è spazio per tutti. Specie se con connotati "low cost" quindi anche più destinazioni. Potrebbero andare da Maggio a Settembre: 2 Vancouver, 2 Edmonton, 2 Montreal, 2 Toronto, etc. Idem varrebbe per Air Transat.

Air Canada con l'introduzione del nuovo B787 sta avendo notevole successo e forse si mangia le unghie per la sospensione invernale che forse poteva essere evitata. A seguire articolo su WestJet Canada.

[MUSICA]

on the morning of September 14, 2015, WestJet plans to introduce flights to London Gatwick from Calgary, Edmonton, St John’s, Toronto, Vancouver and Winnipeg, the latter’s first regular transatlantic service to the UK since Zoom Airlines served the market in September 2008.

WestJet to Link London to Six Canadian Cities

Canadian carrier WestJet Airlines revealed in June this year that it had selected London’s Gatwick Airport for the growth of its long-haul network and the first transatlantic destination for its Boeing 767 fleet from summer 2016. However, the scale of its planned operation to the UK capital is much larger than many predicted as it this week opened reservations for six new routes between Canada and the UK which will be served with a combined 28 weekly flights

As revealed exclusively by our schedules blog, Airline Route, on the morning of September 14, 2015, WestJet plans to introduce flights to London Gatwick from Calgary, Edmonton, St John’s, Toronto, Vancouver and Winnipeg, the latter’s first regular transatlantic service to the UK since Zoom Airlines served the market in September 2008.

According to its uploaded flight schedules in FLIFO (Flight Information), WestJet will utilise three 767-300ERs and a single 737 on its London schedule, which commences from the start of May. The carrier will use the widebodied jets to offer a daily service from Toronto, six times weekly link from Vancouver, twice weekly offering from Edmonton and a weekly flight from Winnipeg. The 737 will be used on a daily service from St John’s in Newfoundland.

A formal announcement from WestJet on its extensive London schedule was made on September 15, 2015. "Canadians have been paying far too much to fly to Europe for far too long and today, as we have throughout our history, we're going to fix that," said Bob Cummings, executive vice-president, commercial, WestJet Airlines. "We are offering non-stop flights at very low prices and we're proud to once again lower airfares and make travel more affordable."

Earlier this year Cummings noted that the introduction of widebody capability "now allows us to serve London Gatwick from anywhere in Canada" and brings into consideration more international destinations in the future for the carrier.

The airline is in the process of introducing four second-hand 767-300ERWs into its fleet initially on routes within Canada and into the Caribbean from the end of the year. However, over the last 12 months it has been talking to airports, including many in Europe, with view to redeploy these aircraft into new markets from spring 2016, mainly across the Atlantic as the next phase in the international portion of our strategic plan.

"We are at the right scale to make this step in our evolution. Combined with our low-cost approach and renowned people-driven service, we have the network, brand and infrastructure to successfully enter and grow in the widebody market,” said Cummings.

The London market is already linked directly to eight points across Canada with services to Gatwick is currently offered by leisure carrier Air Transat to Calgary, Gander, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, while the Canadian cities of Halifax, Ottawa, St John’s are also served non-stop from London Heathrow.

[MUSICA]

The London schedule utilises three 767s and suggests that a further announcement could be expected from WestJet on its summer 2016 long-haul schedule plans and the final deployment of the last of the four aircraft. The airline is configuring its 767 fleet in a two-class arrangement, including a 24 seat Plus cabin, offering wider seats with more recline in a 2-2-2 configuration. There will be a further 238 seats in the main cabin, and all seats having access to power sources for personal electronic devices such as tablets or phones.

Our analysis of Sabre Airport Data Intelligence demand statistics shows that an estimated 1.9 million passengers flew between Canada and the UK in 2014, a market WestJet debuted in earlier this year with flights between Halifax and Glasgow. This two-way demand is dominated by flows to/from Toronto (44.4 per cent), but there are notable flows from all the markets that will be linked to London by WestJet.

Scheduled Annual Demand Between Canada and the UK
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Toronto (YYZ)

Vancouver (YVR)

Calgary (YYC)

Edmonton (YEG)

Winnipeg (YWG)

St John's (YYT)


Scheduled Annual Demand Between Canada and the UK





201020112012201320140500,0001,000,0001,500,0002,000,000YearEstimated Bi-directional O&D Demand


Year

Toronto (YYZ)

Vancouver (YVR)

Calgary (YYC)

Edmonton (YEG)

Winnipeg (YWG)

St John's (YYT)

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2010 831992 393177 276467 45413 18764 16351 357372
2011 752429 367358 256528 42237 17015 15134 354061
2012 859335 389359 218097 49708 18975 18330 365756
2013 851359 393299 208930 48977 20502 21065 392788
2014 854422 385064 199056 48641 26070 18528 391807



Toronto (YYZ)
Vancouver (YVR)
Calgary (YYC)
Edmonton (YEG)
Winnipeg (YWG)
St John's (YYT)
OTHERS

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[MUSICA]

Air Canada ed Air Transat seguono a ruota. Insomma, dove interessa I piani sono già partiti...e gli aerie si trovano.


Canadian carriers Air Canada and Air Transat are to notably grow their networks in Europe in summer 2016, particularly offering improved connectivity into Eastern Europe. Air Canada will use its leisure airline, Air Canada rouge to add flights to Budapest, Glasgow and Warsaw and resume a link to Prague last served in the 1970s, while Air Transat will offer new flights from Canada to Glasgow, Nice, Pisa, Rome and Zagreb.

In the space of just six years, Air Canada has increased its system-wide international capacity by approximately 50 per cent. This year, it launched new international services from Montreal to Venice and Mexico, Vancouver to Osaka, and Toronto to Amsterdam. In November it will begin non-stop service to Dubai and Delhi from Toronto and it has also announced new services beginning in 2016 to Brisbane from Vancouver, to Lyon from Montreal, and to London-Gatwick from Toronto.

The latest growth for Air Canada rouge for summer 2016 will see it introduce a further 12 weekly flights into Europe in summer 2016. These will all be operated using a 280-seat Boeing 767-300ER aircraft offering a choice of premium and economy cabins.

The new seasonal services will commence from May 29, 2016 when a three-times weekly link between Toronto and Prague is introduced. This marks the return of Air Canada operation on a long-haul route it previously served via Brussels in the mid-1970s using Douglas DC-8 equipment and will see it offer the first scheduled link on the city pair since Czech Airlines ended its summer operation in 2009. This route will be served through to September 29, 2016.

The three times weekly Toronto – Budapest route, which will launch from June 10, 2016 and operate through to October 15, 2016, again marks the return of an historical route previously served by an Eastern European flag carrier. The now defunct Malev had served the city pair up until the second half of the 2000s and Air Canada’s rouge’s arrival will bring some stability and a network offering to a market that was served this summer by private carrier SkyGreece Airlines.

Later the same week, on June 13, 2016, Air Canada rouge will introduce a three times weekly link between Toronto and Glasgow, a market currently already served by Air Transat on a year-round schedule, albeit with a significantly reduced winter offering. The seasonal offer will continue through to September 25, 2016 and marks the return of the Air Canada brand to the Scottish city: it was previously served by its mainline operation in September 2005.

The new three times weekly Toronto – Warsaw seasonal route will commence from June 16, 2016 and operate through to September 30, 2016. This will see Air Canada rouge complement the existing operation of its Star Alliance partner LOT Polish Airlines in this market.

“Our new, non-stop Air Canada rouge routes to Budapest, Prague, Warsaw, and Glasgow from Toronto Pearson are important as we continue to build out our network from our global gateway hub with more international destinations. The European services will be complemented by our Star Alliance partners, giving customers an even wider choice of travel options," said Benjamin Smith, president, passenger airlines, Air Canada.

Meanwhile, Air Transat has confirmed it will offer direct flights to 29 European destinations in its expanded summer 2016 schedule, including additional city pair offerings via new connecting flights within Canada. Its seasonal schedule will see it add Pisa and Zagreb to its destination map as well as new links to Glasgow, Nice and Rome.

"Following the success of our newly launched flights to Budapest and Prague, we are continuing with our development plan by offering the most complete and flexible offer on the market. When it comes to vacations in Europe, Transat's offer is unbeatable as we're offering a program that meets the needs of travellers whose interest in new destinations is growing steadily," said Annick Guérard, general manager, Transat Tours Canada.

The new routes to the Italian city of Pisa and the Croatian capital, Zagreb will commence from June 12, 2016 and June 14, 2016, respectively, and will be flown on a weekly basis using an Airbus A330-200. Pisa will be served from Montreal and Zagreb from Toronto, but Air Transat will offer domestic flights within Canada to provide new connection options.

Every week it will offer four connecting flights from Montreal to Toronto, four from Toronto to Montreal, two from Quebec City to Montreal and two from Vancouver to Toronto.

"In addition to our two new destinations, additional routes and added frequency on existing routes, we are proud to expand our connecting program even further, developing the transatlantic market to a whole new level. These additions have the objective of offering travellers as much choice and flexibility as possible," added Guérard.

Additional growth in existing markets will see Air Transat launch a weekly Toronto – Nice service from May 23, 2016; a weekly Montreal – Glasgow link from May 29, 2016 and a weekly Vancouver – Rome offering from June 17, 2016. The Nice and Glasgow routes will be flown using an A310, while the Rome route will be operated by an A330-200.

Alongside the new routes, Air Transat will also boost capacity and frequency on existing city pairs. This includes additional flights from Montreal to Lyon (five flights a week), Lisbon (four flights a week), London and Toulouse (three flights a week); from Toronto to London (eleven flights a week), Barcelona (four flights a week) and Porto (three flights a week); and from Vancouver to London (seven flights a week).

Our analysis of OAG Schedules Analyser data highlights the growing capacity on offer between Canada and Europe over the past ten years. This shows that non-stop capacity between Canada and Europe has grown 28.7 per cent between 2005 and 2014, an average annual rate of 3.2 per cent. Capacity this year is forecasted to rise 6.0 per cent, based on current published schedules. The more mature Western European market dominates and accounts for over 95 per cent of the services, showing the strong potential opportunity of linking Canada with more destinations across Central and Eastern Europe.

[marcyatomic93]

Strano che volino da St. Jonh's e non da Halifax

[MUSICA]

Halifax è già fatto da Air Canada. Ma mi sa che lo faranno anche loro.

E' comunque impressionante quanti voli ci siano su Londra. E non abbiamo inserito BA e co più i tanti charter specie dagli scali "minori"....altro pianeta.

Suggerirei comunque a SEA di cercarli...Air Canada ha un suo mercato diverso da West Jet che comunque sta diventando un'alternativa importante...ricordate il video di Natale con l'aereo di Topolino? Molto bello.

Io spero che MEA vada finalmente a giornaliero e, da solo, potrebbe alimentare 10-15 persone al giorno su Air Canada (a Mxp contavano molto su questo). Perché? Perché alla fine Mxp non è un mega aeroporto quindi chi vuole coincidenze veloci e senza scarpinare troppo qui le può trovare. Le distanze a Francoforte, Londra e Parigi sono mostruose. Ecco perché Mxp potrebbe agevolmente catturare pax in coincidenza: è un'aerostazione "compressa" e poco dispersiva. Ed anche con un molo staccato e collegato in sotterranea a Sud (zona torre) e tra le due piste, rimarrebbe potenzialmente un aeroporto molto facile per le coincidenze. Direi un Zurigo grande. Non è poco. Basterebbe volerlo tutti. Soprattutto i "linatiani".

Forza, portiamo casa dei voli estivi di West Jet...lo dico agli amici di SEA.

[hkg]

Musica, non solo quelli di west jet ma anche altre compagnie

[malpensante]

Forza, portiamo casa dei voli estivi di West Jet...lo dico agli amici di SEA.

Quali passeggeri dovrebbero riempire il volo? Italiani desiderosi di volare in Canada? O Canadesi vogliosi di Italia nordoccidentale? Esiste un flusso turistico verso Milano, Torino o Genova paragonabile a quello verso Venezia, Roma e Firenze? Già ci sono posti magnifici in Italia, dalle Dolomiti alla Sicilia e la Sardegna, che il turismo intercontinentale disdegna, davvero pensiamo che un Canadese verrebbe a Milano a vedere il grattacielo UniCredit? Chi viene a Milano da fuori Europa, se non per lo shopping?

[marcyatomic93]

Non sono d'accordo. Innanzitutto c'è un flusso turistico verso il Canada e dal Canada. Si può benissimo atterrare a Milano e poi girare l'italia, altrimenti ad esempio nessuno volerebbe su Toronto. Milano poi non è che non abbia proprio nulla da offire. Poi c'è anche da considerare transiti verso Vancouver, Seattle e la west coast in generale.

[cesare.caldi]

Non volendo infastidire il già traballante volo di Air Canada su Toronto, vedrei bene un ingresso di Westjet o di Air Transat sulla Malpensa-Montreal, un volo stagionale estivo penso che potrebbe sicuramente reggere.

[FlyCX]

Non sono d'accordo. Innanzitutto c'è un flusso turistico verso il Canada e dal Canada. Si può benissimo atterrare a Milano e poi girare l'italia, altrimenti ad esempio nessuno volerebbe su Toronto. Milano poi non è che non abbia proprio nulla da offire. Poi c'è anche da considerare transiti verso Vancouver, Seattle e la west coast in generale.

Già solo il lago di Como è una destinazione "top" per americani e canadesi.
Bisorrebbe esser capaci a valorizzare almeno quello che è già apprezzato.

[belumosi]

Ma non sarebbe meglio consolidare il volo AC nella prospettiva di renderlo annuale piuttosto che sottoporlo ad una concorrenza da parte di WestJet?

[FlyCX]

Ma non sarebbe meglio consolidare il volo AC nella prospettiva di renderlo annuale piuttosto che sottoporlo ad una concorrenza da parte di WestJet?

E' decisamente molto meglio.
Se noti anche Cesare proponeva al limite WestJet o Air Transat sulla Montreal, anche se secondo me non ci sono i numeri. Air Transat per reggere su MXP dovrebbe chiudere alcuni dei voli "etnici" sul sud-Italia o fare accordi con tour operators che propongano Svizzera/Nord Italia come proponevo io.

[Fabri88]

Vedrei bene un charter 2xW per 1xMontreal e 1xToronto via St.John's nel Newfoundland con quest'ultima destinazione, visto che è su un'isola, magari esentata dal visto e quindi con permanenza illimitata con il solo possesso del passaporto Comunitario.

[marcyatomic93]

Terranova sarà pure un isola ma è sempre Canada. Io come destinazioni vedrei bene Montreal e YVR.

[FlyCX]

... con quest'ultima destinazione, visto che è su un'isola, magari esentata dal visto e quindi con permanenza illimitata con il solo possesso del passaporto Comunitario.

Prima d'inventarvi cose di sana pianta documentative: non c'è nulla del genere e non è che uno stato esenta dal visto un pezzo del territorio (equivalente per noi alla Sardegna) solo per far funzionare un volo per MXP.
Certe cose non si possono sentire ...

[easyMXP]

Immagino ci siano milioni di lombardi vogliosi di una permanenza illimitata su Terranova

[cesare.caldi]

Vedrei bene un charter 2xW per 1xMontreal e 1xToronto via St.John's nel Newfoundland con quest'ultima destinazione, visto che è su un'isola, magari esentata dal visto e quindi con permanenza illimitata con il solo possesso del passaporto Comunitario.

Non serve nessun visto per entrare in Canada dovunque tu arrivi