Westjet New Sun Destinations

YYCcrew · Post by **YYCcrew** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 7:58 pm

Hey Everyone, WJ is starting sched service in Dec from YYZ to Montego Bay, Puerto Plata, and Punta Cana. Very Very interesting.

invertedattitude · Post by **invertedattitude** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 12:14 am

Sked eh, I can see Montego bay, but aren't they creating competition for their own Transat charter flights? Or is there that much un-tapped traffic?

CanadaEH · Post by **CanadaEH** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 10:02 am

The latest contract between WS and Transat is different from those in the past. Previously, WS wasn't allowed to fly to any destination that is already served by Transat. That's why you saw WS launch Nassau last year. WS is now permitted to fly to any destination it wants.

Contractually, Transat has the ability to buy "X" amount of seats on WS flights at a set price for WS flights to the Carribean. So lets say that Air Transat offers a weekly flight (Sun) from YYZ-PUJ, for example. WS is now offering (I think) Mon/Thurs(??) service from YYZ-PUJ. Transat can purchase "X" amount of seats on those WS flights and sell them as Transat vacations packages. WS has the ability to do the same on Transat flights (on Air Transat metal).

With both carriers agreeing to a contract which allows WS to fly wherever it wants, I can only assume that its mutually beneficial to both. Maybe there are markets where Transat feels it needs to reduce frequency to? Maybe those markets are where WS feels it has an opportunity to make money? Guess we'll see..

tonysoprano · Post by **tonysoprano** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 10:09 am

...sounds like a codeshare agreement without the actual codeshare.

CanadaEH · Post by **CanadaEH** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 10:22 am

Not really. I believe this sort of agreement is fairly common. A few years ago when WS was doing charters for Signature to LAS, Transat was also purchasing seats from Signature on that flight to sell as Transat Vacations.

Gear Up · Post by **Gear Up** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:28 pm

I think CanadaEh must actually be Clive in disguise. He sure proports to know a lot of inside info on WS.

YVR Dude · Post by **YVR Dude** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 11:50 pm

Maybe just to compete with Sunwing..the list you gave seems very close as to what Sunwing flies to...

Traf · Post by **Traf** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 2:27 pm

How did WJ get ahold of Sunwings load factors? Or is that only a tactoc used against AC?

flyinphil · Post by **flyinphil** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 5:54 pm

YVR Dude wrote:Maybe just to compete with Sunwing..the list you gave seems very close as to what Sunwing flies to...

Flying to sunny tourist destinations in the winter. Is that an idea exclusive to Sunwing?

invertedattitude · Post by **invertedattitude** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:53 pm

Thanks for the info CanadaEh.

twinpratts · Post by **twinpratts** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 6:42 pm

Arrrrrriba!

flipside · Post by **flipside** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 8:44 pm

Just looking on the website I see they have added Mazatlan and Los Cabos, Mexico and Kona, Hawaii starting late december and early Janurary. These must be really new. Should be interesting!!!!

Machiavelli · Post by **Machiavelli** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 3:21 pm

Kona, Mazatlan and San Jose Del Cabo announced August 15th.

In other news, on August 16th: "Air Canada has expanded its popular Sun Passes to include more than 40 of the sun destinations it flies to in the United States, Caribbean and Mexico, from all 63 airports it serves together with Jazz across Canada".