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Agreed. And our current tax-funded plans to build more and more housing in extremely congested major cities is really a short term band-aid. An HSR between Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal would unlock a whole slew of new housing opportunities. A HSR/High frequency rail between Calgary and Edmonton (which is mostly flat with existing highway ROW) would bring a lot more places within commutable distances.
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To be fair, this is High "Frequency" rail, won't have as much of an impact on YYZ-YUL. They probably want a role to ensure there's good connection to YYZ which would benefit them.Funny enough, Air Canada seems to agree about everyone's thoughts on HSR....
Air Canada, TGV train company join group bidding for high-frequency fast rail project - National | Globalnews.ca
SNCF Voyageur welcomed, but airline’s move triggers concerns among rail advocates
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Only the base fare. Pretty sure their base fares on some route are pretty close to that already. Most of it is in the taxes/fees and everything they charge aside from the ticket. Not sure if still the case but during the pandemic, Toronto-Calgary flights had no water service.
Yes it is. Last to board and announcement made in the boarding area re: carry on baggage. And as per my recent experience, cannot change seats on board even if there’s space “because I chose not to pay to select a seat”.
Sounds about right. Am I the only one finding Westjet's level of service and general value is not what it used to be? I'm not even sure if they are any better than Air Canada anymore.
When Swoop was integrated in, WestJet said they would integrate Swoop's level of service into their mainline. Makes things a bit incoherent but oh well. Maybe I would have kept the swoop brand alive but labeled all flights as code share to better differentiate the levels of service, but alas.
Folks complained when low cost carriers disappeared the past few years. This gives travellers more options. Those booking the fare class know what they are getting. A cheaper priced ticket with very few options. Just like Swoop customers got. Now on Mainline. I’ve flown it and have zero complaints. I have a WS credit card so I just check my luggage for free. If you don’t like it, book the next price level
That would be fine, but what I have found is that they just keep reducing what is included in a base fare without reducing the price of the base fare. Compared to, say, Porter, I find I have been getting less for the same price.
WS and all airlines in North America have slipped their service. Either it be on time service, cancelled flights, poor customer service or just in flight product. Of course Porter probably has a better in flight service (it has too, to attract new customers) but they have lots of their own issues (ie. poor on time , small network out west)
