$11 WestJet / Air Canada Toronto to Ottawa or Montreal

gulfan · Post by **gulfan** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:52 am

WestJet Woos Ontario and Quebec With $11 Fares
WestJet (TSX:WJA) today announced a one-day $11 fare for guests travelling from Toronto to Ottawa or Montreal. This fare is only available for purchase on April 17, 2007 for travel before September 3, 2007.

"We are confident that our outstanding guest experience brings guests back," says Duncan Bureau, WestJet Vice-President, Sales. "Our research shows that ninety per cent of WestJet guests fly with us again. Low fares have successfully stimulated other markets for WestJet throughout its history. We have identified an opportunity in Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal and hope these low fares encourage current and new guests to fly with us."

As part of this initiative, starting April 17, 2007, WestJet is offering guests $29 and $49 sale fares until April 24, 2007 for travel between Toronto and Ottawa, and Toronto and Montreal before September 3, 2007. The airline is also offering $49 fares until April 24, 2007 for flights from Ottawa to Orlando and Tampa, Montreal to Orlando and Tampa, and Toronto to West Palm Beach for travel before May 13, 2007. All fares are available by calling WestJet at 1-800-538-5696, online at westjet.com or through a travel agent.

The small print: Seats at these fares are limited and may not be available on all flights. New bookings only. 100 per cent non-refundable. Offer combinable with other fares. Flights may not operate on certain days. All fares shown are one-way. No advance purchase required. Taxes, fees and surcharges are extra where applicable. Visit westjet.com for more information. Specific sale details below.

$11 one-day fare - This offer is only available on Tuesday April 17, 2007 for travel until September 3, 2007 on selected flights most days of week in one direction from Toronto to either Ottawa or Montreal. This offer is combinable with our other low fares on the opposite direction.

$29 and $49 Toronto-Ottawa, Toronto-Montreal fare - This offer is available on selected flights booked between April 17 and 24, 2007 for travel most days of week before September 3, 2007 between Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. All fares are combinable for round trip, including the one-day $11 seat sale.

$49 USA fares - This offer is available for flights booked between April 17 and 24, 2007 for travel until May 13, 2007. Fares are available with no day of week restrictions.

WestJet is Canada's leading low-fare airline offering scheduled service throughout its 35-city North American and Caribbean network. Named Canada's most admired corporate culture in 2006, WestJet pioneered low-cost high-value flying in Canada. With increased legroom and leather seats on its modern fleet of Boeing Next-Generation 737 aircraft, and live seatback television provided by Bell ExpressVu on the majority of its fleet, WestJet strives to be the number one choice for travellers.

SOURCE: WestJet

WestJet
Media Relations
Gillian Bentley
(403) 444-2615
Email: gbently@westjet.com
Website: http://www.westjet.com

Air Canada is now also matching this deal. This is bad news for Porter.

bandit1 · Post by **bandit1** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:18 am

Bad news but Porter knew what they were getting themselves into.

Goose757 · Post by **Goose757** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:53 am

bandit1 wrote:Bad news but Porter knew what they were getting themselves into.

Hopefully they will be okay. They still offer a good product at a reasonable price. AC and WJ can beat them on the price, but not on the product IMO.

Panic · Post by **Panic** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 11:23 am

Goose757 wrote:
bandit1 wrote:Bad news but Porter knew what they were getting themselves into.
Hopefully they will be okay. They still offer a good product at a reasonable price. AC and WJ can beat them on the price, but not on the product IMO.

It's an hour long flight. The product doesn't matter.

Four1oh · Post by **Four1oh** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 11:29 am

as far as I'm concerned, AC and WJ are responding to Porter's attempt at undermining them by trying to steal passengers(essentially) at the the gate by giving away free flight passes. Can't say I feel sorry for Porter.

SQ · Post by SQ » Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:07 pm

clunckdriver wrote:The "race to the bottom is now on" The first one to go into CCRA {Chapter Eleven in the USA} wins the race!

AC is allready into CCRA, they have untill 2011 (5 years from 2006) to increase profit by any way, so told me the Air Canada director for East-Canada in Dorval.

people should better watch their ass around this date.

If someone has more info please cooperate or add precisions if I'm wrong.

SQ

whiteguy · Post by **whiteguy** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:33 pm

Funny how this type of deal with Jetsgo was what Clive complained about. How is it right for them to do it now?

bcflyer · Post by **bcflyer** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:39 pm

I was kinda thinking the same thing. Interesting that people jumped all over Jetsgo when they did it. Now its just fair play?

bandit1 · Post by **bandit1** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:42 pm

It can't last very long because with the fuel prices and all other expenses they couldn't keep it up forever

Goose757 · Post by **Goose757** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 2:42 pm

Panic wrote:
Goose757 wrote:
bandit1 wrote:Bad news but Porter knew what they were getting themselves into.
Hopefully they will be okay. They still offer a good product at a reasonable price. AC and WJ can beat them on the price, but not on the product IMO.
It's an hour long flight. The product doesn't matter.

I meant more along the lines of avoiding YYZ, better terminal/check in process etc. There are still some people that don't mind paying a little extra for stuff like that.

C-FABH · Post by **C-FABH** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 4:29 pm

Goose757 wrote:
Panic wrote:It's an hour long flight. The product doesn't matter.
I meant more along the lines of avoiding YYZ, better terminal/check in process etc. There are still some people that don't mind paying a little extra for stuff like that.

I agree to a certain point - while the flight is one hour, be sure to consider the drive to/from Pearson as well as time required to walking all over the place and stand in lines. If Porter can get enough corporate travellers and accounts on-board (close to the CDB of course), they should be in good shape.

Four1oh · Post by **Four1oh** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:48 pm

bcflyer wrote:I was kinda thinking the same thing. Interesting that people jumped all over Jetsgo when they did it. Now its just fair play?

People jumped on Jetsgo because it was the business plan from the start to the end.

Justwannafly · Post by **Justwannafly** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:58 pm

hope porter makes it through this....The reason AC & WJ can do this is cause they have other routes that make them $$$....As soon as Porter goes under, you can be sure that AC & WJ will raise their prices to start making back the $ that they lost

V1RotateV2 · Post by **V1RotateV2** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 6:14 pm

Porter offers:

5 minutes from downtown (CYTZ)
Free food and drinks
35 minutes to YOW
Friendly service
Quick security screening
VIP lounge for every passenger
etc... etc...

If AC or WJ offered half of this, they would not have to loose tons of money selling $11 tickets.

But dont worry, they still make money by charging $1,000 to fly to Timmins, Sudbury or YAM, until Porter starts service there and they will have to stop abusing people.

Anyway: when was the last time a business traveler preferred to save $50 to receive less service and waste more time?

Jaques Strappe · Post by **Jaques Strappe** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 6:38 pm

Where is the Competition Bureau now?? Is preditory pricing law only applicable to Air Canada?

twinpratts · Post by **twinpratts** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:08 pm

[quote="clunckdriver" Pilots are advised not to pay for long term airport parking, or to buy new uniforms.[/quote]

Nightflight · Post by **Nightflight** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:45 pm

Jaques Strappe wrote:Where is the Competition Bureau now?? Is preditory pricing law only applicable to Air Canada?

I too want to know wether we have a competition bureau in Ontario that looks into these things? Pardon my ignorance, but I thought there were rules to prevent the bullies from stomping out competition. This one is a stinker through & through! You don't have to be a genius to figure out what they are trying to do! First espionage, now predation, wonder what's next from the nice folks out west?
Gotta love this industry we are in!

Golden Flyer · Post by **Golden Flyer** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:10 pm

kevin.snaden wrote:
Air Canada is now also matching this deal. This is bad news for Porter.

Any info on the AC deal?

Localizer · Post by **Localizer** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:18 pm

Anyway: when was the last time a business traveler preferred to save $50 to receive less service and waste more time?

Ummmm .... Where have you been the last few years? .... Im sure a lot of people are going to be jumping all over that. Especially since there is a lot of traffic between those cities and companies will do almost anything to save a buck these days. Its like gas prices ... when you think you see a deal you jump on it.

Cheers,

Loc

Troubleshot · Post by **Troubleshot** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:25 pm

Localizer wrote:
Anyway: when was the last time a business traveler preferred to save $50 to receive less service and waste more time?
Ummmm .... Where have you been the last few years? .... Im sure a lot of people are going to be jumping all over that. Especially since there is a lot of traffic between those cities and companies will do almost anything to save a buck these days. Its like gas prices ... when you think you see a deal you jump on it.

Cheers,

Loc

Well I see some truth in this...My buddy is not in the industry (he is a manager at loblaws) and they book strictly for convience and availability of flights as requested by the employee, he flies both carriers (and CanJet when they were doin domestic) no preference given to cheaper airlines. Not sure how other businesses do it but I'd say this is a good indication of the big business traveling habits. They don't care how they get there or how much it cost as long as it's on-time and the time they need.

Captain X · Post by **Captain X** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:36 pm

Just in case you Ontario PPL don't know there was also $11 fares from YYC/YVR/YEG so its not just about Porter and those who live in the center of the universe

Valhalla · Post by **Valhalla** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:37 pm

Localizer wrote:
Anyway: when was the last time a business traveler preferred to save $50 to receive less service and waste more time?
Ummmm .... Where have you been the last few years? .... Im sure a lot of people are going to be jumping all over that. Especially since there is a lot of traffic between those cities and companies will do almost anything to save a buck these days. Its like gas prices ... when you think you see a deal you jump on it.

Cheers,

Loc

Cost of taxi cab from downtown Toronto to Pearson - $50 each way. For those who live and work in Toronto, that is also part of the equation.

gulfan · Post by **gulfan** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:05 pm

I noticed that fares are dirt cheap for Calgary - Vancouver with Air Canada too. About $120 return inc. tax.

Localizer · Post by **Localizer** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 5:05 pm

Oh gawd ... here we go with another "center of the universe" whinner ... Just suck it up ... God's country my ass.

Cheers,

Loc

Justwannafly · Post by **Justwannafly** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 7:31 pm

kevin.snaden wrote:I noticed that fares are dirt cheap for Calgary - Vancouver with Air Canada too. About $120 return inc. tax.

OK time to visit some friends in Edmonton...grr wish I could get the time off work on such short nocie

$11 WestJet / Air Canada Toronto to Ottawa or Montreal

$11 WestJet / Air Canada Toronto to Ottawa or Montreal

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