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New Air Canada can survive in 'low-fare' market
By Ottawa Business Journal Staff
Fri, Jun 24, 2005 11:00 AM EST

Ottawa Business Journal

SARS, the airborne disease that decimated the tourism industry in Canada, was the most defining issue in the rebirth of Air Canada, ACE Aviation Holding Inc. president and CEO Robert Milton told an Ottawa business audience Friday morning.

Speaking at a breakfast event co-presented by the Ottawa Business Journal and the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce, Milton provided an overview of the troubled airline's restructuring process.

Ironically, said Mr. Milton, it was the SARS crisis that allowed Air Canada executives to say "let's fix this once and for all."

Mr. Milton said the restructuring was very difficult, but the new Air Canada, and its holding company, will be able to profitably operate in the "new low-fare environment."

With a market cap of $3.7 billion and EBITDA of $1.1 billion in 2004, the new company is debt free with the exception of its aircraft. Mr. Milton told the business audience the new company's stock, hovering around $40 on the TSX, is still undervalued. He justified the comment by stating the company has cash reserves amounting to $20 per share and Aeroplan – it loyalty program – is valued at $20 per share. "Air Canada is worth something."

Mr. Milton said ACE's plan to purchase more large regional jets will help medium-sized cities such as Ottawa. The new regional jets, he explained, can efficiently move a smaller number of travellers and still fly longer direct routes.

Mr. Milton said ACE's plan to purchase more large regional jets will help medium-sized cities such as Ottawa. The new regional jets, he explained, can efficiently move a smaller number of travellers and still fly longer direct routes.

CRJ's are great as long as you are shorter than six feet and weigh less than 200 pounds, otherwise they are very uncomfortable. I'll never fly on one again. I'd rather make a connection and fly the whole way on a mainline plane than fly nonstop on a regional jet!

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Home News Airline News Harmony Airways Announces Expansion with New Aircraft
Harmony Airways Announces Expansion with New Aircraft
Written by Harmony 15:36z - 2005/06/10 Vancouver - Harmony Airways announces aggressive steps in its ongoing growth as a Vancouver-based airline.

Gary Collins, President and CEO, made several announcements, including:

Harmony's recent designation for scheduled air service to China The acquisition of a fourth Boeing 757-200 Direct non-stop service to Hawaii from Calgary and Kelowna The launch of harmonyone business class

"We're extremely pleased to announce Harmony's designation to China, the acquisition of our fourth aircraft, new routes in western Canada and the launch of our unique harmonyone business class," said Collins. "These are exciting developments in Harmony's long-term expansion plans and goal of becoming the carrier of choice to the destinations we serve."

Designation for Service to China Harmony Airways has received designation for the scheduled operation of passenger air service to China. The designation allows Harmony to begin flying on a code share basis with another airline, which the carrier plans to do later this year. Harmony is currently in negotiations to acquire its own long-range aircraft for service to China in 2006.

In awarding Harmony the status as the second Canadian airline with designation to fly to China, The Canadian government named the following cities as allowable destinations: Beijing, Shanghai, Huangzhou, Xian, Chengdu, Kunming, Quingdao, Chongqing, Harbin and Dalian. Harmony has not yet announced which of these destinations it plans to serve.

New Aircraft and New Western Canadian Destinations

Harmony will take possession of its fourth Boeing 757-200 aircraft next month. With this acquisition comes service from new western Canadian cities. Starting December 2005, Harmony will be the exclusive carrier to operate direct, non-stop flights to Hawaii from Calgary and Kelowna.

Harmony's Calgary service will fly twice a week to Honolulu and once a week to Maui. From Kelowna, Harmony will fly once per week to Honolulu. Exact schedule details will be announced shortly.

Harmony Launches harmonyone Business Class

Harmony Airways is pleased to launch its unique harmonyone business class. The new service will be available on all Harmony aircraft serving all destinations. The exclusive business class cabin is designed to exceed passenger's expectations with premium seats, a gourmet menu, personal on demand entertainment and individualized amenities, all at a competitive fare.

harmonyone's soft leather seats are 22" wide with a 52" pitch, providing more leg room and comfort than any other Canadian carrier.

Menu by Chef Bruno Marti

harmonyone's menu was created by Chef Bruno Marti, President of the Canadian Culinary Institute and Chef and Owner of La Belle Auberge Restaurant. Designed to showcase flavours of the West Coast, the harmonyone menu includes French bento boxes, musk ox carpaccio, blueberry duck breast and bison tenderloin, all served on china.

Carefully selected BC wines complement Marti's creations. The current wine selection features Mission Hill Reserve Chardonnay, Mission Hill Reserve Shiraz and Lanson Black Label Brut champagne.

Interlude: Personal On-Demand Entertainment Device

harmonyone passengers will be the first to enjoy the movie, music and news selections of the Portable Entertainment Appliance on a Canadian carrier.

The self-contained, digital audio and video on-demand device, branded Interlude on Harmony Airways, gives passengers a selection of movies, audio CDs, TV sitcoms, daily news, video games and more. The device is already in use with airlines in the US, Europe and Asia.

Personalized Amenity Kit

Harmony Airways is pleased to become the first Canadian airline to offer spa amenities on a domestic flight.

harmonyone passengers will receive a gift certificate for Absolute Spa to enjoy a pampering treatment prior to departing Vancouver International Airport. Upon boarding, passengers will be given their choice of items for their personalized amenity kit. Selections include Thymes Eucalyptus body lotion, Thymes Sleep Well tension spot relief, lip balm and other premium products.

Harmony Airways is an industry leader in full-service, competitive air travel. Aimed at exceeding customer expectations, Harmony provides a full meal service, BC wines, comfortable leg room and complimentary in-flight movies aboard its fleet of Boeing 757 aircraft. Harmony Airways flies regular scheduled service to Las Vegas, Honolulu, Maui and Toronto. Coming this fall, Harmony will introduce direct, non-stop service from Calgary and Kelowna to Hawaii and re-introduce service from Vancouver to Palm Springs and Victoria to Hawaii. Through its in-house tour operator, Companion Holidays, Harmony offers hotels, car rentals and package vacations to all its vacation destinations.

West Jet

Truly friendly in the sky :okay:

Happy departure @ dawn

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Live TV on AIR and Flight information up-date

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In-flight services on the way

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Happy landing and goody-bye with singing by a song from hostress

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WestJet poised for continued growth in 2006
Airline reports increased passenger miles and doubled capacity in flights to U.S.

CALGARY (CP) - Discount air carrier WestJet Airlines Ltd. says it's well poised for more expansion this year after ending 2005 on a strong note with a 15 per cent increase in passenger traffic in December.

Calgary-based WestJet (TSX:WJA) said yesterday that its revenue passenger miles, or the number of paid-for seats multiplied by the distance they flew, increased to 737.1 million - up from 641 million in December of 2004.

For the full year of 2005, revenue passenger miles were up 26.8 per cent to 7.96 billion from 6.28 billion in the previous year.

WestJet started flying regular scheduled routes to U.S. holiday destinations in 2004, and added its first overseas trips last month with flights to Honolulu and Maui.

Sean Durfy, WestJet's executive vice-president, said the airline has doubled its U.S. capacity in the past year to 10 per cent and would like to expand further into other American markets.

"I think we'll continue to grow our trans-border markets, there's no doubt about it, and continue to develop our Hawaii markets," Durfy said in an interview.

Durfy said WestJet, Canada's second-largest airline behind Montreal-based Air Canada, is well-positioned to continue its aggressive growth plans this year with the addition of 12 more Boeing Next-Generation aircraft.

WestJet is also working hard at developing its business market within Canada, which it says grew 10 per cent last year alone to 28 per cent.

"We'll continue to really offer better services and better schedules to our business travellers across the country," Durfy said.

"The big thing is getting the word of WestJet out in Eastern Canada," he said. "Eastern Canada is by far the largest market and we have to be in that market.

WestJet's available seat miles - a key measure of capacity in the airline industry - grew 9.8 per cent in December to 942.2 million from 857.8 million in the previous year. For the full year, available seat miles grew by 19.1 per cent to 10.67 billion from 8.96 billion in the same 12-month period in 2004.

The company's load factor, or proportion of seats filled, was 78.2 per cent compared to 74.7 per cent in December 2004. During the 12 months of 2005, WestJet's load factor was 74.6 per cent compared with 70 per cent during the same period in 2004.

Air Canada and its regional affiliate Jazz also had improved load factors in December. The mainline's load factor was 77.3 per cent, up from 75.2 per cent in December 2004, while Jazz's load factor rose to 69.7 per cent from 68.2 per cent.

Air Canada flew 3.4 billion revenue passenger miles in December, up 7.4 per cent from a year earlier. For the full year, RPMs were up 6.1 per cent to 44.2 billion at Air Canada.

A new reservations system at WestJet, which has been in the works for more than three years, is also expected to help increase revenues at the airline and eventually lead to strategic partnerships with other carriers. But the past 15 months have not been easy for WestJet, recording its first two quarters of losses - including a net loss of $17.2 million in 2004 - after eight years of profits as a public company, as fierce competition and record fuel costs hammered the airline.

WestJet shares have also had a rough ride, losing almost 45 per cent of their value in a slide that lasted from April to November. In the past two months, the stock has regained some of its lost ground. In afternoon trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange yesterday, WestJet shares closed down one cent to $12.45.

There is actually a Westjet thread already here : http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=224752

wow,there are screens in every seat!that's very good for a lcc!in europe most lccs don't even have one screen in their planes,so no entertainment!

There is actually a Westjet thread already here : http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=224752

We are talking about Canadian No-Frill Air carrier for all
Not only West Jet ;)

SKY SERVICE together with Harmony Airways as usual

wow,there are screens in every seat!that's very good for a lcc!in europe most lccs don't even have one screen in their planes,so no entertainment!

Yes indeed for real LIVE air entertainment around the clock :cheers:

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