CanadaEH Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jetsgo expands to Prince George Non-stop Vancouver service begins Jan. 16 Prince George, B.C./December 6, 2004-Jetsgo today announced that Prince George is part of the airline's major expansion into Western Canada, which includes six new year-round destinations and the introduction of 46 new city pairs to its schedule. Service to Prince George begins Jan. 16. A Prince George-Vancouver flight will depart Monday-Sunday at 7:30 a.m., and depart from Vancouver at 5:55 p.m. One-way introductory fares start at $49. Taxes and surcharges are extra. All new routes are available for booking starting Dec. 7. "Jetsgo is excited to be bringing our low fares to Prince George with daily service to Vancouver and connections to five destinations in Canada," said Michael Granshaw, Chief Operating Officer. "We're committed to delivering our special smiling brand of discount service across Canada and we will now be the only discount carrier flying to all 10 provinces." FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jetsgo expands in Victoria, Abbotsford, Vancouver Year-round service to Victoria, Abbotsford begins Jan. 10 Vancouver/December 6, 2004-Jetsgo today announced that Victoria, Abbotsford and Vancouver are part of the airline's major expansion into Western Canada, which includes six new year-round destinations and the introduction of 46 new city pairs to its schedule. Non-stop service from Victoria and Abbotsford to Edmonton, begins Jan. 10, and Vancouver-Prince George on Jan 16. One-way introductory fares start at $49, with taxes and surcharges extra. Connections are available to destinations in Eastern Canada and all new routes are available for booking starting Dec. 7. "Jetsgo is excited to be bringing our low fares back to Victoria and Abbotsford on a year-round basis," said Michael Granshaw, Chief Operating Officer. "These two cities have been important parts of Jetsgo's summer schedule in the past and Vancouver has been a Jetsgo destination since day one. "We're committed to delivering our special smiling brand of discount service across Canada and we will now be the only discount carrier flying to all 10 provinces." Jetsgo's western expansion has been made possible by the delivery of additional 108-seat Fokker F-100 aircraft to its existing fleet. The total fleet is now 25 aircraft (14 MD-83s, 11 F-100s) with five additional Fokkers in service by mid-2005. Jetsgo operates a fleet of full-size jets that include a Comfort Plus section with increased legroom, leather seats and dedicated overhead storage. Food and beverage service is available on all flights on a pay per use basis, and personal video on demand in-flight entertainment can be rented for $10 on long-haul flights. Jetsgo also offers Jetsmiles, a simple frequent flyer program making every seat on every flight available as a reward seat. All registered www.jetsgo.net users are eligible. Jetsgo began service in June 2002. Headquartered in Montreal with 1150 employees, Jetsgo offers scheduled discount air service to 13 Canadian and 10 U.S. destinations, including: Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City, Moncton, Charlottetown, Halifax, Sydney, St. John's, Nfld., Los Angeles, New York (Newark and LaGuardia), Las Vegas, and Sarasota, West Palm Beach, St. Petersburg, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, and Fort Myers in Florida. For full schedule and booking information, log on to www.jetsgo.net, phone the call centre at 1-866-440-0441 or contact a travel agent. All registered jetsgo.net users are eligible for Jetsmiles, Jetsgo's frequent flier program. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jetsgo expands to Fort McMurray Non-stop Calgary service begins Jan. 23 Fort McMurray, Alta./December 6, 2004-Jetsgo today announced that Fort McMurray is part of the airline's major expansion into Western Canada, which includes six new year-round destinations and the introduction of 46 new city pairs to its schedule. Service to Fort McMurray begins Jan. 23. A Fort McMurray-Calgary flight will depart at 7 a.m., Monday-Friday and depart from Calgary at 6:40 p.m. There are also weekend flights. One-way introductory fares start at $49. Taxes and surcharges are extra. All new routes are available for booking starting Dec. 7. "Jetsgo is excited to be bringing our low fares to Fort McMurray with daily service to Calgary and connections to seven destinations in Canada," said Paul Trihey, Jetsgo's Vice President of Customer Service and Sales. "We're committed to delivering our special smiling brand of discount service across Canada and we will now be the only discount carrier flying to all 10 provinces." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rattler Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 where did you dig up the press releases???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaEH Posted December 7, 2004 Author Share Posted December 7, 2004 I found them on airliners.net. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rattler Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Thanks, the reason I ask is that I can not find them on Jetsgo's site or on the Canada Newswire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeker Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 said Paul Trihey, Jetsgo's Vice President of Customer Service and Sales. "We're committed to delivering our special smiling brand of discount service across Canada and we will now be the only discount carrier flying to all 10 provinces." Oh...it's the special "smiling" brand of discount service. As opposed the non-smiling discount service you get with other airlines. That makes all the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super 80 Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 so where are these western Fokkers being based? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rattler Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Oh...it's the special "smiling" brand of discount service. As opposed the non-smiling discount service you get with other airlines. That makes all the difference. Do they perhaps "Smile" rather than grin and tell jokes.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
better4me Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 The full Jetsgo expansion is as follows: 1) YWG-YXE 2) YEG-YXE 3) YEG-YXX 4) YEG-YYJ 5) YVR-YXS 6) YYC-YLW 7) YYC-YMM The above was taken from the jetsgo website by search the cities/routes out in March 2005. The F100s are on the YWG-YXE-YEG-YVR-YXS and YEG-YXX and YEG-YYJ. I gues the YYC-YMM and YYC-YLW are MD80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddy Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 He(ML) was only 16, when he became a licensed pilot.Very lucky...??? He didn't open a COIN WASH, instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rattler Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 Interesting, the first day at Jetsgo is operating YYC-YMM, Westjet is showing a "regular ow fare of 49.00", their regular fare in Dec. is Regular Fare $139.00 CAD . AC on Destina.ca is charging $157.00 and Jetsgo is quoting$139.00. All fares are of course exclusive of the various add ons. Looks like Westjet is trying to be the real "Low Cost" airline but since they are the predominate carrier on the route, would this instead be considered "predatory pricing"? As of Jan 24 Westjet will offer 3 737s (300+seats) a day monday to friday vs ACs 5 Dash 8s max (250 seats). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.