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2012
18
December
Air Canada launches 'Rouge', a new leisure traveler focused airline - any good deals from Calgary?
18
December
You may have heard that Air Canada was planning to start an LCC (low cost carrier) airline that caters to leisure travelers. Well today, they released some info on the name of the new carrier (Rouge), their slogan, and the first sampling of what destinations are available from Calgary, and how much they'll cost.
Really? I could have sworn my French teacher said it meant 'red'...
Google Translate agrees.
But enough about that, let's take a look at what destinations are being offered through Rouge from Calgary...
https://www.AirCanada.com/en/offers/air/rouge/rouge.html#YYC-INT
Looks like we have the following offers from YYC...
Calgary - Athens, Greece $1196
Calgary - Edinburgh, Scotland $1195
Calgary - Venice, Italy $1195
The prices are roundtrip, after taxes, and valid on departure dates between July 1 and the end of October 2013.
My first thought is that is definitely a decent price to Greece from Calgary, especially for peak summer travel. It's certainly cheaper than all other carriers at the moment.
Overall, perhaps nothing too mind blowing in terms of price. But even though many will look at Air Canada's past failures and predict a similar demise, I do hope that they succeed with this new venture. Ultimately, the more competition there is in the marketplace, the better it is for the consumer.
And if AC feels they can compete on routes and offer prices that are similar or lower to their low-cost competitors (ie: Air Transat), well, that's good news for those of us that like to travel.
And it does look like they're trying to offer destinations that are not currently served by low-cost carriers out of Calgary, such as Greece and Venice. Air Transat flys to Amsterdam, the UK, and France out of YYC, but does not offer flights to Greece or Italy. They fly to Scotland, but only to Glasgow, not Edinburgh.
Hopefully this also means more opportunities for a crazy price drop to come around, giving yours truly more to blog about!
2012
5
November
Calgary to London, England - $599 roundtrip after taxes
5
November
2012
24
July
Finally, some cheap summer fares to Europe - $649 roundtrip after taxes
24
July
2012
11
June
KLM asking people to vote on which city they should put on sale
11
June
UPDATE:
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2012
30
May
Calgary to Scotland - $563 roundtrip after taxes
30
May
Some June flights to Scotland just dropped to $563 roundtrip after taxes.
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2012
18
April
Calgary to London, UK - $288 roundtrip after taxes ?!
18
April
Update @ 1:35 AM - Seems to be sold out now? I'm not seeing the $288 price anymore. This is also the most popular post in YYCdeals history with over 900 Facebook likes!
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2012
13
April
Calgary to Scotland in May - $599 roundtrip after taxes
13
April
Breaking: May 24 to June 1 from Calgary to Paris just dropped to $648 roundtrip after taxes on Air Transat. This is officially the cheapest flight I have ever seen to Paris from YYC.
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2012
27
January
Calgary to Manchester, UK - $399 roundtrip after taxes!
27
January
Update 1: It looks like Air Transat has added more dates, and cheap ones to London as well, for $399 roundtrip after taxes...
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2011
13
October
Good June 2012 deal to Scandanavia - Into Norway and out of Sweden - $865 roundtrip after taxes
13
October
There's a few reasons I like this deal. For starters, it involves 2 Scandinavian countries that rarely ever seem to budge from their expensive price tags.. It's also in June 2012, and it's pretty rare to see a deal to anywhere in Europe this far ahead of departure.
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2011
16
September
Calgary to Scotland or the UK - $568 to $592 roundtrip after taxes
16
September
(Yes, Scotland is in the UK too, it's a poorly worded title, sorry)
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