(10-23-2023, 01:41 PM)SammyOES Wrote: My understanding is that Flair cuts back their routes in the Winter (Oct 1)
Flair shifts its planes from operating domestic routes in the summer, to operating routes to sun destinations in the winter. This is a pretty typical shift that all Canadian airlines do, as there's lots more people wanting to head to Cancun in December than Halifax.
I suspect that a large part of why we don't see more sun destinations out of YKF is that the airport has limited capacity for international arrivals. The customs processing area is quite small, and the international bag claim is the same tiny one that was originally built for regional jets. The new baggage claim building, with much larger baggage belts designed for a 737, is only usable for domestic arrivals. Landing two international 737s at YKF at the same time would likely result in pax being held on board the second arrival for ~45-60 mins, which is quite incompatible with the quick turn the ULCC business model requires.