NewLeaf cancels flights, saying competitor copied plan
NewLeaf Travel says it is cancelling plans to offer flights between Alberta and the Phoenix-Mesa airport in Arizona this year because another airline copied the idea. Jim Young, president and CE of NewLeaf said within hours of NewLeaf announcing the Arizona route, another airline “lowered its fares and offered service to an airport it had previously ignored for over a decade.” He said NewLeaf will also be postponing its service to Florida from Hamilton, Ont. WestJet announced back in November that it would begin flights between Calgary and Edmonton and the Phoenix-Mesa airport Jan 19. “The airline business is more challenging than it seems and this airline appears to be blaming one airline for their woes in a particular market without providing the travelling public the full story,” a WestJet spokeswoman said. <br/>
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NewLeaf cancels flights, saying competitor copied plan
NewLeaf Travel says it is cancelling plans to offer flights between Alberta and the Phoenix-Mesa airport in Arizona this year because another airline copied the idea. Jim Young, president and CE of NewLeaf said within hours of NewLeaf announcing the Arizona route, another airline “lowered its fares and offered service to an airport it had previously ignored for over a decade.” He said NewLeaf will also be postponing its service to Florida from Hamilton, Ont. WestJet announced back in November that it would begin flights between Calgary and Edmonton and the Phoenix-Mesa airport Jan 19. “The airline business is more challenging than it seems and this airline appears to be blaming one airline for their woes in a particular market without providing the travelling public the full story,” a WestJet spokeswoman said. <br/>
