Yeah yeah its old, but its also rediculous.
There becomming less of a LCC everyday.
WestJet Airlines Ltd. was conceived as a cheap, no-frills alternative to Air Canada, but chief executive Clive Beddoe is among the first to admit it's becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish between the two airlines' business models.
In recent months, WestJet has been busy adding such amenities as leather seats and live television to its once-Spartan fleet of Boeing 737s while Air Canada has been fixated on finding new ways to slash costs by ditching free meals, pillows and blankets from its jets in a bid to compete with lower domestic air fares.
Mr. Beddoe said in an interview yesterday that he now foresees a day when carriers like WestJet compete side-by-side with Air Canada on lucrative overseas routes to far-flung destinations in Europe and Asia.
"I don't think that's all that far away," he said. "In a sense, we've already started down that road. We're already flying halfway across the Pacific [to Hawaii], although to go any further would require a bigger aircraft."
In recent months, WestJet has been busy adding such amenities as leather seats and live television to its once-Spartan fleet of Boeing 737s while Air Canada has been fixated on finding new ways to slash costs by ditching free meals, pillows and blankets from its jets in a bid to compete with lower domestic air fares.
Mr. Beddoe said in an interview yesterday that he now foresees a day when carriers like WestJet compete side-by-side with Air Canada on lucrative overseas routes to far-flung destinations in Europe and Asia.
"I don't think that's all that far away," he said. "In a sense, we've already started down that road. We're already flying halfway across the Pacific [to Hawaii], although to go any further would require a bigger aircraft."
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