Hi all,

Wondered if anyone has used Westjet internal flights within Canada - if so, what is your opinion? If they are not too good, can anyone recommend reliable airlines flying internally?

Also, what are people's thoughts on Zoom airlines from UK to Canada? Prices seem great, but is that reflected in the service?

We're looking to do a research trip to incorporate Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Alberta (not asking too much!!).

Any airline opinions greatly appreciated!

Deb

IMHO the uk-canada charters (zoom\transat\canadian affair) are all much of a muchness. At the moment Canadian affair are offering excellent prices on next week departures (ie book on the sunday for the following sunday departues) however last month that was Transat domain so you pays yer money and yer takes yer chances.
As far as internals I'm not sure about NB-AB\NS-AB but I have been looking at Calgary-Montreal and westjet can be more expensive than AC so be aware of that fact.
Try http://www.canjet.com/en_home.aspx
Also dont forget you could always use a different airline for each leg.

HTH

Butch

Hi

We used Zoom last summer and thought they were very good value for money. We paid extra to have the bigger seats and it still came to less than using Air Canada. Plane on the way was a little tatty but fine on the way back. Service was good too.

Paula

Westjet is great. Friendly, accommodating, well-maintained planes with seat-back TVs (most of them, that is) - I won't fly on any other airline internally anymore. Air Canada can take a long walk off a short pier.

What he said

I was concerned about the leg room on Zoom flights (6' 2") -Didn't upgrade to more legroom and thought my knees would be next to my ears.

To my absolute amazement I had more than enough legroom on all flights -service was good but food was pretty dire - still can't have it all

Westjet is fantastic, so no worries there. As for Zoom, it's a charter airline and you gets what you pays for.

We use Canadian Affair when we fly to Canada, only the Thomas Cook flight though. One of the things we like about them is that you can fly into one city and out of another. So, if you're doing a recon on both sides of Canada this might be something to think about. Having said that, I don't know if the other charter companies offer the same thing. I did check when I was pricing our trip home and didn't see the option.

Deb

Westjet - excellent, and fun to fly with.

Zoom - you can fly in and out of different airports, so great for a recce trip of different places.

Air Canada is becoming more competitive re prices depending when you are flying (cheaper than ZOOM the last twice we used them) so worth keeping an eye on their prices, especially since they fly from/to UK each day rather than only once or twice a week.

Deborah

We have flown Air Transat a couple of times (booked via www.globespan.com) and have no complaints. Not a great deal of legroom, but adequate for a flight to Toronto. The first flight we did with them they had these fab personal DVD players which kept the kids quiet the whole journey! They were on a trial and sadly were not available on the flight last summer. We also did an internal flight from Toronto to Halifax using Canjet and they were fine. They worked out slightly cheaper than Westjet but we had left it late to book, so didn't get a particularly good deal. I recall a post a while back about Westjet, which made me laugh at the time:

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...hlight=westjet

We have also flown Air Canada to Halifax on two occasions, but the planes were a bit shabby. We used them out of necessity rather than choice

Good luck with whatever you decide.

Don't discount the US carriers, they can all get you from one side of Canada to the other and may cheaper/less hassle than Westjet or AC.

Sure, if you don't mind being forced to take your shoes off then waking up hours later in Syria..

K.

Syria ?

Thank you everyone - great advice. Amazed about quality offered by Air Canada - shows that the better known airlines are not always the best.

I'll definitely be better informed when I book our trip.

Deb

It was a joke (well, not the taking shoes off bit). Not a joke for Mr. Arar , of course.

K.