UM TodayTravel delays – UM Today https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca Your Source for University of Manitoba News Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:13:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 Edmonton Journal: WestJet begins recovery after cancelling 464 flights over four-day stretch due to extreme cold https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/edmonton-journal-westjet-begins-recovery-after-cancelling-464-flights-over-four-day-stretch-due-to-extreme-cold/ https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/edmonton-journal-westjet-begins-recovery-after-cancelling-464-flights-over-four-day-stretch-due-to-extreme-cold/#respond Wed, 17 Jan 2024 17:09:34 +0000 https://news.umanitoba.ca/?p=189956 WestJet begins recovery after cancelling 464 flights over four-day stretch due to extreme cold]]> One expert said WestJet’s recent turn to the hub model in which passengers are consolidated for larger flights at major airports — a strategy primarily executed by large legacy airlines — would reasonably expose it to more delays and cancellations.

“(Calgary has) clear skies, it’s drier, there’s less precipitation, so it should be a very reliable airport as a hub operation,” said Barry Prentice, professor and director of the University of Manitoba Transport Institute.

“But that doesn’t mean things always work out.”

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