In any business, when you only have two main competitors, one will inevitably be defined in terms of the other. It’s like being presented with a blonde and a brunette. The brunette will always be ‘not blonde.’
Many dear Pumpkins with a penchant for overstating the obvious have said to me “Air Canada just isn’t WestJet.” OK, move along. Nothing to work with here, folks. While others claim WestJet will never grow up to be Air Canada. Even if they love the soft wares, they don’t love the hardware.
Trust me, dahrlings, the last thing each carrier aspires to is to be the other. But they sure as hell would like to beat the crap out of each other. Metaphorically speaking, of course. WestJet may have a narrow body, but they carry a mean punch. You can bet that AC revenue managers are tracking the hit they will take over WS’s AA code share deal.
In terms of passenger kilometers flown, American is one of the biggest – not just in North America, but in the world. That’s kind of a nice big brother to run to when the bullies come after you.
