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Transportation in Canada 2002
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2. Transportation and the Economy
3. Government Spending on Transportation
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TABLE A9-21: COMPETITION IN DOMESTIC AIR MARKETS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2002
  Capacity Market Shares (per cent)  
Rank Market1 Daily Seats 20022 Percentage change over 2001 Air Canada3 WestJet Other Major4 Others Daily Seats 2001
1 Montreal-Toronto 4,681 18 85 0 15 0 3,956
2 Toronto-Vancouver 3,212 5 79 4 17 0 3,053
3 Toronto-Vancouver 3,178 17 55 45 0 0 2,716
4 Ottawa-Toronto 2,420 (7) 100 0 0 0 2,595
5 Calgary-Toronto 2,022 22 72 26 2 0 1,656
6 Halifax-Toronto 2,000 47 67 0 33 0 1,361
7 Edmonton-Vancouver 1,664 12 55 45 0 0 1,484
8 Calgary-Edmonton 1,636 (16) 53 41 5 1 1,957
9 Edmonton-Toronto 1,282 35 74 20 6 0 949
10 Toronto-Winnipeg 1,185 (4) 86 0 14 0 1,228
11 Calgary-Winnipeg 1,168 13 47 53 0 0 1,033
12 Vancouver-Victoria 1,128 5 87 0 0 13 1,074
13 Halifax-St. John´s 975 67 67 0 33 0 583
14 Kelowna-Vancouver 794 (3) 44 56 0 0 817
15 Halifax-Montreal 774 55 79 0 21 0 500
16 Abbotsford-Calgary 720 2 24 76 0 0 707
17 Halifax-Ottawa 663 63 75 0 25 0 408
18 Prince George-Vancouver 632 19 47 53 0 0 531
19 Calgary-Regina 608 3 45 55 0 0 590
20 Calgary-Kelowna 586 (5) 26 74 0 0 617
21 Calgary-Saskatoon 563 (0) 43 57 0 0 565
22 Quebec-Toronto 540 22 100 0 0 0 442
23 Montreal-Quebec 529 6 100 0 0 0 499
24 Thunder Bay-Toronto 523 16 100 0 0 0 452
25 Hamilton-Ottawa 516 2 0 100 0 0 505
  1. The top 25 markets are ranked on the number of daily seats.
  2. The number of daily seats is defined as the average number of seats offered on non-stop flights in each direction.
  3. Data for Air Canada includes the number of seats operated by Jazz, Tango, Zip and regional code-share partners.
  4. Includes Air Transat, CanJet, Jetsgo and SkyService Airlines.

Source: Official Airline Guide and airline timetables
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