I think you're right, Mr. Rogers. There are two trends. One is that one way of saving money is to fly out of second-tier airports. My brother lives in Abbotsford, and I remember flying out there, then to Calgary and on to Montreal. And it was great because they said, hi, Gary, to my brother. He still had to go through security, but the guard knew him. And there were three gates or something. It was a lot less expensive, a lot more accessible. It was great if you live on the east side of Vancouver. It actually saved you lots of parking fees and time.
So that's one element, and that's one way we can save money, but you need to have.... And you wouldn't have second-tier airports so much in the Maritimes. You do in Montreal, Toronto, that sort of thing, but you don't there, and we've seen a decline.
Part of it is the airlines are businesses. I'm a business professor; forgive me. The idea is to make money. Now, you can make excessive amounts of money, but given what happened in COVID and the lack of support compared to other countries, they've had huge financial issues to deal with, and they're going to fly where the money is, to a considerable degree. Now, that means it's going to be more expensive to fly to some parts of the world. I flew recently to the Yukon, and it was very expensive because of the lack of demand.
Part of it is the reality of the demand. WestJet has pulled back, to a certain degree, from eastern Canada to focus more on the west, under its new CEO. He's an ex-senior executive from Lufthansa. He knows Europe and he has a competitive approach.