Air Canada loses out to WestJet – Top Canada travel websites, September 2012

October 8, 2012 By 2 Comments

WestJet has overtaken its arch rival Air Canada at the top of the list of leading travel websites in Canada.

Air Canada found itself on the end of a 0.75% decrease in market share in the airline category in the country during September, allowing WestJet with a 2.75% surge of its own to leap into pole position.

Meanwhile, in the agency marketplace, Expedia lost over 1% market share but remained in the number one spot with three times as much traffic as its nearest rival, Flight Network.

Most popular travel websites in Canada for September 2012:

Agency

RankWebsiteDomainPercentage of VisitsPrevious Position
1Expedia Canadawww.expedia.ca15.33%1
2Flight Networkwww.flightnetwork.com5.77%2
3Sunwingwww.sunwing.ca3.68%7
4www.cheapoair.cawww.cheapoair.ca3.57%4
5Hotwirewww.hotwire.com3.42%3
6itravel2000www.itravel2000.com3.41%10
7Red Tag Vacationswww.redtag.ca3.13%6
8Tripcentral.cawww.tripcentral.ca2.99%8
9Priceline.comwww.priceline.com2.90%5
10Travelzoo Canadawww.travelzoo.com/ca2.53%-

Destinations and Accommodation

RankWebsiteDomainPercentage of VisitsPrevious Position
1TripAdvisor Canadawww.tripadvisor.ca8.36%2
2Booking.comwww.booking.com7.23%1
3Hotels.comwww.hotels.com3.87%3
4TripAdvisorwww.tripadvisor.com3.43%4
5Gosur.comwww.gosur.com2.28%-
6InterContinental Hotels Groupwww.ichotelsgroup.com1.91%6
7TripAdvisor Francewww.tripadvisor.fr1.74%5
8Vacation Rentals by Ownerwww.vrbo.com1.61%10
9City of Torontowww.toronto.ca1.61%9
10Princess Cruiseswww.princess.com1.35%8

Airlines

RankWebsiteDomainPercentage of VisitsPrevious Position
1WestJetwww.westjet.com28.08%2
2Air Canadawww.aircanada.ca26.65%1
3Air Transatwww.airtransat.com5.04%3
4Allegiant Airwww.allegiantair.com3.35%4
5acaeronet.aircanada.caacaeronet.aircanada.ca2.69%6
6Porterwww.flyporter.com2.59%8
7United Airlineswww.united.com2.39%5
8Air Canada Employee Travel Sitetravel.aircanada.com2.27%10
9Delta Air Lineswww.delta.com2.27%7
10American Airlineswww.aa.com1.88%-

NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise

NB2: Image via Shutterstock.

Related posts:

  1. WestJet loses ground on Air Canada – Top Canada travel sites, February 4 2012
  2. WestJet within a whisker of Air Canada again – Top Canada travel sites, February 18 2012
  3. Air Canada takes top spot from WestJet – Top Canada travel sites, January 21 2012
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Comments

  1. chris says:
    October 16, 2012 at 9:53 pm

    i liked the way cheapoair grew in canada . Almost in the same way it improved in us a decade back, now cheapoair guys i wanna see u in 2nd in canada. Cheer up

    Reply
  2. mark says:
    November 9, 2012 at 3:20 pm

    hmmm… Lets see chris…

    Reply

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