South Forty Express is being developed similarly to a regional airline, except the aircraft is replaced with a premium motorcoach. Travellers would check in locally in their home region, go through security once, and their checked baggage would be secured under the coach using existing airport infrastructure and handling processes.

The coach would then travel directly to the major hub airport (Calgary or Edmonton) as a secure passenger vehicle, arriving airside for baggage transfer and onward flight connection — without driving into the city, paying major airport parking, or going through security screening again at the hub.

South Forty Expresss will keep more travel activity, economic benefit, and passenger access rooted in rural communities and regional airports, while offering a simpler, more predictable, airline-style connection experience to the national and international network.

Many regional airports report that a large share of travellers in their catchment area choose to drive to major hub airports rather than fly regionally. This is often because driving feels simpler, more predictable, and more within their personal control.

South Forty Express is being studied as a replacement for those long highway drives — giving that time back to travellers while offering the same perceived advantages of driving yourself, but with airline-style check-in, secure baggage handling, and direct connection into the hub airport.

We’d like to understand how you compare these choices.