During Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole’s first week, his campaign plane touched down at the Winnipeg airport, parking right next to the aircraft carrying his chief rival: Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau.

“I can’t verify this, but we’ve been told it broke down already,” O’Toole joked with his campaign team.

In a quest to move from Official Opposition to government, the Conservatives are flying high over what they believe to be a smooth, strong start to their campaign.

Senior campaign officials say they’ve had a good week  — and that the Liberals have not. Some believe the Liberals underestimated O’Toole when they called this snap summer election