Region of Waterloo International Airport - YKF

[Coke6pk]

This would be true if SFO was a destination only. However it is also a hub. By my estimation there are somewhere between 15 to 40 daily trips from RoW with SFO as a destination, to which we need to add people connecting on to Hong Kong, Singapore, India, Hawaii, Philippines, and Australia. This can easily fill to capacity a CRJ200/LR every day of the week or a CRJ705 at 80-90%.

Neither aircraft you suggest has enough range.  YKF-SFO is 1932nm, and you need to allow margin due to winds (which are not always favourable).  CRJ200LR is closest, but at 2004nm of range you end up with only 72nm of margin, and that's simply not enough.

That aside, you would also be taking away traffic from the YKF-ORD route, which might (or might not) be a problem as well.

JFK or MIA would make much more sense, giving connections to the east coast and Europe/Latin America.  And no problems with range.

I have been told that a NYC based destination is unlikely, due to difficulty with US CBP clearance.  Apparently, Envoy Air (Operating American Eagle flights) doesn't have access to the International Terminal, only American Airlines itself.  Toronto having pre-clearance can do NYC airports.  I've also been told that if American was going to do an East Coast flight, it would most likely be to the hub in Philly.

Trust me, I am one person who desperately wants to see AA increase their destinations from YKF!

Coke