(10-04-2016, 09:47 PM)tomh009 Wrote:(10-04-2016, 08:55 PM)BuildingScout Wrote: The problem is that people aren't flying to Ottawa and Montreal in the numbers they used to, in any airline. I think the destinations that are likelier to succeed are: San Francisco/San Jose, twice daily flight on a small plane (range would be an issue here), New York, Vancouver (connecting to points East, i.e. Japan, Korea, Beijing, Manila and Hong Kong) and Dublin (connecting to RyanAir).
It didn't work with AA, but they only had a connection to ORD, and only a few times a day. Not enough to establish critical mass.
What didn't work for AA? The flights were consistently overbooked! There is definatly a demand for the service, and subsequent connections. I flew from YKF to Venice Italy via ORD and it was a great experience... even though I flew the "wrong way".
I was told yesterday that the fact YKF doesn't have US pre-clearance, there was the additional cost of going to Terminal 5 and that's why they pulled out. (This would explain that despite the "Canadian Dollar" excuse used, they kept the flights in YYZ)
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