LOL. I guess a better example would be like Val-D'or to Toronto (although they have flights but still)

The problem with Sarnia is a) at 80K population, is small by S. Ontario standards, b) it's almost as fast to drive to Toronto as it is to flying (< 1 hr difference back when it was possible) and c) it's only an hour's drive to YXU.

The problem for Kingston is it's as fast to drive, bus or train to Toronto or Ottawa than it was to fly to YYZ. Way, way back there was even a daily YGK-YOW-YUL flight on a CP ATR...was used to rotate aircraft between YYZ and Eastern Canada regional ops. Now YGK is getting Pascan to YUL. While Montreal is 3 hours driving from Kingston, the fact that YGK is on the western edge of Kingston means flying is at best a wash. Pascan will be relying entirely on interline partner feed to make this route work. At least with YGK-YYZ, the airport's west and was useful for a tiny bit of O&D heading from Kingston to the western GTA where bus & train don't work. So there it was drive vs fly with flying being maybe 15 minutes faster.

There's also Sherbrooke and Trois-Rivières in Québec which both have a population of over 100k but no air service. I think AC could fly at least once daily with a Q400 from yyz to these two cities and make it viable. The only problem right now is I'm not sure if they have security at these airports.

That's exactly it Samuel. They both have inadequate terminals to handle airline ops on anything bigger than a 19 seater.

De Havilland are going to be restarting water bomber production with the next gen DHC-515 (formerly CL-515): https://www.newswire.ca/news-release...887836666.html

They already have commitments for 23 aircraft.

Lynx' inaugural flight departed today: https://www.newswire.ca/news-release...863735928.html

WS' first 738F has arrived at YYC: https://www.newswire.ca/news-release...840911471.html

Any idea other than to YYZ where it'll fly?

I am more curious when their last one will be.

Before or after the last Flair flight? We could start a pool ...

I'm surprised at this. I assumed because of both cities' population that they would have more flights than my small town YCG airport.
But no.

They're both within a 1.5 hour drive from YUL. No treacherous mountain passes to navigate, or flooded valleys.

Castlegar to YVR is an 8hr drive. If the Fraser valley is flooded, it could take over a month....;) Calgary ain't much shorter either.

So yeah...

Population isn't everything. Just look at YEG.

How far is YXX from YVR?

About 70km, or 1hr drive on a good day with light traffic. Longer if you got stuck near the tunnel.

https://www.insauga.com/mississauga-...ound-on-plane/
Looks like 5 crew members detained too. Not a good look...

Time will tell. Will Lynx or Flair suspend operations first? I suspect Lynx will out live Flair by a month or two.

YXX serves Greater Vancouver. Not the same thing. Or did you really think the 153,000 people living in Abbotsford are exclusively the ones filling those flights at YXX?

This is no different than YYZ/YHM, or YUL/YMX in the 70s, 80s and 90s, or YEG/YCD back when the latter was open, etc.

YRQ and YSC are too far (more than 140km) to serve Greater Montreal adequately, but too close to enable them to attract any meaningful service.

Any airport that is within ~70-80 km of a major city essentially serves that city, even if it technically lies in another jurisdiction. YHM and YXX fit that description perfectly.

I think he knows very well the distance from YXX to Vancouver. He was just trying to counter my argument.

Didnt really work though....;)

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Isn't KF the original owner of Flair.

How about YKA and YLW?