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Originally Posted by trofirhen
Formerly, this would have been absolutely true. Now, however, under the Canada - EU Open Skies agreement signed in Prague in May, any airline in the EU which perceives a potential market in any Canadian city is allowed to fly there without restrictions. This changes the rules of the game totally between Canada and the EU. Regarding Dubai and other destinations, the feds still have authority over that, and are (in classical fashion) hogging all the flights for Toronto. As for Osaka, it WAS on the list, and additionally, was formerly served from Vancouver up until several years ago. I did not "add it in," as one reader suggested.
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Unfortunately, with the exception of Paris and Delhi, I would question the commercial viability for airlines to serve most of the cities on this wish-list from YVR. Air Canada used to fly to Osaka and Nagoya and subsequently dropped these routes. Lufthansa tried Munich during the peak summer season a few years ago and never brought the route back.
Vancouver just isn't big enough -- either in terms of population or business activity -- to support an O&D market to many cities. So either it acts as a transit point to funnel traffic to onward destinations (but Air Toronto -- er, I mean Air Canada -- doesn't seem to be growing YVR as a hub) or other airlines will collect passengers from YVR and other airports to their own hubs. The reality is that all of the cities listed here are one stop away via another city.