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Originally Posted by trofirhen

Yup, a natural he is. The remark about his brother getting "kicked in the nuts" revealed his rather candid nature!
He stated YVR as an "open source" hub, which implies different airlines, and probably alliances flying into YVR.
Will this much extra distance through YVR impact on fuel economy predictions by airlines, disssaude them, or, conversely, encourage them to
reap the benefits of the massive Asia "connection business" that awaits at YVR?

This contrasts sharply with Air Canada growth plans regarding South America. Everything is hubbed through YYZ, going South. YVR will need bilaterals that permit
TAM, Avianca, LAN Peru, etc to fly and connect here. Again, an "open source hub." But a lucrative one, even if the distances YVR to GRU are normally
150 miles or so longer than through YYZ. (But hey, from Tokyo, it's only 46 miles more, yes!) and I'm talking São Paulo!

One last mention: I heard - briefly -some time back of Craig Richmond having talked about Turkish Airlines (so presumably IST).

This would be a great stop to have as long as it doesn't drag down the Big Four we now have. It's more conducive to our need than DBX, and connects up
with many Balkan and Central Asian states - sources of recent immigration to Canada.
There is also a substantial Turkish comminity, although I imagine such a route as this would have seasonal flight reductions in winter, and more frequency in summer; only normal.

To synthesize all this, I am mentally listing the most important new routes that we don't have now that should be regularly served destinations in ten years, perhaps less in some cases. My choices:

Lima
Santiago
São Paulo
Panama City

Orlando
Atlanta
Miami
Washington DC
Charlotte
Boston
San Diego

Istanbul (?)

Melbourne
Singapore
Kuala Lumpur
Bangkok
Sapporo
Chonquing
Nanjing

Delhi

Half the above seem spoken for anyway. My only fear is that Vancouver is not a big enough O/D market. This is a transit-based hub; I sure hope it works out the way Mr. Richmond dreams it will. take another look at of Bd of Trade video posted by Johnny A. Put video at about 36:00 mn and go from there. pretty ambitous stuff in the following 4 minutes...

I think your list of destinations is a little ambitious for ten years. Also YVR now has at least seasonal service to DC, Orlando and Atlanta.