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Originally Posted by jmt18325
Winnipeg is a victim of geography. Our mid continent location makes most long haul flights unworkable given our relatively low population and incomes. It’s nothing to get upset about.
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It has to be population/incomes that are the bigger deal as opposed to distance... it's not really much farther to Europe and Asia from here than from other Canadian cities.
Take Frankfurt, for example:
YYZ-FRA 3,953 mi
YVR-FRA 5,025 mi
YEG-FRA 4,559 mi
YWG-FRA 4,278 mi
YHZ-FRA 3,263 mi
Or Shanghai:
YYZ-PVG 7,107 mi
YVR-PVG 5,615 mi
YEG-PVG 5,739 mi
YWG-PVG 6,361 mi
YHZ-PVG 7,188 mi
But yeah, of all the things I would like to see WAA spend its money on, subsidizing flights to Europe and Asia is not on the list.