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Originally Posted by hehehe
Fair enough, but I don't know if I'd call MSP and ATL insignificant though. Neither is YEG getting BNA/SEA etc as well.
As for other airlines not clamouring to YEG/YXE/YQR, there's probably a reason for that, the same reason why WS isn't adding a bunch of international routes to YEG. KLM is for sure making it work, as is DE, but one could ask why FI isn't back yet, or why say BA hasn't come to YEG. WS has too few 787s to really make anything viable out of YEG anyways.
Regardless YYC is very lucky to be getting the WS service it currently has. It's harder to operate two hubs in such short distance from each other, but WS is still expanding out of YEG fairly quickly.
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A couple of points here.
WS started BNA only after Flair introduced the route. SEA has always been served by Alaska Airlines. The most likely reason SEA was added is that along with MSP and ATL, SEA is a hub for WestJet's unofficial partner Delta Airlines.
As many have mentioned before, BA is a premium heavy airline and will never come to YEG. They couldn't make it work at YYC so they will never come to YEG.
As for your last line, this is why YOW also doesn't get as many AC flights. It's geography and the hub system. For me personally, I prefer to have KL to AMS over AC to LHR as AMS is a better option for seamless connections. On top of that you are in mainline Europe and can travel by car or train to your final destination. But yes I understand that for O&D purposes, it seems like flying to London is the top choice.
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Originally Posted by Dominion301
While I can't produce data, it's evident YEG-LHR O&D is substantially lower than YOW-LHR. Gov't traffic alone would make a big difference.
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I can't comment on the O&D comment but I always wondered about this gov't traffic spin. How many Federal government workers really do fly all around the world? It's difficult for private companies to do this these days with virtual meetings and working from home situations. The federal employees themselves don't want to come in 3 days per week yet they are flying all around the world? If so many gov't workers are flying overseas, they would be flying business class and AC would easily dump an 330 on a route from YOW since AC does go after the business class crowd. You could argue then that BA would also be keen on serving YOW. I am definitely not in the know about the gov't worker issue so correct me if i'm wrong.