Calgary International Airport II

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There are pros and cons with WS trying to fortify YYC. Calgary simply isn't big enough to handle a base airline plus other international airlines like YVR, YYZ and YUL. But with WS you at least have non-stop service or multiple options per day to places you would never have if YYC wasn't a hub for WS. Maybe you have double daily service (KL and WS) to AMS and then WS replaces KL from YVR and YEG I dunno.

One of the benefits I find with flying AC is that if my flight is delayed or cancelled they have multiple options and hubs for that matter to get me home. If you miss your AMS-YYC flight due to a late flight on KL you are covered by maybe flying to YEG or YVR and then connecting to YYC. I would imagine this would also keep any "business paying" customer happy as well. If something happens to the FCO-YYC or BCN-YYC flight then what? I suppose AF/KL will help you but it just seems more seamless with a true hub in AMS. I would liken this to AC's numerous flights out of FRA, LHR and MUC.

ace.yyc do you have any info on loads/peerformance/cargo loads on the FCO and BCN flights relative to say CDG and LGW/LHR?