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Originally Posted by LeftCoaster
Apparently this route is seasonal winter only. What a terrible choice by AC. DXB is not a seasonal tourist route, it's the largest international connection airport on earth...
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I feel like AC probably thought about having it year-round, to have it rotate with SIN during summer with 3x weekly flights. But then they probably decided to put the additional frequency toward additional HKG flights since the route was performing much better (based on the round-trip price). It was only then AC explicitly indicate the DXB route is seasonal.
There is another free slot out of YVR for S24 - the other 3x weekly on the days when PVG not operating. But that time slot is too short and wouldn't work well with DXB. AC recently decide to put the slot toward KIX from May to mid-June. From mid-June onward is still undecided. It can either be additional frequency for KIX/DUB, or increase PVG to daily if they are allowed to, a new 3x weekly route, or do a big shuffle and move the slot over to YYZ/YUL (like last year with adding YUL-AMS). Either way, AC will have to decide on that by probably next Feb at the latest.
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