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Originally Posted by someone123
I'd just say that a Toronto-SJ-Halifax route is basically a Toronto-SJ and a SJ-Halifax flight. The stopover time would be about as long as each leg of the flight as mentioned and there are lots of nonstop alternatives, so it would not be a viable option for Toronto-Halifax. Hence it comes down to the demand out of SJ, which is comparatively low because it's a smaller city and not a hub for a large area (due to Fredericton, Moncton, and the US border).
It's not about insults or trying to build up or tear down different airports or cities rhetorically, it's just the economics of the routes.
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AC did run YYT-YHZ-YYZ flights (believe 2x daily) until the early 2000's IIRC. As others have commented, they were basically two separate flights as very few passengers were flying YYT-YYZ through YHZ. They would use the YYT-YYZ non stop flights.
In the late 90's, I did the YYZ-YHZ-YYT flight from YYZ to YYT going home for Christmas. AC ran a 767 on that flight during the Christmas season. It was rare to take a widebody between YHZ-YYT; not withstanding AC 860/861 YHZ-YYT-LHR/LHR-YYT-YHZ flights which operated during that time on a 767.
A YYT-YHZ-YYZ route could be viable; no way YYT-YSJ-YYZ would work as there's not much traffic between YYT-YSJ.
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