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Originally Posted by nname
Well the difference between GRU and existing WS flights is:
LAX-YYC-FCO or LAX-YYC-NRT makes sense
LAX-YYC-GRU ....??? That's almost like connecting at YYZ for YVR-China flight
The only draw it will have is from Western Canada like YEG and especially YVR.. and maybe the north-western part of US like SEA. It may work for Asia but the flight doesn't seems to timed too well for both directions.
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There won't be a a lot of draw from the US for YYC to GRU, but there will be some draw for closer cities like MSP or SEA. Most US passengers will go to another American hub to go to GRU, but depending on schedules and prices some may end up going through YYC even if it's not the most efficient route. Every overseas WS flight from YYC that I've taken always has a few Americans. For GRU, hard to say, we'll see.
True. Most of the draw will come from Western Canada as a whole. The population of the 4 western provinces isn't much less than Ontario which serves GRU via YYZ, and is more than Quebec + Maritimes, which serves GRU from YUL so the population is there. It's tight but I think it's enough.
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Originally Posted by nname
AC could easily come and spoil the party by adding YVR-GRU and provide much better feed, if they want to.
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They won't though. It's only a better feed for people coming from southeast Asia, but those people don't need to go through YVR for that, they have dozens other hops. AC would need a larger source of Canadian passengers.
Is it a good fit for WS out of YYC? maybe not, but it's a better fit WS from YYC than AC from YVR.
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