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Originally Posted by q12
Here's an example from 1987:
A quote from the cover of Air Atlantic's Timetable from 1987:
They had 6 flights a day from Moncton to Halifax back in that day on Air Atlantic alone.
1987 Timetable from Moncton. Notice all the YHZ connections.
An Air Atlantic Commerical promoting the Halifax Hub from 1987 when it was competing with Air Nova/Air Canada.
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Thanks for posting all of this. Based on what the man said in the tv ad, it's possible to estimate loads with a few assumptions:
- 52 flights a day on weekdays (assume half as many on weekends)
- Over 100,000 pax carried in 6 months (so let's assume 120,000 total)
- Assume about 1% of flights are cancelled, which would yield 8,000 flights operated in 6 months (probably less as at startup I can't imagine they were at 52 from the get-go)
With this info, Air Atlantic's seat factor on DH7s and DH8s would have been in 38-40% range (load factor would be similar given the short stage lengths). That's probably 1986 for the video as Canadi>n came into existence March 27, 1987, while Air Atlantic launch in 1986.
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