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Originally Posted by JonToms
It really makes me question how they do their route planning. I can’t imagine the demand has changed this dramatically over the last few years. Last year they even ended up adding a second daily flight for September and October.
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It's quite simple on their end, actually: they are doubling down on their major hubs to squeeze every drop of operational/cost efficiencies they can.
If I still had access, I wouldn't be surprised to look at Cirium data and see a steady hold or even an increase in YHZ-YVR as an O&D pair over the last few years. It's just that the airlines (our flag carrier in particular) are successful at routing the majority of passenger traffic through YYZ and YUL. Keep in mind YYZ and YUL have a combined $15 billion being invested over the next decade to add new terminals/gates and modernize facilities.
I'll say for me personally, I don't mind breaking up the trip to YVR with a connection (especially if I am originally ticketed in Y). Having lounge access, standby priority and concierge assistance helps though and if I didn't have status my opinion might be a bit different.
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Originally Posted by connect2source
Wow such a downgrade from the heyday of the seasonal YHZ-YVR days when there were two daily AC nonstops one being a 787-9. Had the pleasure of flying the 787-9 RT in premium economy on this route. Hard to believe demand has fallen so much since then.
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AC is a bit short on widebodies - so there's a chance that it's not entirely a cratering of demand but partly fleet constraints. If only Boeing and Airbus could get their shit together with their backlogs and production/delivery rates...
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