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Originally Posted by nname
I'm still not sure if splitting the frequency between YYZ and YUL is a good idea. Like starting TFS as 1/2x weekly rather than a single 3x weekly route. It's probably OK since TFS is targeting leisure, but if it's a business route, then it'll probably hurt? But then AC would probably know more than me...
It's almost like how VN have to split new long-hual services to serve both HAN and SGN...
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There is very little "business" demand to Tenerife. TFS is a leisure destination by a wide margin.
It's also a
winter seasonal route, meaning brutal headwinds on the westbound back to Canada. It might be a challenge for the Max 8 on certain days. So that is the most likely reason why the XLR is planned. Not because of business demand.
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Originally Posted by LeftCoaster
I don't care for Rousseau and think he brought this entire thing on himself, but you've gotta be kidding me here. YUL has grown incredibly under his leadership, far beyond any other hub.
It's ironic that he quit over Quebec because he was kinder to YUL than any other airport in the AC system.
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No. I'm not kidding.
Like I said, Rousseau's background was in finance. He's not the one who decided to expand flights out of YUL. Had he not moved to AC in 2007, AC would have started expanding flights out of YUL just the same. In fact, I believe the expansion had already started before he arrived. YUL-FCO was added around 2005, if my memory serves. That was the beginning. Before then, all AC had out of YUL to Europe was LHR, CDG and FRA.
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