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Originally Posted by Johnny Aussie
Yes, I never doubted this is the root cause. However, just like UA and its cuts... KLM has plenty of cost/profit software at its disposal that spits out what can be cut with the lowest impact on their bottom line. They wouldn't be cutting high yielding flights. I reckon Toronto cuts are assisted by the fact there is more than one flight per day on most days.
How long this goes on is anybody's guess. KLM has stated publicly it is on hold indefinitely but first flight showing as 19 May (as is indicated on airlineroute.net). I would expect the route will be cut in periods of two weeks ongoing until this is resolved.
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Just some Friday afternoon musings.....
What does the YEG-AMS suspension mean for YYC-AMS Not too comforting is that YEG-AMS traffic can be accomodated within the existing YYC-AMS? To me this speaks to the potential that YEG-AMS pulled a lot of traffic from YYC-AMS. Will both flights become unprofitable this summer?
Rather than pulling down YEG-AMS indefinitely, I think KLM will come up with another solution. If anything KLM knows they have to either start the route or cancel it entirely and pull out of the opportunity for the next few years (because their image will have suffered immensely).
One possible solution is to pull flights from YYC-AMS on a selective basis. Under this scenario, YEG-AMS starts with 2 flights per week and YYC-AMS gets pulled down to 3-4 flights per week. Another solution is to put together an AMS-YYC-YEG triangle solution.
Above all I am starting to think the YEG-AMS situation does not speak well of the YYC-AMS flight.
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