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Originally Posted by yyc_engineer
It becomes more difficult in the case of Calgary where AC has fewer "feeder" flights (if you want to call them that) on their own metal into the US. While they are JV partners, UA will never let AC undercut them on their own metal (eg. UA DEN->YYC connecting to AC YYC->LHR vs. UA DEN->EWR/ORD/IAD->LHR) so AC pretty much has to rely on their own metal to "feed" their rock bottom cheap flights to Europe & Asia (Tokyo).
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Originally Posted by yyc_engineer
Like I said this only applies to cities that do not have direct air service to Europe or Asia. All the major cities already have direct air service (LAX, SFO, SEA, ORD, IAH, DFW).
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I just don't see the market for pure INT->INT through cowtown. Maybe if we get a MEX flight, that has some potential (eg. MEX->YYC->PEK on WS/HU). Once again, that will require cooperation across airlines and coordination of flight schedules.
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The US->International through Canada market is small but growing rapidly market for AC.
Although there are non-stop options available from major USA cities, there is still a market that prefers a one stop option. When the USA routes are 750,000 pax per annum each; even a 0.5% share is a lot of pax.
UA does not care if the pax travel DEN-LHR or DEN-ORD-LHR or DEN-YYC-LHR; all those tickets get pooled into the Anti-trust JV between LH Group, UA, and AC known as ATI++. Costs get apportioned into the JV on a metal neutral basis. That is why on these North America to Europe routes AC is growing like crazy.
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Originally Posted by MrBigStuff
Then all is said and done - will the long walk from the Int'l arrival gates to the customs clearance area be gone??? Not nice for the mobility challenged.
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In the new terminal, the long walk to/from the gates to central terminal will substantially increase. So much of an increase I anticipate my minimum terminal time to increase from 45 minutes to 1 hour on the departure and 20 minutes to 35-40 minutes on the return. Minimum terminal time is an internal calculation of the absolute minimum time I spend inside the terminal under the assumption I have BP and I am flying carryon only and I am flying solo. I am supported by Nexus card on both arrival and departure.
Based on some of the pictures I have seen, I don't expect the arrivals corridor to have any facilities prior to the entrance of the customs hall. But I am setting my expectations low in hopes of being pleasantly surprised.
What would be nice for those with limited mobility (or those that are just too tired to for the long walk) is a small seating area with a call button feature to request golf cart service. Place the seating area at 2-3 central spots and have a golf cart available at all times. Also place a sign above the seating area so the service is advertised.
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