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Originally Posted by Myst
Time will tell on YHU.
I suspect they’re really aiming for the south shore market. I’m sure some will use it. Some will fly to YYZ to connect. Some will use it to visit family on the south shore or eastwards. The question is whether the domestic tourist market will even consider it. And whether it can work with the TS alliance and with the soup maybe being thinned out too much with “focus” at YHU+YUL+YOW. And how many passengers it takes to make viable.
Despite current restrictions, I expect they’ll find a way to add some US (read: Florida) eventually.
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Like I've previously mentioned how I think PD are developing YOW to be like AS' PDX akin to YYZ being SEA, I think PD will have distinct roles for YUL and YHU sort of akin to AA at JFK vs LGA.
YUL: a) Feed TS from the west, including YYZ, b) serve the majority of Montreal-YTZ flights, c) keep the longstanding YUL-YHZ high O&D route that affords some connections west and d) for anything transborder/international they do out of Montreal to sun destinations. I also think eventually there will be a couple of YUL-YOW DH4s per day to feed YOW's morning and evening banks and to feed TS at YUL.
YHU: anything domestic, including some overlap with YUL to YHZ, YYZ & YTZ. Flights timed for connections, including schedule coordination with Pascan. Possible destinations beyond the three already mentioned: YYT, YYG (seasonally), YQM, YFC, YXU, YOW (like YUL a couple of DH4s per day for feed on both ends), YWG, YEG, YYC, YVR on PD metal, plus maybe the likes of YXU, YSJ on Pascan.
Does anyone know whether PD will be able to sell transborder/international connections to/from YHU via YOW/YYZ or is that also banned too as part of the ADM's monopoly on those flights?