AC considering regional service cuts

  • The G&M reports today that AC is condirering cutting service to unprofitable regional routes.

    http://makeashorterlink.com/?U45C1289


  • But the remote routes listed in the article will support a 12 or 19-seat aircraft.Gee, I always thought it was the Bernoulli principle.


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  • Originally posted by Altaflyer:
    The second AC is allowed to pull out of smaller communities then it should be the next second that AA, UA and anyone else that wants to fly point to point in Canada should be allowed to do so.

    Yup I can just see AA/UA/CO starting up service to Sandspit, Wabush, and Isle-de-Madelaine.


  • Smaller operators will likely take over, such as Pacific Coastal Airlines and Air Labrador. The reason these routes are being cut is they cannot support Dash-8 service, regardless of whether Air Canada or American Airlines operates it. But the remote routes listed in the article will support a 12 or 19-seat aircraft.


  • Why is there always the assumption that "foreign carriers operating in Canada" means American, United, Continental, Northwest, etc.?

    None of those carriers flew into Lansing Michigan back in 1996 (except one or two flights a day on NW where the flight into DTW continued to LAN) and I assume they still don't. Lansing was served by carriers called American Eagle, United Express, Continental Express, Northwest Airlink.

    No one seriously thinks Northwest Airlines would fly "to Sandspit, Wabush, and Isle-de-Madelaine", but maybe Mesaba (the carrier that flies turboprops into Lansing and Ottawa as Northwest Airlink) would. And if not, NW might offer an opportunity for a small all-Canadian carrier flying 19-seaters to fly as Northwest Airlink into Vancouver and connect to a mainline NW flight to Toronto. There isn't much market for an small independent Canadian carrier to fly Victoria-Vancouver if you then have to switch to AC for the Toronto flight. NW would need/want the Airlink carriers (be they Canadian or American) to serve its trunk routes, that's how it works in the US. And it's how it works in Canada now, with the new AC Jazz feeder carrier(s).

    Or take MSP-YWG for example. Some flights are NW mainline (DC-9), some a NW Airlink (RJ or Saab 340). Northwest might not send the DC-9 to Regina, but maybe the Airlink partners would decide it worth continuing their small plane YWG-YQR (offering both one-stop YQR-MSP and non-stop YQR-YWG).

    There is no reason to think that just because a major foreign carrier wouldn't fly between two Canadian cities, that no foreign carrier would be interested.

    andrew


    [This message has been edited by Andrew Webber (edited 03-28-2002).]


  • [QUOTE]Originally posted by airbus320:
    [B]The G&M reports today that AC is condirering cutting service to unprofitable regional routes.

    This is a balancing act. The second AC is allowed to pull out of smaller communities then it should be the next second that AA, UA and anyone else that wants to fly point to point in Canada should be allowed to do so. I think AC deserves protection if they have to serve smaller centres - if they do not then its a free for all.







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