How is it possible that a US based airline can fly a passenger route between two Canadian cities (YYZ and YUL)?
They cannot fly Canadian passengers, though they can fly US passengers even flying between two Canadian cities. But those can only be US passengers or international passengers who have already transited through USA with that particular airline.
Is it a via flight? He could be doing like JFK-YUL-YYZ which as far as I’m aware is ok. He could also be flying it and not making any money off it because no passengers would be allowed to book it because you can theoretically create a route as a US airline between YUL and YYZ but it wont get any demand because of restrictions.
Is it a via flight? He could be doing like JFK-YUL-YYZ which as far as I'm aware is ok. He could also be flying it and not making any money off it because no passengers would be allowed to book it because you can theoretically create a route as a US airline between YUL and YYZ but it wont get any demand because of restrictions.
Yeah, this US airline is flying LGA-YYZ-YUL.
I think that’s probably why then
There is nothing, as in real life, to prevent an operator flying any aircraft, to and from anywhere in the world (except for performance issues). If they do not have traffic rights then they will not get passengers, except as a connection from their country of origin. So chances are they will be loosing a lot of money on this unless they have planned it very very very well
The additional leg is called a "tag on" flight, and does happen in the real world as well. It allows an airline to generate their own feed within a foreign country, although doing so in the game is usually unprofitable.
Some notable examples include Qantas flying Australia-LAX-JFK, Delta flying America-NRT-KIX, or KLM formerly flying AMS-YYC-YVR/YEG.
In general, flights with an additional segment to a third country (i.e. Cathay Pacific flying HKG-YVR-JFK) are referred to as a "fifth freedom" flight instead of a tag, because they generally do have traffic rights for the additional segment, and are much more common than a domestic tag.
however in AS this is unlikely to work particularly well.
If you can fill the second leg of LGA-YYZ-YUL you would be better off just running LGA-YUL as well as LGA-YYZ.
however in AS this is unlikely to work particularly well.
If you can fill the second leg of LGA-YYZ-YUL you would be better off just running LGA-YUL as well as LGA-YYZ.
Maybe slot issue? 321 on ORD to YYZ and E90 o YYZ to YUL?
OP, can you name the server please?
I just realised the route mentioned goes to YYZ first, then YUL. Which makes even less sense:
Scissors route, maybe?
This US airline fly to one Canadian airport, and everyone coming in with this US airline can fly another leg inside Canada. But of course, it can only be the US airline's passenger. Not Canadian passenger.
But of course, it's rare that it would be profitable. And you have to have a strong connection.
Is that just not what PanAm used to do in europe? When they actually used their own 737s to fly from London to other european cities, with pax feeded by themselves with incoming flights using 747s and MD11s, from the US?
Scissors route, maybe?
This US airline fly to one Canadian airport, and everyone coming in with this US airline can fly another leg inside Canada. But of course, it can only be the US airline's passenger. Not Canadian passenger.
But of course, it's rare that it would be profitable. And you have to have a strong connection.
I just noticed that on Market Analysis page, a US airline has a (small) proportion of the domestic market between two Canadian cities (YYZ-YUL).
Does this number reflect the passengers that were picked from YYZ and flew to YUL?
Or would this number reflect the passengers that arrived from the US and was merely transiting through YYZ.
Is that just not what PanAm used to do in europe? When they actually used their own 737s to fly from London to other european cities, with pax feeded by themselves with incoming flights using 747s and MD11s, from the US?
Cathay Pacific used to fly HKG-YVR-JFK and you could book just between YVR and JFK.