9252fly From Canada, joined Sep 2005, 1350 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (3 years 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 7663 times:
Good question. I'm getting a bit misty-eyed thinking about the past and what CP once was(forgetting the dismal financial situation). Never understood the decision for having the headquarters there in the first place,they must have decided it based on a coin toss. I will always remember the end of CP came after the CEO went to NYC to meet the other members of Oneworld,essentially pleading for support to ward off the AC counter-offer,only to walk away empty handed.
Viscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 21675 posts, RR: 23 Reply 2, posted (3 years 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 7454 times:
Quoting 9252fly (Reply 1): Never understood the decision for having the headquarters there in the first place,they must have decided it based on a coin toss.
Oneworld's first managing partner was Peter Buecking, a Canadian from YVR. He worked for CP Air in various marketing positions before moving to CX in 1982 where he moved up quickly and eventually became Director of Sales and Marketing at their HKG head office. He moved to Oneworld in 2000 and established their headquarters in YVR.
Excerpt from the press release re the YVR location. CP had already been taken over by AC then and was no longer a Oneworld member.
Vancouver was chosen as the base for the team as a convenient crossroads for oneworld members and to underline the alliance’s commitment to continue to offer the Canadian market choice and high quality services.
commavia From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 10223 posts, RR: 62 Reply 3, posted (3 years 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 7016 times:
Two reasons:
1. Vancouver's time zone allows business to be done between OMC (oneworld Management Co.) and the respective airlines all around the world during the business day in both places. In other words, staff from OMC and the airline can have conference calls during business hours both in Vancouver and the airline's headquarters city.
2. Vancouver is considered (now, of course, post-CP) as a bit "neutral" as a city and not a particularly one-airline-dominated airport as far as the oneworld airlines go.
ktachiya From Japan, joined Sep 2004, 1732 posts, RR: 2 Reply 4, posted (3 years 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 5516 times:
Also, Canada is a country that is neutral in many aspects.
Perhaps placing it in Canada is because the ICAO headquarters are also placed in that city? And the other thing that comes to mind is that Vancouver is a convention city. I realized this after entering the aviation business but many conferences such as slot allocation conferences are often held in Vancouver. In addition, conferences where many airports and airlines meet (Routes Conference) is also hosted in Vancouver.
But now that you brought this up, it seems like a good explanation of why JAL decided to keep its YVR route in favour of AMS.
Also, I guess one world does have some presence in YVR. Cathay Pacific comes twice daily, JAL once daily, American from Dallas and QF tried a tag onto its SFO route to fly into YVR although they dropped it.
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