Thenoflyzone wrote:Dominion301 wrote:Very exciting news. Opens up new long-thin route possibilities like YOW-LAX/SFO and YHZ-LAS. The former airport has long coveted those two routes. However, until now the right aircraft/airline mix has never existed for them. Now they do.
YOW-LAX/SFO is tight for the E195-E2 on the westbound leg. YHZ-LAS is a no go westbound. Too close to max range. This is where the 1000nm extra range of the A220-300 would have come in handy.
I think Porter, as far as YOW is concerned, will initially match AC on transcon routes to western Canada and routes to the US northeast and Florida. The rest is a long shot, to be honest.
It is. However, keep in mind they said they'll have conversion rights to the E190-E2, which has quite a bit of additional range. YYZ-California's a given of course. As far as initial routes go, I think you're right, it'll be the usual and likely out of YYZ, YOW and YUL so that the likes of YWG, YYC, YEG and YVR see a decent number of departures per day each. YYZ-YHZ will probably also be an early route and YOW/YUL-YHZ might see some DH4-E95 upgauging in the summer months. That could free up a couple of DH4s for some feed from other DH4 stations, such as a YQB-YOW rotation to feed western flights. One thing is certain, YOW, YUL and YHZ, which are already PD's 2nd, 3rd and 4th largest bases, will continue to be, with YYZ in their top 5 in the years ahead.
You're also right about they'll no doubt shift a lot of domestic capacity to YYZ/YOW/YUL/YHZ-Florida & sun routes in winter.
Another question is, I wonder if they'll fly some YOW/YUL-YYZ in addition to YTZ? Come 2030, YOW-YYZ and YUL-YYZ traffic (especially the former) won't be nearly as affected by Via's HFR come 2030 as YTZ will be. Nothing will still beat flying to get to the western GTA.