Daydreaming of direct Alaska flights at YVR
May 26, 2015, 3:11 pm
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Air North used to fly YXY-JNU for a long time but pulled it about 10 years ago, I think at the same time they axed YDA-FAI (although they are back in FAI flying tourist-only charters on 732's).
I posted something like this on a similar thread a few months ago, but I think AS could make ANC-YXY work, and here's how: time it to connect with some combination of ANC-Hawaii/Vegas/LAX/PHX nonstops, and market the heck out of it in Whitehorse. I also think you'd see some local AK/YT market stimulation with such service. Probably not enough to be daily, but enough to justify a few times per week.
Era flew ANC-YXY for a while in the 90's and apparently it was full of Yukoners looking to do some shopping in Anchorage.
I posted something like this on a similar thread a few months ago, but I think AS could make ANC-YXY work, and here's how: time it to connect with some combination of ANC-Hawaii/Vegas/LAX/PHX nonstops, and market the heck out of it in Whitehorse. I also think you'd see some local AK/YT market stimulation with such service. Probably not enough to be daily, but enough to justify a few times per week.
Era flew ANC-YXY for a while in the 90's and apparently it was full of Yukoners looking to do some shopping in Anchorage.
May 27, 2015, 12:14 pm
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And way back in the day, Wien Air Alaska was flying a B737-200 a couple of days a week on an Anchorage-Fairbanks-Whitehorse-Juneau routing.
May 27, 2015, 2:13 pm
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As for it being a long route for a CRJ, Air Canada Express fly IAH-YYC on a 705, 4+ hrs
May 27, 2015, 2:25 pm
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