Originally Posted by
yulred
Thats a funcion of competition. AC has to factor in the fact that many residents of those countries will simply fly elsewhere for less. Europe is well-located. Why would you insist on coming to Canada if you could go virtually anywhere else in the world for less. The end result is that AC has to be price sensitive otherwise people simply won't come to Canada as a whole.
Re-read my post please. I said Europe to Canada is frequently more expensive with AC than Canada-Europe. (Although scanning right now, flights from Europe are cheaper).
I suspect it has more to do with the vagaries of exchange rates than your hypothesis.