<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Andrew Webber:
There's also one-stop service YOW-YVR, so perhaps YOW passengers respond significantly better to direct flights on these routes.
andrew</font>
The problem with YOW-YUL extension on an International is two-fold.
1. To make the flight attractive it cannot have local traffic YOW-YUL [transit time, customs, immigration, and duty free problems]. So there is no extra revenue to pay the costs. There is no add-on fare for YOW over YUL.
2. The aircraft could be used better to route to domestic Rapidair on Prime flights and then also rotate the aircraft via YYZ. This circulates the fin through YYZ and allows more maintenance downtime.
ok maybe 3. Most times, the roundtrip YUL-YOW-YUL requires one whole new crew just for two 40 minute legs.