[QUOTE]Originally posted by exAC:
[B]AltaFlyer:

What irks me is not that you think that AC has done things the wrong way [Lord knows that I do not believe them to be altruistic, all-knowing, or right], but why expect that AC and only AC is to blame for everything. Why not chastise BA for not serving YEG-LHR, or AA for not initiating YEG-ORD, or DL for withdrawing from YEG-LAX, or UA for not picking up YEG-DEN, or WS for not starting YEG-YUL, or HA for not flying YEG-HNL, or why doesn’t NW have four flights a day to MSP like they did before they started YYC service, or, or………

It is more problematic for airlines that do not have feed traffic capability into YEG to offer the service you refer to. I praise AC for starting non-stop service to Hawaii from YEG for next winter. I will praise AC if they keep the LHR non-stop this summer.

I think that NW has close to the same capacity now as before as the planes they fly are larger. I don't think DL ever served LAX from YEG non-stop, they had non-stop and one-stop service to SLC (at least from what I recall). WS does not serve YUL from anywhere nor do I believe there are any imminent plans to do so. I suspect WS may consider YOW at some point. UAL is not really in an expansion mode at the moment and has labour troubles - having said that I think they could make the DEN service work in the future and there was a rumour some time ago AA was thinking about YEG again.

AC is not the cause of all of Edmonton's ills but I wish they would offer us more choice. One transborder flight headed to the West coast seems inadequate for our flag carrier.