Originally Posted by
Tedgrrrr
How do those work? How would they know which passengers needs to go through customs at YYZ and which don't? I'm very curious as to how this would work.
On arrival, those going on to YYZ were directed to a secured transit area until re-boarding was announced. There was no security check. Frequently, the equipment was downgauged from a 744 to DC10 on the YVR-YYZ segment. One would get 2 boarding passes at HKG or NRT. One for the segment to YVR and the second one for YVR-YYZ. There would also be other international connecting passengers. I had flown about half a dozen times in the 1990's before the demise of CP. It was necessary for CP as CX (ironically an Aeroplan partner airline) began flying non-stop HKG-YYZ with 744 and later A340 equipment. The westbound YYZ-HKG required a technical stop at ANC. (AC was still a student pilot learning how to fly across the Pacific.)