Lately I've been in and out of YYC from YVR 3-5 times per month and almost every single AC flight is fully booked. They're flying high utilization and have some very conspicuous gaps in scheduling that are increasingly aggravating my business travel.
Originally Posted by
YXUFlyboy
There is absolutely no way YVR has demand for all the routes it serves; AC is deliberately routing Pacific traffic through it.
...I mean, I guess. But that's like saying LAX doesn't have the demand for all of the flights it passes. Both are major TPAC hub cities for flights to/from Asia. YVR is the major gateway city on Canada's pacific coast so it really shouldn't strike you as odd that AC 'deliberately' routes pacific traffic through it.
One could also say that Port Metro Vancouver doesn't have local demand sufficient to make it the 3rd busiest port in North America... and yet, it is!