Originally Posted by
intuition
if HEL-CAN is served daily with a ≈19.00 arrival, then SYD, MEL, CNS, ADL, AKL and even CHC could have decent connection.
It's interesting to speculate what kind of schedule CZ would have on HEL - CAN
A 19.00 arrival in CAN would be a daytime flight eastward, leaving HEL around 4.00. A horrible time for passengers originating from HEL and there would be no connections feeding the flight without a 5-hour layover in the night, so doesn't sound like it would attract enough passengers on their way to ANZ. Maybe CZ could make it work by departing Helsinki in the midnight wave. There would then be a long connection in CAN for passengers connecting to ANZ.
The current AY schedule would work well for connections in HEL, but in addition to the limitations with the connections to ANZ, the morning departure from CAN would also be difficult (but not impossible) for domestic connections from China.
Originally Posted by
intuition
Also, for AY to go to CAN daily/year-round with AY metal would mean supplying 3x more resources than currently (now half week, half year => full week full year). Are there metal to spare for that? Are there overfly rights and landing permits for that?
Those are not real issues if there is a business case. AY has still multiple A350's on order, Russia will happily grant more overflight rights if they get paid enough and friends of CZ would probably get the slots in CAN.