Originally Posted by
aerobod
I’m thinking a similar thing - using Calgary as a hub for inland US North West cities to feed Canadian and European destinations (no US ones due to cabotage rules, though). Spokane and the surrounding areas have a population of about 300,000, Great Falls and surrounding areas 100,000 and about 50,000 for the Kalispell area.
I thought Air Canada (Jazz? or maybe its predecessor) operated Calgary-Spokane before.