Originally Posted by
jsloan
UA does not have antitrust immunity with AC on trans-border flights. It would be illegal for UA to decide not to start YOW-IAH or YOW-DEN because of anything AC said / wanted.
United pulls out of certain routes because AC still flies them. EWR for example. YOW has over 5 million travelers so its not a super small station. Star Alliance funnels everything via YYZ. At one point lets say 5-6 years ago there was about 7 flights to ORD a day. Now there is none cause United knows AC will pick up the slack and just send people via YYZ.
It sucks that YOW is so Star Alliance dependent. Would be nice if Westjet joined SkyTeam and finished the JV with Delta. I think if the MAX issues ever get solved YOW could get some more service to Europe
Signed from a guy in YOW looking for more options