Originally Posted by
hoipolloi
Air Canada playing the bully in order to get favorable terms in the refunds versus bailouts negotiation
Do you say this based on knowledge that they were running profitable or near-profitable flights on those routes, that they've cancelled as a negotiating tactic?
AC's done some questionable stuff this year, no two ways about that, but I'm curious how you're able to ascribe sinister motive to what appears on its face to be a simple question of "empty planes hemorrhage money, we can't afford to fly these routes right now".
We know the most-profitable trunk routes have massively-reduced demand right now, so what's different about a destination like Sydney, whose peak-season demand is a CR9 and two Dashes?