Originally Posted by
FlY2XS
Are you sure that no other airline does the same, so the stats aren't comparable? If you can provide evidence that only AC does this, I would at least listen.
I'm not defending AC. I don't know why they do what they do. But I do know it's not uncommon to see a flight cancellation replaced by another flight with a four digit flight number departing at the same time.
Don't typically see that on other carriers. When they change the operating aircraft, they tend to leave the flight number the same.
Happened today on YYZ-YVR:
