Originally Posted by Transpacificflyer

It is nowhere near a wash. I specifically mentioned the aircraft and the cruising speeds. JL is using a B767 which has a slower cruising speed than the AC B787-9. That is why JL has the longer flight. The critical issue is one of the very late and the extreme delays. These are the delays that cause a passenger to miss a connection. The AC extreme delay on this route is 33% greater than JL's. Why?

Yes, the delays are manageable for a point to point passenger, but Air Canada is not a reliable carrier if one is connecting. And if we go back to my initial illustration of AC 5 where AC sells its flights to BKK with a 50 minute connection allowance, on a route where it manages an on time arrival on only about 1 out of 4 flights and where the average arrival delay is close to 50 minutes, what does that say about the airline? AC also sells a 2 hr connection option which is a crap shoot too since the excess delay is over 2 hours topping out at 2 1/2 hours. AC 5 is an illustration of the carrier's entrenched arrogance: It sells the connecting flights, even though the airline will most likely fail to deliver the passengers on time so that they can make the connection.