Originally Posted by
yoloswag420
I think there is enough demand considering that the most amount of Taiwanese in Canada live in Ontario. The concern is that JX doesn't have a proper partner on this route, it would have to be Porter, which makes some more sense as Alaska also partners w/ Porter. In general, I notice that the Asian diaspora in Canada tend to have stronger ties with their motherland for some reason, and there are many people from HK, TW, and others Asian countries in Ontario that would jump on this. With the shift in transborder traffic, I imagine people in Western Canada looking for a vacation may want to visit Asia more than the US as well.
I will also add there is an expectation that CI/BR will be able to add service with the new agreement to YYZ or YYC as well.
Most Taiwanese in Canada live in BC actually which is why TPE-YVR O&D is bigger and TPE-YYZ. But both markets also have huge demands to East and Southeast Asia so JX will be able to tap into that demand too from YVR.
JX doesn't need connection beyond YVR to eastern Canada to make the route work. They have O&D and they have connection to/from southeast Asia. JX has the same exact business model as BR and CI... they don't need feed from North America gateway to make the destination work otherwise they won't launch it (with possible exception of the daytime flights from SFO and LAX).