Originally Posted by
TravellingChris
What's really interesting and exciting is how AC has been rebuilding its service to Latin America. Presumably some of this is to capture traffic between Europe and Latin America that does not want to travel via the U.S. Years ago AC had a sizable business to/from Latin America at YYZ: at one point it even flew to CCS.
Great to see LIM return, even better to see UIO back on the roster. I do wonder about the future of YYZ-GIG long-term given that tourist visas for Canadians have been reimposed.
SCL/GRU/GIG-YYZ arrives in the morning so there is 10+ hour wait until the European flights depart. European flights arrive in the afternoon at YYZ, and South American flights departs close to midnight, which means 5+ hour connections. Not competitive vs connecting via CDG/MAD, plus another friction is many South American travelers would need to apply for transit visa for Canada.
Leisure destinations tend to have morning departures from YYZ and late evening arrivals that also don't line up with European connections. There are a few destinations like SJO/LIM/BOG where reasonable connections can be made.