Originally Posted by 100,000miler
Obviously MIL was once a profitable route for CP for many years as were other destinations such as AMS, Rome, Ham??, etc. which is one of the reasons why AC bought CP--toget these routes. I cannot imagine the demand has gone down that much in the last 6 years esp with AC dropping so many other European destinations. Esp with population growth and globalization.
Of course some of these routes have been picked up by new *A carriers out of their hubs but still one has to wonder.
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Profitability vs what airlines used to fly really are not mutually inclusive.
I would think AC was principally interested in CP's Pacific network.
And you know, the world really has changed in the last 5 years, so *A interconnectivity really is what a carrier from a small-market base can best build traffic with.