The market has spoken: DL announces YVR - LAX
Jul 15, 2014, 10:38 am
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The market has spoken: DL announces YVR - LAX
I am happy to report that after Air Canada abandoned frequent flyers in the YVR - LAX route and moved all operations to rouge, Delta will start servicing this route!
Will Air Canada switch back to mainline service on this route?
This is great news for business travelers!
Will Air Canada switch back to mainline service on this route?
This is great news for business travelers!
Jul 15, 2014, 10:42 am
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AA also adds YVR - LAX
Also, I just saw that AA will start servicing YVR - LAX on October 2. DL will start service on Jan 4. I am so happy that there are better alternative to rouge! If there were to switch back this route to mainline service, I would keep my loyalty to AC.
Jul 15, 2014, 10:47 am
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FYI: I can confirm that several 20th Century Fox exec's (from X-Men films) were not impressed with their ACr flights! They are also concerned about talent being booked on the flights due to "first/business class" clause in their contracts.
Jul 15, 2014, 10:56 am
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Delta is only flying this route for two weeks around Christmas and New Years.
AA are however starting the route 2x per day and here to stay.
AA are however starting the route 2x per day and here to stay.
Jul 15, 2014, 10:56 am
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Great news for business travellers working over the Christmas holidays at least
Jul 15, 2014, 11:28 am
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Wow... Aren't you the guy who jumps on everyone else who says "time will tell" (or some variation?)
Wow... Aren't you the guy who jumps on everyone else who says "time will tell" (or some variation?)
Jul 15, 2014, 11:41 am
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I don't doubt Mesa's lower costs might keep this lower yielding route above water. But, let's at least wait for it to start before claiming it's here to stay.
** PS- The poster might have simply been referring to it's "here to stay" as a contrast to the DL 2-week Holiday service.
Jul 15, 2014, 1:46 pm
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Of coarse time will tell if it will stay, routes come and go, but rouge YVR-LAX is fairly new as well (couple months now), and with limited competition. There hasn't been a full quarter of business yet so its doubtful full financials have been done, plus real test comes once the American carriers start flying the route as well.
Lots of capacity coming, winners should be people of YVR.
Jul 15, 2014, 1:51 pm
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and having recently flown AA J (well F but we were coming from NRT) on a nice A320 between DFW and YYZ, if they put these birds on that route, i think people might say poo poo to you roooge.
Jul 15, 2014, 4:06 pm
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CR9s are fine in F. AA has a three row 1x2 configuration just like the E175s and I've flown the smaller CR7s often ex-YYZ. AA has a big Hollywood connection and because of that is the only US carrier with an F cabin on the enhanced service LAX-JFK route, DL/UA only offer business. AA will do fine on this route, as they will on the new LAX-YEG one, and have been doing with DFW-YEG. Me thinks Parnel doth protest too much.