JNB and NBO in the works?
Dec 11, 2014, 11:15 am
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Dec 11, 2014, 11:24 am
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On JNB, that's ULH flying, and while the 788 certainly is capable of going the distance, there are serious pilot issues that would have to be resolved. I'm not aware of whether the ULH issue stands between AC and ACPA, but I wonder if a JNB service could be launched without a letter of understanding.
Dec 11, 2014, 11:27 am
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Dec 11, 2014, 11:28 am
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Dec 11, 2014, 11:29 am
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South African already does JFK-JNB with a A340 and IAD-JNB with a A330 , I can't see why US based passengers would prefer a transit through YYZ to fly to JNB with AC. SA is also a *A member.
No idea if there is enough O&D traffic between YYZ and JNB to sustain an AC flight in addition to the SA flights as well as One World airlines with a stop in Europe.
No idea if there is enough O&D traffic between YYZ and JNB to sustain an AC flight in addition to the SA flights as well as One World airlines with a stop in Europe.
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Dec 11, 2014, 11:32 am
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Dec 11, 2014, 11:59 am
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South African already does JFK-JNB with a A340 and IAD-JNB with a A330 , I can't see why US based passengers would prefer a transit through YYZ to fly to JNB with AC. SA is also a *A member.
No idea if there is enough O&D traffic between YYZ and JNB to sustain an AC flight in addition to the SA flights as well as One World airlines with a stop in Europe.
No idea if there is enough O&D traffic between YYZ and JNB to sustain an AC flight in addition to the SA flights as well as One World airlines with a stop in Europe.
Every time I have flown to/from JNB the J cabins have been totally full (TK, LX, SA) and the Y cabin looked at least full-ish. But there is certainly a lot of capacity to JNB and CPT today between all of the options in *A and OW not to mention the Gulf airlines. I would love to see the route, and my bet is that there is sufficient traffic from Canada and NE USA to support it.
Dec 11, 2014, 12:05 pm
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Dec 11, 2014, 12:15 pm
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Think this is "when" not "if"
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Dec 11, 2014, 12:15 pm
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YYZ to JNB will be awesome.
It's a good business route and it's a good leisure route too. Cape Town is an amazing city if you haven't been.
Snow in Toronto today, Safari by tomorrow morning.
And I would not mind a re-fueling stop if required. e.g. Ile de Sal, Dakar, Morocco, Lagos (Nigeria) or even Portugal.
Also it may be possible that the route is YYZ-NBO-JNB.
It's a good business route and it's a good leisure route too. Cape Town is an amazing city if you haven't been.
Snow in Toronto today, Safari by tomorrow morning.
And I would not mind a re-fueling stop if required. e.g. Ile de Sal, Dakar, Morocco, Lagos (Nigeria) or even Portugal.
Also it may be possible that the route is YYZ-NBO-JNB.