AC to drop Harrisburg, Rochester and Syracuse
Oct 2, 2018, 5:12 pm
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AC to drop Harrisburg, Rochester and Syracuse
FlightGlobal - Oct 3, 2018
Air Canada to drop three US cities
Full article: https://www.flightglobal.com/news/ar...cities-452386/
QUOTE:
"Air Canada will end service to the US cities of Harrisburg, Rochester and Syracuse, effective 1 November, the airlines confirms.
"We adjusted our schedule to suspend flying to Syracuse, Rochester and Harrisburg due to the economic performance of these routes," Air Canada tells FlightGlobal. "
Air Canada to drop three US cities
Full article: https://www.flightglobal.com/news/ar...cities-452386/
QUOTE:
"Air Canada will end service to the US cities of Harrisburg, Rochester and Syracuse, effective 1 November, the airlines confirms.
"We adjusted our schedule to suspend flying to Syracuse, Rochester and Harrisburg due to the economic performance of these routes," Air Canada tells FlightGlobal. "
Oct 2, 2018, 5:16 pm
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FlightGlobal - Oct 3, 2018
Air Canada to drop three US cities
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/ar...cities-452386/
QUOTE:
"Air Canada will end service to the US cities of Harrisburg, Rochester and Syracuse, effective 1 November, the airlines confirms.
"We adjusted our schedule to suspend flying to Syracuse, Rochester and Harrisburg due to the economic performance of these routes," Air Canada tells FlightGlobal. "
Air Canada to drop three US cities
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/ar...cities-452386/
QUOTE:
"Air Canada will end service to the US cities of Harrisburg, Rochester and Syracuse, effective 1 November, the airlines confirms.
"We adjusted our schedule to suspend flying to Syracuse, Rochester and Harrisburg due to the economic performance of these routes," Air Canada tells FlightGlobal. "
In the early 2000s AC had served AVP which included MDT-bound traffic and when government business started picking up at MDT they added the (new?) route with BEHs and eventually some DH1s mixed in there in the early/mid-2000s (2003-2005, IIRC)... and around 2004 MDT got their brand-spanking new airport to boot, so it was quite nice flying in and out... oh well.
Oct 2, 2018, 5:34 pm
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"Air Canada will end service to the US cities of Harrisburg, Rochester and Syracuse, effective 1 November, the airlines confirms.
"We adjusted our schedule to suspend flying to Syracuse, Rochester and Harrisburg due to the economic performance of these routes," Air Canada tells FlightGlobal. "
"We adjusted our schedule to suspend flying to Syracuse, Rochester and Harrisburg due to the economic performance of these routes," Air Canada tells FlightGlobal. "
I know, surely there's more to the economics of the route than that, but I still find it comical that it was often half that price for UA to fly me to ROC, sometimes via a 3- or 4- segment tour of the northeastern US to boot.
Oct 2, 2018, 5:38 pm
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IDK, maybe if they wouldn't have charged $700 for a 100-mile hop from YYZ-ROC, they might have managed to sell more seats on those little planes?
I know, surely there's more to the economics of the route than that, but I still find it comical that it was often half that price for UA to fly me to ROC, sometimes via a 3- or 4- segment tour of the northeastern US to boot.
I know, surely there's more to the economics of the route than that, but I still find it comical that it was often half that price for UA to fly me to ROC, sometimes via a 3- or 4- segment tour of the northeastern US to boot.
QUOTE from article I posted:
"In place of direct flights, Air Canada is selling itineraries to Syracuse and Rochester that involve connections in Chicago via its codeshare with United Airlines, its website shows."
Other quotes:
"Executives at the carrier have talked recently of expanding their agreement with United, including a potential immunised joint venture that would allow them to coordinate service between Canada and the USA.
Air Canada has grown rapidly to the USA in recent years, in a bid to carry more US travelers to overseas destinations via its Canadian hubs."
Oct 2, 2018, 5:41 pm
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QUOTE from article I posted:
"In place of direct flights, Air Canada is selling itineraries to Syracuse and Rochester that involve connections in Chicago via its codeshare with United Airlines, its website shows."
Other quotes:
"Executives at the carrier have talked recently of expanding their agreement with United, including a potential immunised joint venture that would allow them to coordinate service between Canada and the USA.
Air Canada has grown rapidly to the USA in recent years, in a bid to carry more US travelers to overseas destinations via its Canadian hubs."
"In place of direct flights, Air Canada is selling itineraries to Syracuse and Rochester that involve connections in Chicago via its codeshare with United Airlines, its website shows."
Other quotes:
"Executives at the carrier have talked recently of expanding their agreement with United, including a potential immunised joint venture that would allow them to coordinate service between Canada and the USA.
Air Canada has grown rapidly to the USA in recent years, in a bid to carry more US travelers to overseas destinations via its Canadian hubs."
Oct 2, 2018, 5:47 pm
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Air Georgian closing its YYZ B1900 base, and the YGK and YZR flights will be operated by Jazz Dash 8s. Question is were these routes no longer profitable, or did AC want to get the GGN Beechcraft out of the YYZ hub?
Oct 2, 2018, 5:50 pm
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Originally Posted by flightglobal article
We adjusted our schedule to suspend flying to Syracuse, Rochester and Harrisburg due to the economic performance of these routes," Air Canada tells FlightGlobal.
Oct 2, 2018, 6:33 pm
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a peak season loss of 54 seats a day for MDT-YYZ. At $550 one way or 8000 Aeroplan points, Aeroplan was always a good deal.
MDT is now served by Frontier as well.. Fly to DEN for $19, Florids for $25. And at those prices Frontier always has restrooms on the plane. The B1900s are a gamble if they have a restroom (even from the longer MDT route). The "AC" B1900s haven't appeared in their fleet listing and repainted without AC logos for quite a while.
MDT is now served by Frontier as well.. Fly to DEN for $19, Florids for $25. And at those prices Frontier always has restrooms on the plane. The B1900s are a gamble if they have a restroom (even from the longer MDT route). The "AC" B1900s haven't appeared in their fleet listing and repainted without AC logos for quite a while.
Oct 2, 2018, 6:35 pm
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a peak season loss of 54 seats a day for MDT-YYZ. At $550 one way or 8000 Aeroplan points, Aeroplan was always a good deal.
MDT is now served by Frontier as well.. Fly to DEN for $19, Florids for $25. And at those prices Frontier always has restrooms on the plane. The B1900s are a gamble if they have a restroom (even from the longer MDT route). The "AC" B1900s haven't appeared in their fleet listing and repainted without AC logos for quite a while.
MDT is now served by Frontier as well.. Fly to DEN for $19, Florids for $25. And at those prices Frontier always has restrooms on the plane. The B1900s are a gamble if they have a restroom (even from the longer MDT route). The "AC" B1900s haven't appeared in their fleet listing and repainted without AC logos for quite a while.
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Oct 2, 2018, 6:47 pm
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Oct 2, 2018, 6:56 pm
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My 8-12 annual trips to York, PA just got more annoying.
IAD/BWI and a long drive I guess. Sigh.
To be fair, the MDT-YYZ flight was a virtual lock for delays/cancellations from November-May. Maybe now I'll actually be able to get out of there.
IAD/BWI and a long drive I guess. Sigh.
To be fair, the MDT-YYZ flight was a virtual lock for delays/cancellations from November-May. Maybe now I'll actually be able to get out of there.
Oct 2, 2018, 6:58 pm
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I used to often drive to/from/flew out of PHL/IAD/BWI instead of flying into/out of MDT... at least the drives are somewhat scenic, but can get old fast.
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