CanadianInEcuador

Got my wish last year of YYZ-UIO! Now I'd love if it became year-round. In a perfect world AC would fly to GYE, but I know that's not going to happen.

johnwb

Going through Europe adds an extra day of travel. I'm sure many people would pay a premium to save that time - I certainly would.

I think a better explanation is that Africa is just not on their radar, (as is the case with many NA airlines). They already have their hands full juggling schedules and ticket prices to Europe, Asia, South and Central America, US, Mexico, the Caribbean and Australasia, (3 flights to Australia and one to AKL is a lot). Starting a new route to South Africa is not as simple as just adding, say, YVR-BNE. It requires a whole new logistics ballgame and a huge amount of effort to make it happen.

sokolov

I think that secret lies in geography. The Philippines are several thousand islands. PR offers connections from MNL to 30 national airports. AC can't compete with that.

CZAMFlyer

PTY would be a much better option for many of us on the west coast to access BOG/UIO/LIM etc, rather than transfer to a Rouge flight all the way over in YYZ. Currently, flying via IAH on UA is a preferred option for many.
BKK and MNL are leisure-heavy routes and not really suited (he says, wearing his highly myopic route-planning glasses) for the operation AC has fashioned for itself.
YVR-South Florida was all set to be announced...but then the chariot broke. These were imminent Max routes (MIA & MCO if memory serves).

ricktoronto

Anywhere to Mare Tranquillitatis.

drvannostren

That's my reason for PTY as well. I have an apartment in MDE and I don't mind flying double connection, it's a bit of a smaller city, but I'd love to be able to maintain west coast bias. Aeromexico has dropped prices significantly, so maybe it's not financially viable. I love AM for doing that, and while transiting MEX is a bit of a nightmare, I've done it enough times to be a pro now. It's relatively quick too. Rather than flying to YYZ like you said. I wouldn't even hate YVR-PTY as Rouge. I'd much prefer it b a CM 73MAX, but what can you do?

Currently if you wanna stay on Star Alliance the fastest west coast options are like YVR-SFO-PTY-MDE or YVR-LAX-PTY-MDE. Neither are bad options, but the problem is UA doesn't often sell them to you that way, and AC never does. So the prices aren't normalized. You pay a ridiculous premium for it.

A nice like 2200 red eye from YVR-PTY on CM would be awesome and would line up to all their connections in the am. Right now the biggest issue with Aeromexico is that they have only 1 flight a day to MDE, so it's either a 5 hour layover in MEX or 12+. Not the worst thing in the world, I usually buy my way into the lounge. But it's not ideal and MEX won't truly ever be a good hub until you can transit INTL-INTL without clearing customs like you can in PTY.

quantumofforce

Yes please!

I think ORD and YUL would be a good combo, I could do without the others. Bearskin (is that the right name) used to fly to Ottawa from Waterloo Regional

My other dream connection would be YYZ - LGW

songsc

You are not advocating for YVR-SIN or even YYZ-SIN (assuming you are still based there)?

FreedomIsntFree

I would love to see Air Canada from from YVR to Costa Rica. SJO or LIR would be a dream come true. I could see them doing a Rouge flight to keep costs down.

tracon

AC is buying TS and TS flies YVR-SJO-LIR-YVR twice/wk.