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Originally Posted by bizaro86
Your assertion is that if fares were to double, nobody would buy the air canada planes out of the bankruptcy court or take over the leases, or get some other planes and start a new airline?
Also, as to your point about going to Sao Paulo via Denver and Mexico City, that's ridiculous. Right now Air Canada will fly anyone not in YYC/YVR to Sao Paulo via Toronto. (ie, 1 stop)
Last summer I flew United to Sao Paulo with one stop via Chicago. There are also one stop options via Houston (formerly continental, now United) and Dallas (AA). So if Air Canada wasn't around we'd fly to Sao Paulo in one stop, exactly the same as now.
If Air Canada cancelled the flights from Calgary to Frankfurt, it would take Lufthansa about 15 minutes to restart their flight. If Air Canada cancelled the flights from Calgary to London, British Airways would increase and/or Virgin Airways would start up service. We'd get enough foreign lift to hold us over until a domestic airline got started up again.
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This is exactly it.
In fact, as of right now, foreign airlines want to have more and better flights into Canada but are limited from doing so.
One good example is Emirates, who wanted to offer nonstop service into Calgary and Vancouver from Dubai but were denied by the Canadian government. If there was no Air Canada, these types of requests would be more likely to be approved.