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Originally Posted by billybob123
I don't know what kind of numbers YYC-IAH sees, but I can see why it's so expensive on AC or United. The flights I go on are always packed to the gills. How many a day right now? 2x AC, 2x United?
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AC/UA (Continental) are both Star Alliance and I think are allowed to act as 1 airline on cross border routes.
Not sure if that applies with the ex Continental routes yet. But that would be the reasoning on the high prices. No competition. With 2 airlines it looks as if there is but there isnt any "real" competition.
WJ would disrupt that market, the question is would the companies that pack those planes use them over AC/United.
Hard to compete against what looks like 6-7 daily flights. To even have a chance WJ would have to have enough metal to drop 3X daily if not 4-5 to properly compete.
Maybe encore routes will replace some 737 on routes like YYC-YEG, YLW, YXE etc.
My guess is they are waiting for enough metal to do 4X YYC and 2-3X YYZ-IAH before they even attempt it.