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Nimbus said:
Sorry, not shooting the messenger.

I wonder if "Where's there's slop there's fire"? New take on the where there's smoke, there's fire. Taiwan and China stuff totally possible.
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i'm checking the fleet of Eva airline and China airline. they are all expect to receiving some 787s in next few years. maybe a seasonal flight will be possible
 
Yeah..... none of this is real unfortunately. I think it's a possibility to see such flights in the coming years, but those articles claiming Eva and others have announced routes to YYC aren't telling the truth. It's AI clickbait.
 
blue12 said:
Yeah..... none of this is real unfortunately. I think it's a possibility to see such flights in the coming years, but those articles claiming Eva and others have announced routes to YYC aren't telling the truth. It's AI clickbait.
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there is not just only one article regarding this new. i know some of them looks to AI... some other articles sounds about right
 
zzkwilliamcanada said:
there is not just only one article regarding this new. i know some of them looks to AI... some other articles sounds about right
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They may sound right, but there's still zero confirmation or official press releases from the airlines or airports themselves which is rather telling that this, as of now, is just a rumour and not any legitimate news.
 
blue12 said:
They may sound right, but there's still zero confirmation or official press releases from the airlines or airports themselves which is rather telling that this, as of now, is just a rumour and not any legitimate news.
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I just shared it for everyone …. Don’t blame me
 
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Made up articles aside, can't really see EVA or China Airlines launching YYC. The Taiwanese diaspora here is pretty small. Usually EVA only opens routes with big Taiwanese diaspora (LAX, SEA, DFW) or United hubs (ORD, IAH, and soon IAD). And they haven't really expanded any Canadian capacity outside of their daily to YYZ and YVR that's been running since forever, meanwhile Cathay runs multiple dailies to YVR/YYZ. China Airlines doesn't even fly to YYZ, so it's unlikely they'd do YYC and YVR before starting YYZ.
 
The ChosenOne said:
Falling for this is shameful man come on
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that was my first comments on this... that is a big question mark i just want to bring this up to everyone. what's the problem....
 
Surrealplaces said:
Interesting concept of privatization. I wonder if this would be better or worse for YYC?
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I can imagine in another world where errors with the international terminal were avoided because the airport had access to more airport expertise within the firm rather than hiring consultants to try to figure out how service concepts.
 
darwink said:
I can imagine in another world where errors with the international terminal were avoided because the airport had access to more airport expertise within the firm rather than hiring consultants to try to figure out how service concepts
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You mean an entire terminal designed around "call to gate" and a hotel? lol....what an unforced, unfixable error
 
darwink said:
I can imagine in another world where errors with the international terminal were avoided because the airport had access to more airport expertise within the firm rather than hiring consultants to try to figure out how service concepts.
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I don't think privatization would've helped in that. The operating model of Canadian airports are already very similar to a private airport. It's not like we had the City of Calgary trying to manage an airport build out. We have a privately operated airport authority, paying lease to the Feds, that used private consultants in the design, pretty similar to what Brookfield or another infrastructure investor would've done.

The privatization argument for Canadian airports is mostly about letting government recycle their assets, selling the leases for upfront cash rather than yearly payments (similar to Enmax privatization for the city), and unlocking equity investments, neither of which will make airport fees lower. The model Canadian airlines want, and what could bring down ticket prices is lower rent collected by the Feds, which is basically a government subsidy. Privatizing would make those fees go up. Most successful airport privatizations are places that have high demand and low slot availability (i.e. Heathrow). Regional airports are huge losers. In Canada, YYZ would probably be fine, maybe YUL/YVR/YYC, but the rest would be far worse as private entities as the flight volumes and fees can't keep up with necessary investment/repairs.

YYC's CEO previously ran Budapest airport which is private, and he doesn't think privatization would help YYC.

 
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