Tweet
The logical choice is YYZ. While waiting at customs in Vancouver in June, i thought to myself, that that SQ should open a route to YYZ. 
But yeah YYZ is logical choice based on the following:
YVR feeds Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatchewan, and maybe Winnipeg; of course Vancouver also feeds the north as well..
If they open a route to YYZ, it would be able to feed more people quickly to Toronto, and to other areas...Montreal, Maritimes, and various destinations in the US. That 5 hour flight back to Montreal after landing in Vancouver was the worst (not because of the crew, it just felt bleh!) But gotta love the logic on this one; for the following flights, YVR-ICN-SIN, SIN-SYD, SYD-SIN, SIN-KUL, KUL-SIN, SIN-ICN-YVR, all those legs cost me a grand total of 2002 CAD. With Air Canada YUL-YVR and return, approx 850 CAD.
The approx population of Canada is around 33 million people; The province of Ontario accounts for approx 12.2 million of those people, furthermore Quebec, accounts for 7.6 million people; Over 50% of the population is clustered into two provinces. Although Alberta does attribute a good chunk to our economy, the city of Toronto and the surrounds, in the horse shoe, still hold the majority of clout when it comes to business and business ventures and enterprises. (Toronto alone has 5.2 million people)
If SQ was to land in Toronto, I dont think Air Canada would like that very much. Air Canada right now, has a direct service from Toronto to the following; Hong Kong, Tokyo Narita, and Shanghai. Chances are the SQ flight will need to land somewhere first to refuel and service..IF (keyword) it were to take the Pacific route, chances are it would have to fuel up in NRT, HKG, or maybe even TPE...any which way, this would eat into Air Canada's profit.
Another reason why SQ may not fly into Toronto, would be because the landing fees are supposedly pretty expensive there. But then again, I'm sure Vancouver is pretty expensive as it is.
Now thanks to http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/distance.html here are some "theoretical air distances (great circle distance)" between some cities (airport distances may be greater or smaller of course):
Vancouver - Seoul: 8180 kilometers or 5083 miles or 4417 nautical miles
Seoul - Singapore: 4667 kilometers or 2900 miles or 2520 nautical miles
Toronto - Seoul: 10,621 kilometers or 6600 miles or 5735 nautical miles
Toronto - Tokyo: 10,371 kilometers or 6444 miles or 5600 nautical miles
Toronto - Hong Kong: 12,574 kilometers or 7813 miles or 6789 nautical miles
Toronto - Taipei: 12,102 kilometers or 7520 miles or 6535 nautical miles
But yeah YYZ is logical choice based on the following:
YVR feeds Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatchewan, and maybe Winnipeg; of course Vancouver also feeds the north as well..
If they open a route to YYZ, it would be able to feed more people quickly to Toronto, and to other areas...Montreal, Maritimes, and various destinations in the US. That 5 hour flight back to Montreal after landing in Vancouver was the worst (not because of the crew, it just felt bleh!) But gotta love the logic on this one; for the following flights, YVR-ICN-SIN, SIN-SYD, SYD-SIN, SIN-KUL, KUL-SIN, SIN-ICN-YVR, all those legs cost me a grand total of 2002 CAD. With Air Canada YUL-YVR and return, approx 850 CAD.
The approx population of Canada is around 33 million people; The province of Ontario accounts for approx 12.2 million of those people, furthermore Quebec, accounts for 7.6 million people; Over 50% of the population is clustered into two provinces. Although Alberta does attribute a good chunk to our economy, the city of Toronto and the surrounds, in the horse shoe, still hold the majority of clout when it comes to business and business ventures and enterprises. (Toronto alone has 5.2 million people)
If SQ was to land in Toronto, I dont think Air Canada would like that very much. Air Canada right now, has a direct service from Toronto to the following; Hong Kong, Tokyo Narita, and Shanghai. Chances are the SQ flight will need to land somewhere first to refuel and service..IF (keyword) it were to take the Pacific route, chances are it would have to fuel up in NRT, HKG, or maybe even TPE...any which way, this would eat into Air Canada's profit.
Another reason why SQ may not fly into Toronto, would be because the landing fees are supposedly pretty expensive there. But then again, I'm sure Vancouver is pretty expensive as it is.
Now thanks to http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/distance.html here are some "theoretical air distances (great circle distance)" between some cities (airport distances may be greater or smaller of course):
Vancouver - Seoul: 8180 kilometers or 5083 miles or 4417 nautical miles
Seoul - Singapore: 4667 kilometers or 2900 miles or 2520 nautical miles
Toronto - Seoul: 10,621 kilometers or 6600 miles or 5735 nautical miles
Toronto - Tokyo: 10,371 kilometers or 6444 miles or 5600 nautical miles
Toronto - Hong Kong: 12,574 kilometers or 7813 miles or 6789 nautical miles
Toronto - Taipei: 12,102 kilometers or 7520 miles or 6535 nautical miles
Comment