US airlines Operating in Canada

[esseeeayeenn]

I have never flown to North America and never intend to.
But a genuine question - do US airlines cover many Canadian destinations?
The major hubs - not smaller regional cities obviously.
In other words, how much of a gap is there to fill?
Especially with Alaskan already in OW.

 

[Blackadder]

I have never flown to North America and never intend to.
But a genuine question - do US airlines cover many Canadian destinations?
The major hubs - not smaller regional cities obviously.
In other words, how much of a gap is there to fill?
Especially with Alaskan already in OW.

For OW the hubs are covered by AA and their codeshares (SkyWest,Envoy,Piedmont,Porter,PSA)

 

[RooFlyer]

But a genuine question - do US airlines cover many Canadian destinations?

Not many - pretty much only the 4-6 major cities close to the border.. None of these 3 airlines fly to Calgary (major oil & gas hub) from LAX!

May not be clear, but from flightconnections.com

AA:



United:



Delta

 

[esseeeayeenn]

May not be clear, but from flightconnections.com

Thank you, I couldn't find any clear maps either!
It seems extraordinary that there are not more flights to CA by US carriers.
Such a contrast with Europe.

 

[SYD]

Thank you, I couldn't find any clear maps either!
It seems extraordinary that there are not more flights to CA by US carriers.
Such a contrast with Europe.

Putting aside the resent challenges between the US and Canada, it is truly odd the lack of connectivity. They also don’t have lounges in Canada, except AA at YYZ. There are some partner lounges but you usually can access them flying to the US from the “pre-clearance” gates.

About 3 yrs ago, we needed to get from Maine to Montreal. Flying required a lot of back tracking. We ended up driving - which was interesting (in a good way).

Not many - pretty much only the 4-6 major cities close to the border.. None of these 3 airlines fly to Calgary (major oil & gas hub) from LAX!

May not be clear, but from flightconnections.com

Delta

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DL actually does seem to have a lot more connections into Canada. I can see Calgary from SLC and MSP.

 

[RooFlyer]

I remember when I was shuttling from Australia to Calgary & back, I used to have to switch to Air Canada from LAX-YYC.

Looking more closely, the connections aren't toooo bad for the 5 major US carriers (AA, UA, DL, AS and WN). But not necessarily daily.

 

[luxury-lizard]

part of the issue with non-major cities is that all major cities served by any airline which flies to a US city is that US customs and immigration is pre-cleared at the Canadian airport so you arrive in the US as a domestic city (the US provides this service). In the reverse direction you need to enter Canada at an airport with international customs & immigration capability.

 

[SYD]

part of the issue with non-major cities is that all major cities served by any airline which flies to a US city is that US customs and immigration is pre-cleared at the Canadian airport so you arrive in the US as a domestic city (the US provides this service). In the reverse direction you need to enter Canada at an airport with international customs & immigration capability.

and here’s the list.

List of international airports in Canada - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Oz has more International airports.

Category:International airports in Australia - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org