TOUR 309 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Open Skies, Canadian Airlines, Air Canada

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Tourism Management
• Course: TOUR 309
• Professor: J.P

Document Summary

Very important milestone: bi-lateral open skies agreement. For canada and us in: basically de-regulating routes. Increase activity at your airport, increase concrete: after 1995 he travelled from calgary to houston then belize. Toronto-miami-belize: every city wants to increase the flights they have. Especially a prime-time flight (buy at 11:00 clock in the morning). More concrete = more business activities: canadian air line landscape air canada, canadian, air canada was the gov"t one. Canadian airlines was the other premium full- service models. In around 1997, market share air canada at 40%, canadian airlines at 40%. Canada did a hostile takeover for canadian airlines: this little startup came about from calgary. Their model was to expand not to compete . They introduced the low-cost carrier model to canada. Now the low- cost is the predominant business model: greyhound in 1990s. They did not want to get on saber system (pay to have your flight on the kayak saber system).