02-01-2021, 04:39 PM
(02-01-2021, 11:21 AM)taylortbb Wrote:(02-01-2021, 10:27 AM)panamaniac Wrote: Somebody would have to explain to me how having to pay airport fees at Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal could make for a financially viable route, when Bearskin cancelled it's Kitchener-Ottawa route because the Ottawa airport fees were too high. I don't get it ...
Bearskin operates tiny 19 seat planes, while the Q400 seats 70-78 passengers. Lots of the airport fees are per-plane, so if you can fill the larger plane (through the milk-run model) the airport fees are a lot more affordable.
The milk run should allow the airline to fill more seats as it is not just a single destination. And filling seats is the first priority in being profitable.
Fees in YOW, assuming the 50-seat CRJ100:
- Landing fee: $337.80 (assumes 6000 kg max takeoff weight)
- Terminal fee: $184.64
- Police and security charge: $136.00