Cabotage is not a real concern due to pure geography. Pure open skies won't happen for a long time (if at all) until the government gets rid of their subsidization and/or requirement for AC to service small communities. Transport Canada is not helping the situation any by imposing a flat-rate security fee making marginal routes more marginal. What will happen very soon, in my mind, will be permission for North American airlines to sell seats competitively for connecting two cities in the same country, but not the one the airline is based in. I.e. AC selling Seattle<->Newark tickets (through YYZ) at a price comparable to United through Chicago. With the great circle being what it is, MSP/DTW/ORD/YYZ can all serve cross-continent flight connections quite well. Matthew > -----Original Message----- > From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On > Behalf Of Addison Schonland > Sent: February 20, 2002 7:02 PM > To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU > Subject: Cabotage > > > A round up -- how many of you think the current open skies > between Canada and the US will be upgraded to real open skies > -- cabotage and all? For thos who don't know what I mean, > this would allow you to fly from LAX to JFK on AC non stop, > instead of through YYZ as occurs now. >