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Anti Skid On
Gees BNEA320, not another 'what if' thread.
Canada 3000's original focus was on shipping Canuck's to Caribean Islands and Mexico in their winter and ex-pat Brits to/from the UK in the British summer. They were NEVER a low cost carrier. Most SLF have come to realise that an advanced booked economy flight, with seat, baggage, IFE and refreshments, is generally not much more expensive than a low cost carrier once you have added on baggage, etc.
Anti skid on ... LCCs are much cheaper on average.
Book LCC last minute you'll probably pay similar to earlybird legacy type fares.
Why would LCCs be near in cost ? Cos they are almost sold out.
Canada 3000 were launch airline for A332 & choose a 340Y seat configuration(2-4-2), whereas Air Transat went 2 class, 3-3-3 in Y.
Canada 3000s B752s were 2 class.
So they were trying to reduce the per seat cost, while at same time offering some amenities you got on legacy carriers, like meals, baggage, but think booze wasn't "FREE".
They might not be your idea of todays LCCs, but they have far less staff per aircraft (one massive overhead gone), so were able to offer fares from SYD & BNE to YVR return of AUD$750 in peak season, with no extras & often with a free side trip to LAX, when most legacy carriers wanted 3 times that minimum. Loss leaders ? Probably, but as far as reported, they were NOT going broke & had taken over 2 other Canadian carriers, but rather doing quite well, until 10 Sep 2001 & then next day ........... the world changed.