[zahav]

it's not that I have anything against YXX, but the fact is we should be focusing on building up more and more flights out of YVR, as it is the main hub... the reason LA has so many airport is that the metro population is over 10 million, and the smaller airports don't do international traffic really. YVR isn't close to capacity, and is looking to increase capacity, therefore, why should we support Abbotsford to grow?? The more airlines that fly out of there, the less they will out of YVR (if Westjet couldn't fly in YXX, they would definitely increase their YVR service. Right now, YXX is competition domestically). Once YVR gets to 30 million pax or more, then maybe we can talk about expanding YXX. For now, we should focus on building up our main airport, not diverting traffic to the valley...