International Trade committee  Thank you.

International Trade committee  We do work with Copa. The issue, ultimately, is that our interests aren't really aligned. We are trying to hub through our Canadian hubs, YVR, Montreal, and Toronto being the biggest. That's where we see our opportunity. It's not so easy developing hubs in other countries. Certainly Copa does an excellent job in Panama City.

International Trade committee  It's an issue of passenger volume. In certain parts of the country, it's very difficult to build the necessary volume to make certain flights feasible. We operate a hub network. We are a network carrier, so smaller regional airports provide feed into our bigger hubs where we can operate and provide over 200 destinations.

International Trade committee  I'll start by saying thank you for your patronage. I'm sure you all fly Air Canada very often, and I hope you continue to do so. Hello, Mr. Chair and honourable members of the committee. My name is Fittipauld Lourenco and I am the Director of Federal Government Affairs and Ontario at Air Canada.