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I can't speak to international arrivals (though I can to the rest of the airport, it's gorgeous), but while PDX is international it only has 5 direct international flights other than Canada. Hardly going to be the focus of the airport.

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I suppose with such a large investment though, they'd want to plan for that possibly changing eventually, no? I'd be flying from/to Canada anyway, but if it was a viable and better option compared to others like SF, they'd get my business instead, not that there's much business to give

At 2.5M people, Portland, Oregon metro probably cannot support many international routes (except Vancouver). And it has very few businesses that would necessitate international business travel.

Maybe a flight to Japan, London, mainland Europe, and Mexico.

PDX is probably the last remaining major west coast airport that isn't going to be physically constrained, if anybody wants to start a new hub.

There is a Delta direct to Amsterdam just because of Nike and Adidas.

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