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October 26, 2022 6:00 am ET -
Trip Report: Flair Airlines Challenges the “Big Boys” in Canada
Despite being the second largest country in the world with a very sparse population and vast distances among its main cities, air transport in Canada has not evolved as it has in most of the other G8 countries. The market…
June 3, 2022 2:07 pm ET -
Canadian Transportation Agency Clears Runway For Flair Airlines
After several months of uncertainty, the legal future of Canada’s Flair Airlines has been determined by the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA). On Wednesday, the CTA ruled that the Edmonton-based low-cost carrier had satisfied concerns raised in a Preliminary Determination issued…
April 22, 2022 2:31 am ET -
Canadian Carrier Flair Airlines’ Ownership Row Escalates
The ownership row over Canadian ultra-low-cost carrier Flair Airlines escalated this week with the issuing of a joint statement by two major industry bodies. The National Airlines Council of Canada and the Air Transport Association of Canada are calling on…
November 18, 2021 11:52 pm ET -
New Airline Joins Canada’s Expanding Aviation Market in Alberta
The Canadian province of Alberta will have another scheduled passenger airline operating from Calgary in 2022. Charter airline Enerjet is rebranding to Lynx Air and plans to operate an ultra-low-cost business model in competition against WestJet subsidiary Swoop that is…
July 25, 2021 6:00 am ET -
Air Canada Looking Toward Slow, Steady Recovery
More than a year into the Covid-19 pandemic, many airlines have returned to operating bolstered schedules with flights filled with passengers once again. Airports have been busy and airlines have ramped up flight schedules and opened up recruitment drives as…