

Lessor Seizes Four Flair Airlines Aircraft
Recently, passengers at multiple airports across Canada experienced flight delays and cancellations, after Flair Airlines had four aircraft seized by their lessor for non-payment. The travel interruptions came during the busy March break travel season in Canada. Leases Terminated for…

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…

Canadian Transportation Agency Clears Runway For Flair Airlines
After several months of uncertainty, the legal future of Canadaโs 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…

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…

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…