MONTREAL — The head of Flair Airlines went on the offensive Monday, saying the weekend seizure of some of its planes may have been instigated by another…
WestJet Airlines, Canada’s second-largest airline, did not respond to a request for comment.
“We’re 100 per cent caught up,” he added, referring to payments on leases across its 19-plane operating fleet. Leasing prices have skyrocketed since the COVID-19 pandemic as a result, even as domestic airfares have dropped amid a crop of new carriers — Flair, Lynx Air, Canada Jetlines — and expansions at others, said John Gradek, head of McGill University’s aviation management program.
“They’re going to be stressed for cash between now and June 15,” Gradek said of smaller airlines. “They’ll be OK in the summer, but they’ll be stressed again in the fall.”Article content Some customers posted to social media saying they’d been told their cancellations were due to maintenance issues, an oft-cited reason by airlines that does not trigger passenger compensation protocols.
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