Air Travel

• ‘We just want to get paid’: Airport security screeners in Atlantic Canada take job action

  Workers who carry out security screening at 15 airports across Atlantic Canada are taking job action over unpaid wages.

  Canada

  12 hours
  
• Lynx Air says passenger refunds will hurt investors because of defiant contractor

  Lynx's shutdown comes as the budget airlines that have cropped up in recent years face ongoing financial pressures.

  Consumer

  Apr 15
  
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• WestJet announces service to Calgary from Fredericton starting June 20

  People in Fredericton will be able to fly directly to Calgary starting June 20. WestJet announced it's returning to Fredericton after leaving in 2022.

  Canada

  Apr 9
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• WestJet Encore pilots vote overwhelmingly in favour of strike action

  Turbulent skies could be ahead after WestJet Encore pilots voted overwhelmingly in favour of a strike mandate on Tuesday and could walk off the job on April 19.

  Canada

  Apr 2
• Flair Airlines hopes to get some Lynx airplanes, even after shutdown scuttles deal

  Flair Airlines CEO Stephen Jones says he still hopes to add several Lynx Air planes to his fleet, even after their tentative deal fell through when Lynx shut down last month.

  Money

  Mar 5
• Lynx Air hoped purchase by rival Flair would help pay off debt: court docs

  Proceeds from a tentative deal with Flair would have gone toward Lynx's debt to Indigo Partners, the U.S. private equity firm run by Bill Franke that owns one-quarter of Lynx.

  Canada

  Feb 27
• Lynx Air to cease operations Monday, files for creditor protection

  The company said operations will end as of 12:01 a.m. MT on Monday, Feb. 26, with flights continuing to operate up until that point.

  Canada

  Feb 22
• Air Canada plane leaving Halifax receives mid-flight threat, lands safely in U.S.

  American officials are investigating after a threat was made against an Air Canada flight from Halifax to Newark, New Jersey, on Monday.

  Canada

  Feb 20
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• WestJet CEO’s apology rings hollow for B.C. Paralympian after ‘humiliating’ boarding

  WestJet CEO Alexis von Hoensbroech apologized on Parliament Hill Thursday for a string of recent incidents in which the airline let passengers with disabilities down.

  Canada

  Feb 16
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• Calgary International Airport sets passenger record in 2023

  Last year’s numbers broke the previous passenger record set in 2019 by half a million passengers, a 2.8 per cent growth rate.

  Canada

  Feb 8