Canadian Travel

• Canadians’ travel to U.S. continues to drop amid weak loonie, tariffs

  Air Canada has announced a decrease of 10 per cent in flights to three sun destinations, while Flair Airlines says U.S.-bound flights are down by 24 per cent for March.

  Canada

  Mar 5
  
• Flair Airlines says online booking system issues are resolved

  Flair Airlines customers are being met with a website outage when trying to book airfare with the Edmonton-based low-cost carrier.

  Consumer

  Mar 25, 2024
  
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• Flair Airlines CEO says spring flight cuts not a reflection of finances

  Flair Airlines is trimming some 600 flights from its March, April and May flight schedule in 2024 compared with last year, data provided to Global News confirms.

  Money

  Mar 22, 2024
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• More welcome to come to Canada without visa under changes to federal program

  Passport holders from 13 countries can now come into the country by plane without applying for a temporary visa, the federal government announced.

  Canada

  Jun 6, 2023
• Flair Airlines announces summer 2023 schedule following ‘incredibly tough summer’

  After a challenging summer 2022 travel season, Edmonton-based Flair Airlines announced the first phase of the company's summer 2023 schedule.

  Canada

  Sep 28, 2022
• WestJet delay debacle: Technical outage frustrates Thursday travellers

  If you had travel plans with WestJet on Thursday morning, it's likely you'll experience a delay as the company said it's dealing with an infrastructure outage.

  Consumer

  Jul 14, 2022
• ‘Deplorable’: Quebec calls on feds to fix Canadian passport delays as long lineups continue

  Sonia LeBel, Quebec’s minister responsible for relations with Canada, says 'it's insane to see people camping out to get a passport.'

  Canada

  Jun 21, 2022
• Flair is Canadian, but ‘not perfect,’ CEO admits. What’s next for the airline?

  Flair Airlines' licences are safe after the transportation watchdog ruled it is Canadian-owned, but the carrier still faces challenges ahead of the busy summer travel season.

  Consumer

  Jun 18, 2022
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• Experts say Air Canada is too dominant in the East for WestJet to compete

  The WestJet Group announced Thursday a plan to shift its resources in the wake of a strategic review of the company's operations.

  Canada

  Jun 17, 2022
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• WestJet prepares for ‘immediate and dramatic’ uptick in demand after testing requirements dropped

  WestJet Airlines Ltd. prepares for an uptick in demand in the wake of the government of Canada's decision to remove pre-entry COVID-19 test requirements for vaccinated travellers.

  Canada

  Mar 18, 2022