Air Canada profits soar amid high demand and fares, and despite flight delays
Hudy, whose union opted to kickstart the bargaining process in June by ending its 10-year collective agreement a year early, called on the company to close an “unacceptable” pay gap between Canadian pilots and their American counterparts — in part to bring down attrition rates.
With an eye toward smoother traffic flow, Rousseau once again called on the federal government to overhaul the financial model for airports, which rely on passenger fees to operate and pay rent to Ottawa — a system that failed when the stream of travellers dried up.In the quarter ended June 30, Air Canada reported that operating revenues climbed 36 per cent to $5.27 billion from $3.98 billion in the same period a year earlier.
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