The Federal Court of Canada has ordered a second senior employee at WestJet Airlines Ltd. to testify under oath, the latest development in a predatory pricing investigation into WestJet and its budget subsidiary, Swoop, by Canada's competition watchdog.
The inquiry, launched by the Competition Bureau in the fall, concerns allegations the two carriers used anti-competitive practices to crowd out B.C.-based upstart Flair Airlines from at least three routes last year.
Interim competition commissioner Matthew Boswell states in court filings that WestJet's alleged predatory pricing -- when a company offers services below break-even costs to hobble a competitor -- constitutes an abuse of its dominant position.
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