A Flair Airlines Boeing 737 sits on the runway apron.
Want more low-cost flight options in Canada? Flair's retiring CEO says the rules need to change | CBC News LoadedBudget airlines have a hard time staying in business in Canada, an issue the Competition Bureau is looking into. As the CEO of the country’s remaining ultra-low-cost domestic airline prepares to retire, Stephen Jones talks about what he thinks needs to change.Many budget airlines have tried to and failed to do business in Canada, but Flair keeps flying.
Flair promises customers "unbeatable fares every day." The Edmonton-based company says it operates 20 aircraft, serving 36 destinations operating, on average, 450 flights a week.0:44 Jones said an example of that is what happened with service between Edmonton and Comox, B.C., on Vancouver Island, which Flair started offering in 2022.
"I think we need a mechanism somehow that acts faster because by the time we've lodged a complaint and gone through and gathered evidence, the game's over … we've come out of that route," he said.John Gradek agrees. The lecturer at McGill University's Aviation Management Program says he's familiar with the Edmonton-Comox example, and the current bureaucratic process can take months if not years.
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