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Does Flair survive the fuel price going up? Seems like they're doing fine.Flair bringing back a direct route from Calgary to Mexico destination | Daily Hive | News
If you're already planning to escape the winter chill in Calgary, Flair Airlines just announced the return of a direct Mexico flight.
Doubt it. Hormuz closure is going to put air travel out of reach for a lot of people.
Flair really isn't that much cheaper than AC/WJ/Porter nowadays. As long as they have similar hedges as the other companies, everybody's fares go up, they're still the lowest.
I know we're putting off booking another trip to see if prices correct. We normally travel outside Canada 2-3 times a year.
I've yet to fly Flair, to me they're still an unknown (as most flying I do is international). But slightly undercutting the big 3 seems to be working out for them.
I've flown them a few times and that was enough for me - I'll pay a little extra to fly WJ or Porter. I think out of 3 times, they were considerably late 2 of those times (one of which, I was supposed to get back to Calgary at 9 pm and didn't make it back til 3 am. No reason given for the delay). The nickel-and-diming is excessive and customer service isn't the best ($20 to call customer service???). Flight attendants were pleasant and friendly though, and I feel bad for them because no doubt they have to deal with a lot of surly passengers.
This line from Rod Sims, former chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission: Airports in large countries that rely on air travel, like Canada and Australia, operate as near monopolies if there aren't reasonable, nearby alternatives for flights.
Flew them a couple times a few years ago, schedule was fine, good enough for point to point. I was on a flight where they didn't even serve water, and they limit online check-in often because they want to see your carry on which results in long lines. Just too much hassle.
I don't think flying is that exclusive in Canada, when you take into account distance, Canada's airlines are pretty no frills and cheap on a per mile basis. Privatization serves 3 main purposes. For the government, it allows them to "use" that asset to invest in other things if they sell it, similar to how we're talking about selling Enmax to fund water. For the airport, private operations are usually more efficient than public. My argument is that Canadian airports are already capturing the benefits of private operations. Given the weather constraint, YYC facilities and operations are very efficient, and they can/already do bring in outside, private operations help. Lastly for the customer, privatization spurs competition and lower prices, but like you said, that's only the case if there's a viable competitor. Privatization in a near-monopoly industry just results in higher prices and people don't actually have a supply/demand choice. It's not like there's an option to not travel by plane between Calgary and Toronto. The choice is between travel and not travel, and affordable travel (trains, bus, cars, planes) have significant economic benefits (or else why are we spending $90B on HSR).
Exactly, also isn't the current airport setup how a Enmax water utility would operate? Public ownership but private operation. We do this in a lot of other places too, City Recreation facilities being another place.
We'll see how April and May numbers look. If they don't change much, then 20M could be doable. My gut feeling is 19.8M, 20M the next year.
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I wouldn’t be upset if this remains the case as I love going to PVR and it’s much more comfortable on the 787!
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