Looks like Flair won't be getting the Lynx leases, the latest lynx court report says the lessors won't consent to assignment of those leases, so any deal for those planes will have to be with the lessors under under terms. http://cfcanada.fticonsulting.com/lynxair/docs/Affidavit%20of%20Michael%20Woo...
Jump to postI wonder if AC wouldn't make more money launching say YYZ-LOS, considering UA flies to West Africa themselves? AFAIK, YYZ-LOS and YUL-DSS are the only African routes that featured on AC's investor day and conference route maps. I'm not sure ACC or ABJ have formally been considered, though realistic...
Jump to postI don’t think Flair will ever grow its fleet again. 20 will be it. Don’t forget, don’t they need to stump up $4-5m in import taxes for very new aircraft they bring in. I think this is why they want those Lynx frames, I don't think they will be subject to import taxes. I'm not sure how it would work...
Jump to postAs I posted in the Lynx thread a few mins ago, if Flair can find the financing to acquire the Lynx tails (or not) will be a pretty strong tell of the mood of their financiers to inject more money or not. I suspect the mid-april return to court for Lynx after their SISP may give us more intel on Fla...
Jump to postAs I posted in the Lynx thread a few mins ago, if Flair can find the financing to acquire the Lynx tails (or not) will be a pretty strong tell of the mood of their financiers to inject more money or not. I suspect the mid-april return to court for Lynx after their SISP may give us more intel on Flai...
Jump to postLooks like Boeing wouldn't let Lynx share the terms of their agreement and it was terminated with some confidential payment from Boeing to Lynx. Given all the current Flair issues, I really wonder if they're going to be able to come to some agreement on the Lynx tails before the next two and a half...
Jump to postLooks like Boeing wouldn't let Lynx share the terms of their agreement and it was terminated with some confidential payment from Boeing to Lynx. Given all the current Flair issues, I really wonder if they're going to be able to come to some agreement on the Lynx tails before the next two and a half ...
Jump to postI’m not convinced this is a payment processor issue, since withholding funds doesn’t prevent processing. While I’ve gotten errors and redirects on some occasions, hitting back and trying again usually results in the site working. I’ve had no errors on an iPhone but many errors on a computer. It see...
Jump to postYUL is going to be a madhouse this summer, lots more walking to the terminal from the traffic jam. I’ve never flown through YUL. Why is it such a mess? I have heard that the connection from domestic airlines o international is basically stupid. Some sort of gates but no real separation, narrow term...
Jump to postDelta also making a play to prioritize themselves in the action. I'm not a lawyer or judge, but I don't think Delta wins this argument, we'll see (or perhaps it was already heard in court yesterday, I can't find anything yet if there was). http://cfcanada.fticonsulting.com/lynxair/docs/Bench%20Brief...
Jump to postLooks like Flair want to participate in the Lynx SISP process proposed by the Monitor/Lynx. http://cfcanada.fticonsulting.com/lynxa ... nfiled.pdf
Jump to postInteresting, an affidavit from Flair stating they want to buy the assets: http://cfcanada.fticonsulting.com/lynxa ... nfiled.pdf
Jump to postAfter a tech issue, FULI finally left Calgary... so the entire fleet is TUS as of tonight. Are they going to stay in TUS or move over to Marana? No Idea, maybe some will and some will stay. It's technically 5 different lessors of the 9 tails, I imagine getting them to TUS together was just for simp...
Jump to postWhat assets does Lynx have other than perhaps aircraft leases at this point? Page 9 of the first affidavit , followed of course by $600M of liabilities on the following page. https://i.imgur.com/yODQ83m.png So... capitalized leases where you consider the aircraft leases to be an asset, ~$16M of sec...
Jump to postInteresting, they are applying for an extension of the stay to April 15 to run a SISP. What assets does Lynx have other than perhaps aircraft leases at this point? http://cfcanada.fticonsulting.com/lynxair/docs/Affidavit%20of%20Michael%20Woodward,%20sworn%20February%2028,%202024.pdf Edit: I should a...
Jump to postMany here forget just how difficult and how much of a bloodbath the LCC market was in Europe at in the 90s/early 00s. The Canadian market probably needs and can sustain a ULCC. It needs to be better thought out, match the Canadian travel needs/demographics, take a slower pace in expanding, get its ...
Jump to postI can't speak to Lynx specifically but the Canadian market is tough because it's relatively small and geographically dispersed. The 4th/5th/6th largest metro areas by population in Canada are comparable in size to Greenville/Spartanburg on the U.S. side of the border. There aren't a lot of underser...
Jump to postmatt wrote:
yowflyboy wrote:Other than Halifax Ottawa they seem to be gone from Ottawa.
AC results are out and the Management discussion and analysis documents call for 5 additional 737 max 8 to join the fleet in 2025 on top of already discussed and (finally) announced 320/330 this year. http://tinyurl.com/4a457ucx I think the worst part about this report is the fact that Rouge is sta...
Jump to postReading the affidavit, the argument could also be made that they were doomed with debt before a revenue flight even took off, given the delay in 7M8 delivery and ops due grounding, the covid-related delay in being able to actually generate revenue, and administrative costs incurred by existing for ...
Jump to postI heard from a buddy that 615 from YYC to LAX got scrubbed just as they were about to push. Guess at this point they won't commit any resources to flying out, especially if frames are already on home turf. Nobody is going to work for free. ATC providers, ground handlers, fuelers wont touch them wit...
Jump to postCanadian TAXES killed LYNX ... on a flight from Toronto to Calgary every single seat had at least a 160 Canadian tax on it even before the plane was started up ... no ULCC can survive in this market, and it's why no USA ULCC will venture north of the border ... it's pure financial suicide ... https...
Jump to postI wonder now if future foreign entities will think twice to try and reinvent the wheel in a country with 40 million people. There is plenty of money to be made in Canada. Unfortunately, the Government of Canada will not allow it. Look at what they did to some new entrants into the wireless space to...
Jump to postProof, once again, that it does not work… No it is not proof in any way. This one airline did not work and others may work and many of us hope they make it. SWA worked and no one gave them any hope. I agree with this sentiment. Buy onboard (and repeated attempts to sell a captive audience all sorts...
Jump to postPer CCAA filings, Lynx signed a term sheet for a sale transaction on February 21 and will request court approval to proceed. I wonder who the buyer is now? Interestingly, there are no assets, liabilities or obligations disclosed related to 31 aircraft left in their Boeing purchase agreement. This i...
Jump to postPer CCAA filings, Lynx signed a term sheet for a sale transaction on February 21 and will request court approval to proceed. I wonder who the buyer is now? Interestingly, there are no assets, liabilities or obligations disclosed related to 31 aircraft left in their Boeing purchase agreement. Wait a...
Jump to postPer CCAA filings, Lynx signed a term sheet for a sale transaction on February 21 and will request court approval to proceed. I wonder who the buyer is now? Interestingly, there are no assets, liabilities or obligations disclosed related to 31 aircraft left in their Boeing purchase agreement. There’...
Jump to postPer CCAA filings, Lynx signed a term sheet for a sale transaction on February 21 and will request court approval to proceed. I wonder who the buyer is now? Interestingly, there are no assets, liabilities or obligations disclosed related to 31 aircraft left in their Boeing purchase agreement. There’...
Jump to postVonRichtofen wrote:And who is CGFC?
Ohhh this isn't pretty. "Lynx Air has been met with significant unforeseeable challenges to its business since its inception. As a result, Lynx Air is currently insolvent and has insufficient cash reserves to allow it to continue to fund its current ongoing operations. In addition, certain cri...
Jump to postHundreds of millions underwater with just 9 tails. Unbelievable it was allowed to get this bad. http://cfcanada.fticonsulting.com/lynxair/docs/Affidavit%20of%20Michael%20Woodward,%20sworn%20February%2022,%202024.pdf Ohhh this isn't pretty. "Lynx Air has been met with significant unforeseeable ...
Jump to postHundreds of millions underwater with just 9 tails. Unbelievable it was allowed to get this bad.
http://cfcanada.fticonsulting.com/lynxa ... 202024.pdf
I think the point of the service is to get folks checked in ahead of time and potentially decrease lines and missed 60 minute cutoffs at YYZ. It isn't really going to save anyone time, though they can potentially save quite a few bucks on parking for longer trips. I like this idea, you could expand...
Jump to postThat’s really interesting! Never knew AC had 767’s with the Boeing signature cabins in them. Did the aircraft have AVOD at each seat? No they did not. They had the old style, one movie for the whole cabin. For example they were used on Athens and Barcelona routes before they were shifted over for t...
Jump to postThey claimed they were planning to return to everything from YYC, but claims are meaningless. F8 has claimed profitability, for example. In a post-contract world where Rouge has similar costs, does painting Rouge on the side of the 7M8 and knocking out a row of W all of a sudden make those routes s...
Jump to postOne of the incoming A320s has now been flown into Canada, C-FCUG. Flew DUB-KEF-YYZ arriving yesterday on 10 January.(ex-CZ plane). Why is AC acquiring second hand A320s and not topping up the 737-8MAX? Is it true they are not happy with the 7M8? Could the A320NEO come in to play in the future? If I...
Jump to postYes, an OWG 737-800 is here in Calgary on a Flair wet lease to help them recover from this unmitigated disaster. Lynx and Flair are both in absolute catastrophe mode right now. Happy 2024 to all passengers who made the grave mistake of booking travel with these 2 abominations masquerading as air ca...
Jump to postThis conversation personifies the problem of running an airline in Canada. There are an endless amount of routes you can fly pretty much any aircraft in the summertime, Christmas and March break. Unfortunately, you have to pay for that plane and crew for all the rest of the year and I suspect that Y...
Jump to postPorter' plans were announced almost a year prior to WJs decision to pull out. Name a single market they competed effectively when in a 3 carrier environment against AC and PD. They lost every time. Have had this view expressed from at least 2 different senior WJ folks. Since they have now pulled ou...
Jump to postI don’t think AC retrenchment will be a bad thing. In this case, you might want to consider switching over to Porter and their expanded network of possibly one world partners. It’s not going to happen overnight, but you’ll start to see when AC is pulling back, but Porter would’ve created a loyalty ...
Jump to postCatching up on this thread and a lot of really interesting discussion. It's clear to me that PD (and their investors) see a clear opportunity with WS's retrenchment to be the number 2 in Canada for North American ops. They are banking on toppling WS and ensuring that all the 'anybody but AC' people...
Jump to postCatching up on this thread and a lot of really interesting discussion. It's clear to me that PD (and their investors) see a clear opportunity with WS's retrenchment to be the number 2 in Canada for North American ops. They are banking on toppling WS and ensuring that all the 'anybody but AC' people ...
Jump to postAll excellent points. My thoughts though, aren’t 2600 RVR, but below 2600. Right down to and including an autoland. None of which can be presently performed on any GPS based approach. The point about not being needed is well found. If presented with statistics, it’s hard to justify any low viz capa...
Jump to postThe "understanding" WS has with Alberta is that the 787 would be YYC based for intercontinental ops which, to me, does in fact open the door to potential YYZ-YHZ-DUB type of 7M8 operation. These kind of "understandings" change with the winds and economic conditions too. That sai...
Jump to postDon’t see a future for the 777-9 at AC! You can't put 450 people in the A35K or 778 (unless you're going single class, or ULCC style densification), so what, no more 450 seaters once the 77Ws are gone? Granted, it's still a while from now, but still. Is it the strategy to acquire more ~400 seaters ...
Jump to postA bit of emotion here in Calgary as the final Frankfurt flight departed a few hours ago. Nearly half a century of service is now over. I've talked to a lot of people here and heard so many stories from southern Albertans about their memories on the various equipment over the years, weddings, vacati...
Jump to postReading the accounts of the pilots, they did the best they could, given the circumstances. The ground rises a lot between where the engine issues started and Delhi, so the decision to land in Baku made sense. Not a surprising decision considering attempting to cross over the Himalaya's with an engi...
Jump to posthttps://simpleflying.com/delhi-bound-air-canada-boeing-777-diverts-to-baku/ Anyone know the exact reason for the diver to Baku? Barely two hours after passing Istanbul where accommodating pax could have been much easier. Must have been serious enough or sudden to put her down in GYD. Left engine oi...
Jump to postI don't think anyone actually knows (other than AC) as to the refurbish plan. The A321's are going to be in the fleet a while and there are now 15 left to refurbish. The A320's will likely come into service before refurbishment. AC is taking forever to refurbish the fleet with either the XM configu...
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