Re: Flair Airlines Fleet and Network - 2024

There seems to be something new on the website. When you search now you get the same error message but then a popup that says they will redirect you to a "trusted partner" which turns out to be CheapoAir's general search. I searched for a Flair flight and they all now seem to be listed as...

Re: Flair Airlines Fleet and Network - 2024

TexasAirCorp wrote:

Who exactly is it working overnight? The IT people or executives trying to negotiate their way out of something messy?

Flair uses Amelia for its reservation system, out of all Amelia’s customers it’s only them with apparent issues.

Re: Flair Airlines Fleet and Network - 2024

1. Nobody here has any sense of the money pot that is available to Flair. 2. Losing 5 days of revenue or whatever is no what you would call "great"...but it's probably like $10M at most? Just fire up a wire. Seriously. Southwest earns $70M per day. Flair's micro-million dollar fuck up her...

Re: Flair Airlines Fleet and Network - 2024

1. Nobody here has any sense of the money pot that is available to Flair. 2. Losing 5 days of revenue or whatever is no what you would call "great"...but it's probably like $10M at most? Just fire up a wire. Seriously. Southwest earns $70M per day. Flair's micro-million dollar fuck up her...

Re: Flair Airlines Fleet and Network - 2024

When Flair inevitably goes bankrupt, wonder if they’ll try to restructure and save it or if they’ll just close it all up as lynx did. Honestly I’d rather they just go. That gives Porter a better chance of surviving and they’ve got a better product. It will also give Flair’s employees a chance at a ...

Re: Flair Airlines Fleet and Network - 2024

When Flair inevitably goes bankrupt, wonder if they’ll try to restructure and save it or if they’ll just close it all up as lynx did. Honestly I’d rather they just go. That gives Porter a better chance of surviving and they’ve got a better product. It will also give Flair’s employees a chance at a ...

Re: Flair Airlines Fleet and Network - 2024

The great and powerful Lukas Gabor has spoken , all is fine with Flair , Flair has finally responded on DailyHive stating they are working in fixing the problem. Strange that Lukas was able to complete a booking yet others weren't. I'd be curious to know what device he did it on. I tried with both ...

Re: Flair Airlines Fleet and Network - 2024

I tried incognito mode. I tried Android phone, both web and app. YVR to CUN. YVR domestic. Errors before I even get to flight selection each time. I'm more familiar with US Chapter 11 than CCAA, but wouldn't a CCAA filing stop creditors from demanding payment and vendors from amending terms? That's...

Re: Flair Airlines Fleet and Network - 2024

If it's their credit card processor that's refusing to book then what is happening at the airports with payment for checked luggage or seat selection? The two must be related? Could this be more Sabre or whoever their GDS system architecture is supplying them? Either way, day three and no word from...

Re: Flair Airlines Fleet and Network - 2024

Someone on Reddit posted the website stopped working around noon on Friday. All flights still seem to be operating normally. No communication at all, media not picking up on it at all. Extremely strange. Yes, as shocking as Flair’s complete silence is, the lack of media coverage is just as bad. The...

Re: Flair Airlines Fleet and Network - 2024

I would also add that, when airlines have either a maintenance outage of their site or an IT issue, they will usually post about it on their social media. Strange to be out this long and not mention it. Yes, this is the strangest thing. Why would you not try and reassure potential customers with at...

Re: Flair Airlines Fleet and Network - 2024

"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain, I am the great and powerful Oz" https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/flair-denies-flight-reduction-is-due-to-financial-woes-lynx-exodus-1.2050635 -claiming the cuts have nothing to do with financial woes. Taking away the subject we're all so passion...

Re: Air Canada reduces YYC flying due to “pilot shortage”

Carriers just allocate resources to better-yielding markets. This says a lot more about competition from WS in YYC than about AC's ability to hire or retain. It is hardly a "win" story for WS as they have basically retreated back to fortress Calgary and nearly abandoned plans to be a seco...

Re: Porter Airlines News and Discussion - 2023

On a random flight from Vancouver to Ottawa on December 1st, the difference between Basic and Standard on Porter is $26. The difference between Basic and Standard on AC is also $26. But the cheapest Standard fare on Porter is $273 for that flight and the cheapest Standard on AC is $332. So there is...

Re: WestJet News and Discussion - 2023

Guessing that Swoop is going to die with the new Pilot Agreement, it sucks the end of ULCC for WestJet. Wondering if their Q400 department will also meet the same fate in the future. Swoop is done end of Oct. Good riddance, it pushed many careers back 4 or 5 years. The fact that they had a year and...

Re: FAA halting some flights through LGA due to Canadian Wildfires

Don’t think so. This is definitely the worst air quality I’ve experienced here in NJ, I’ve never have had to put on a mask indoors before. Welcome to what western North America has been living with for the last ten years! Interesting that in Canada YOW and YYZ don't seem to be impacted despite the ...

Re: Air Canada News and Discussion - 2023

Again, that goes back to the question: why would PAL be able to find pilots that Jazz can't? Compensation being equal, my guess would be the quality of life / cost of living by not having to move to a Jazz pilot base in YUL/YYZ/YVR (YYC I imagine must be shrinking). Since Jazz/Air Canada have stopp...

Re: Air Canada News and Discussion - 2023

Alternatively a cynic might suggest this could be about sending a message to Chorus or its pilots that "We have options." Wouldn't be the first time that AC has moved to add regional flying with another carrier in addition to Jazz. Air Canada owns 9.9% of Chorus and maintains a position o...

Re: Air Canada News and Discussion - 2023

But won’t PAL have to grow by the crews to operate these aircraft? I’m making an assumption that they would since these are new aircraft and not a reassignment of existing aircraft. So my question was if someone has to grow by more crews why not the existing airline? What can PAL do to attract the ...

Re: Westjet Issues Notice For Pilot Strike Threat - Lockout Begins at 3AM MST on Fri May 19th

I am not familiar with Canada's laws regarding airlines and contracts (i.e. - in the U.S., there's a process that must be followed to actually strike. Even if the process is followed, the president can step in to avert a strike). What is the process in Canada, and can the PM step in to avert the st...

Re: Westjet Issues Notice For Pilot Strike Threat - Lockout Begins at 3AM MST on Fri May 19th

I agree but I'm sure we'll have some here say "if you don't like what they pay, go somewhere else". If an employer doesn't pay enough, or doesn't offer a positive work environment, why would you work there? If high pay is your cheese, you go where they pay top dollar. How does 10-year 737...

Re: Air Canada Pilots Association looks to merge with ALPA

Didn't the Air Canada pilots originally leave ALPA in a huff because they were afraid of the horrors of being merged with the AC regionals seniority list, or was that CALPA?

Re: Flair Airlines News and Discussion - 2023

And they say 777 doesn’t have defacto control of Flair…….. Every industry insider south of the border knows exactly who pulls the strings at Flair. One has to be beyond obtuse to believe otherwise. This is a train wreck in slow motion. Every pilot at Flair should have his / her resume in at WS or A...

Re: Flair Airlines News and Discussion - 2023

You might ask why I am optimistic about Flair, I think seeing how they handled this hiccup has shown me that they absolutely have the fight in them. It's a seriously impressive response to scramble other jets to respond, full and competent media campaign, on point messaging. How easy it would have ...

Re: Flair Airlines News and Discussion - 2023

Flair is launching a St. Patrick's sale tomorrow and runs till Thursday. 35% off all base fares, all routes. Travel March 14-May 31, 2022. Promo Code: Spring23 Just to rule out that this isn't an abnormal cash grab, Flair's previous promos this year were: January: 75% New Years sale February: Mexic...

Re: Flair Airlines News and Discussion - 2023

JakeLRS wrote:

Flair is on life support this week, if they are able to come out the other side amid all of this, they really are a cat with 9 lives.

Re: YVR Weather Meltdown: International Flights Halted

This follows incidents of passengers being stuck in their planes on the tarmac for up to 10 hours during the snowstorm on Monday night-Tuesday morning.

Re: Flair Airlines Network Thread - 2022

On one hand, I think heavily subsidized flights (even to places that have very little demand and produce extremely poor loads) could be a smart way to use planes in the winter. On the other hand, most successful or profitable airlines usually don't need to resort to operating flights that only exis...

Re: Flair Airlines Network Thread - 2022

I'm used to 25/30 minute turns on EU/US LCCs, in theory a step in the right direction. Perhaps I'm being a bit nitpicky but wouldn't going to and from deicing pads at busy airports eat into this? Deice doesn't count against the turn time, it's part of the block time and blocks are extended in the w...

Re: Porter Airlines Discussion Thread - 2022

Be very wary of airlines, any airlines that announce massive expansion plans before they’ve launched they're first revenue flight or have established any sort of operating history and consistent profitability over at least a 12 month cycle. Making money in the summer in Canada is a no brainer and h...

Re: Air Canada to Acquire 30 ES-30 Electric Regional Aircraft from Heart Aerospace

There’s more to it than that. AC have a target of achieving net zero by 2050. SAF is key, electric is key for regional, including investing and electrification of ground vehicle fleets is the easiest place to start. That's nice. I have a target of achieving billionaire status by 2050. About as real...

Re: Westjet airport staff vote to strike

What a sad come down from the days the airline built their reputation on "Westjetters care". If you don't care about your employees, why should they care about customers?

Re: YVR and FIFA World Cup 2026

Since Vancouver has been chosen as host city, is YVR, as is, including the recently opened pier D ready to handle the added traffic or will it need/have further developements? We don't know how traffic will be in the next few years, but if it recovers to 2019 level (26+ million pax) could the curre...

Re: YVR opens Pier D

I for one love the carpets which prevent the teminal from being an echo-ey, noisy cold environment.

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - Civil Aviation *News Feed* Thread