You Can Continue Flying on Flair Airlines as Canadian Transportation Agency Decides It is Canadian

Published by To Do Canada On June 1, 2022

Canadians have very limited options when it comes to low-cost airlines and Flair Airlines is one of them.

Credit: Flair airlines

The Edmonton-based company was embroiled in a “whether Flair Airlines is Canadian” controversy when Canadian Transportation Agency in its preliminary determination found that Flair is not ‘’Canadian’’ as domestic airlines in Canada must have a majority of Canadian shareholders.

The reason for the preliminary decision was because 777 Partners had “unique shareholder rights” in the airline and Flair depended on 777 for its financing and leasing of aircraft.

Flair Airlines was given 60 calendar days to respond. The Canadian Transportation Agency today decided that the airline is Canadian after Flair restructured its board, solidifying Canadian ownership, and demonstrated that the airline is not dependent on 777 Partners for its operations.

Since launching in 2017, Flair operates over 120 flights per week across Canada. Flair Airlines serves over 30 cities across Canada, Mexico and the U.S including:

Canada
Abbotsford
Calgary
Charlottetown
Comox
Deer Lake
Edmonton
Grande Prairie
Halifax
Kelowna
Kitchener-Waterloo
Montreal
Ottawa
Prince George
Regina
Saint John
Saskatoon
Thunder Bay
Toronto
Vancouver
Victoria
Winnipeg
Mexico
Cancun
Los Cabos
United States
Anchorage
Chicago
Denver
Fort Lauderdale
Las Vegas
Los Angeles/Burbank
Nashville
New York
Orlando Sanford
Palm Springs
Phoenix-Mesa
San Francisco