Flair Airlines Expanding Across Canada, Including Maritimes, Western Canada and Kitchener-Waterloo

Flair Airlines Expanding Across Canada, Including Maritimes, Western Canada and Kitchener-Waterloo

February 11, 2021 ctn_admin

Flair Airlines, Canada’s only independent ultra low-cost carrier (ULCC), is
expanding service and will bring low fare air travel to 18 Canadian destinations by summer. Service to four of the new destinations will begin in May with more added in the coming months as non-essential travel within Canada safely restarts.

Flair’s ambitious expansion focuses first on growing its domestic network. Flair’s network will expand beginning on May 1st as service is added to Ottawa, ON; Kitchener-Waterloo, ON; Halifax, NS; and Saint John, NB. Flair will add service in June to Thunder Bay, ON; and Charlottetown, PE; in July to Victoria, BC; and in August to Abbotsford, BC.

The CBC reports that Flair announced flights will begin May 1 in Halifax and Saint John, and in Charlottetown, PEI on June 4. The airline will add service to Toronto, Ottawa and Waterloo out of Halifax and service to Toronto from Charlottetown and Saint John.

Global News says Flair will begin flying out of Kitchener-Waterloo on May 1 and will see multiple flights each week from YKF to Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg and Halifax.

That’s not only good for folks looking for a deal, but great for people heading out from or arriving into the booming Kitchener-Waterloo Region, which is about an hour west of Toronto Pearson Airport.

“Canadians have been paying too much for too long, and we are changing that with our ULCC model that makes getting around Canada affordable,” said Stephen Jones, President & CEO. “Providing affordable air travel within Canada is the first step in restarting travel and tourism, and Flair is uniquely positioned with the efficiencies of our low-cost model.

“When non-essential travel returns, Flair will be there to reconnect families and provide the low fares that have long been denied to Canadians,” Jones said.

Flair anticipates tourism and travel to begin restarting in the Spring and Summer, and the focus on domestic service in 2021 enables the ULCC to provide more low fare options across Canada.

“We strongly support the need for restricting non-essential travel as Canada works to bend the curve. Flair was one of the first airlines to reduce our network and focus exclusively on essential domestic travel,” said Jones. “We are confident, as travel returns, there is a strong market for low fare travel choices from a socially responsible Canadian airline. Flair’s ULCC business model doesn’t have the overhead and costs associated with legacy organizations and networks, and this allows our efficiencies to be passed along in our pricing.”

Canadian airport partners are excited for Flair’s ULCC service to be coming to their communities.

“We’re delighted that Flair Airlines has selected Saint John as their exclusive New Brunswick destination,” said Saint John Airport President and CEO, Derrick Stanford. “We’re dedicated to finding Saint John travellers the best possible value and options, and with Flair’s unique pricing model almost anyone can afford to fly to more places than ever before.”

“We are pleased to welcome Flair Airlines to the Region of Waterloo International Airport. Once pandemic restrictions are lifted, the addition of Flair’s services will provide further connectivity to other economic hubs,
create local jobs, build partnerships and help support the recovery of the local economy,” said Karen Redman, Regional Chair, Region of Waterloo.