Tag: Flair Airlines

Flair Airlines Sues Leasing Corporation After One-Fifth of Fleet Repossessed During Busy Weekend

Flair Airlines has filed a $50-million lawsuit after four leased passenger jets in active use were allegedly repossessed in the middle of the night on March 11 by a creditor, causing the cancellation of dozens of flights. Flair Airlines said in a March 15 news release that Airborne Capital took “unlawful and immeasurably destructive actions”…


Flair Airlines Says Four of Its Aircraft Seized

Flair Airlines says passengers were “impacted” after four of its leased aircraft were seized in Toronto, Edmonton, and Kitchener, Ont., in what the company is calling a “commercial dispute.” More coming. …


Flair Airlines Says Four of Its Aircraft Seized in a ‘Commercial Dispute’

Flair Airlines says passengers were “impacted” after four of its leased aircraft were seized in Toronto, Edmonton, and Kitchener, Ont., in what the company is calling a “commercial dispute.” Flair issued a statement on Saturday calling the move by “a New York-based hedge fund” to take the aircraft “extreme and unusual.” It says Flair will…


Weather, Not Omicron, Taking the Biggest Bite out of Canadian Airline Schedules

CALGARY—Canadian air travelers are experiencing an uptick in flight cancellations this holiday season, but airlines say weather is a bigger factor than COVID-19. According to airline data company Cirium, Canada’s largest airlines canceled hundreds of flights between Dec. 22 and Dec. 26 of this year. Flair Airlines canceled nine percent of its scheduled flights during…