Flair Airlines News

The transportation regulator will decide today if Flair's partnership with Miami-based 777 Partners violates foreign-ownership rules.

This week, a spokesperson for the airline dismissed speculation on social media that recent hiccups in operations and service cancellations could be attributed to the company’s regulatory problems. The CTA said it would review the airline’s response before rendering a final verdict by the start of June. A violation would see Flair barred from offering domestic flights.

The Canadian Transportation Agency's ruling ends a months-long investigation by the quasi-judicial body into Flair's compliance with laws over foreign ...

Have the Top Business Headlines newsletter conveniently delivered to your inbox in the morning or evening. Its decisions can be appealed with leave to the Federal Court of Appeal. “As Flair meets the incorporation and voting interest requirements and that Canadians control in fact Flair, Flair is Canadian.” The fleet will number 19 by July, Mr. Jones said. The CTA had given Flair 60 days to respond. This put Flair in violation of Canada’s so-called control in fact rules, which are separate from its foreign investment laws.

CALGARY — The Canadian Transportation Agency says Flair Airlines is Canadian. The ruling means the Edmonton-based upstart carrier can keep its operating ...

The Canadian Press This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 1, 2022. The ruling means the Edmonton-based upstart carrier can keep its operating licence.

After a months-long review process, the Canadian Transportation Agency has issued its final determination in a contentious case that could have cost Flair ...

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The Canadian Transportation Agency says Flair Airlines is Canadian. The ruling means the Edmonton-based upstart carrier can keep its operating licence.

The Canadian Transportation Agency says Flair Airlines is Canadian. The ruling means the Edmonton-based upstart carrier can keep its operating licence. The ruling means the Edmonton-based upstart carrier can keep its operating licence. Regulator rules Flair Airlines is Canadian, meaning the upstart carrier can keep its licence

CALGARY — The Canadian Transportation Agency says Flair Airlines is Canadian. The ruling means the Edmonton-based upstart carrier can keep its operating ...

Jones said Wednesday the airline has informed the CTA that going forward, a portion of its leases will be stand-alone with no links whatsoever to 777. The CTA said Flair has also demonstrated it can generate positive cash flow from its operations, alleviating concerns it would be financially dependent on 777 going forward. That put Flair's relationship with Miami-based investor 777 Partners under the microscope. Flair Airlines launched in 2004 as a charter airline and began offering regularly scheduled service in 2018. “The decision that is coming out today is very clear, it’s black and white," said Flair Airlines chief executive Stephen Jones at a news conference held in Edmonton just minutes after the regulatory determination was made public. It also renders irrelevant Flair's earlier request for an 18-month extension in order to comply with the rules.

The low-cost airline's licences that allow it to fly in Canada were in question due to the influence of U.S.-based investor 777 Partners LCC.

The airline had until May 3 to prove it is Canadian, and now CTA says that it passed the test. Canadian legislation allows no more than 49 per cent ownership of a Canadian airline by foreign entities. “‘The question has been answered.”

The Edmonton-based airline had been under review by the transportation regulator over concern an American shareholder exerted too much power. The CTA said on ...

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It's the moment Canadians have been waiting for for the past two months. The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) has issued its final determination on ...

The situation with the CTA has also not had any effect on Flair’s goal to get to 50 aircraft in five years. . . . Accordingly, the Agency finds that, as Flair meets the incorporation and voting interest requirements and that Canadians control in fact Flair, Flair is Canadian.” All that has changed is that the uncertainty about our status as Canadian has been removed.” During a June 1 press conference held by Flair, CEO Stephen Jones said: “Though we never doubted it . . . we’re thrilled to receive the positive decision today from the CTA, which reinforces that Flair is a Canadian airline. Earlier this year, the CTA raised concerns that too much of Flair’s operations were controlled by American interests. The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) has issued its final determination on ultra-low-cost carrier, Flair Airlines.

777 has members sitting on the board of directors for Flair Airlines, and also gave Flair financing, as well as leased planes to them. “The situation that we ...

“Consumers can take great confidence on the back of the CTA that Flair is a Canadian airline, and so that uncertainty, which has been played on, I think, disingenuously by many of the other competitors, has been played on, and created that uncertainty in consumers minds.” “The situation that we have been through in the last two months is going through is going through with the CTA all the concerns that they raised with us about our position,” said President and CEO of Flair Airlines Stephen Jones. Flair Airlines has been determined as Canadian after the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) investigated the company after some concerns related to one of their shareholders and aircraft leases.

Le transporteur à rabais Flair Airlines est autorisé à conserver sa licence après que l'Office des transports du Canada a conclu mercredi que la compagnie.

Selon le PDG de Flair, la société est constituée en Colombie-Britannique et 58 % des actions avec droit de vote appartiennent à des Canadiens. Au printemps, Stephen Jones a déclaré que l’accord unanime des actionnaires de Flair ne montrait pas le contrôle canadien “assez explicitement”. Le transporteur à rabais Flair Airlines est autorisé à conserver sa licence après que l’Office des transports du Canada a conclu mercredi que la compagnie “est canadienne”. Pour être une compagnie aérienne nationale titulaire d’une licence, Flair Airlines doit être constituée au Canada et au moins 51 % des actions avec droit de vote doivent être détenues et contrôlées par des Canadiens, selon l’OTC.

La compagnie aérienne canadienne Flair Airlines satisfait aux règles de propriété du pays, a déclaré mercredi l'Office des transports du Canada (OTC), ...

L'agence a déclaré dans un communiqué que Flair "a répondu aux préoccupations" qu'elle avait soulevées en mars. Auparavant, l'agence avait mis en doute le contrôle de 777 sur le conseil d'administration du transporteur et la dépendance de Flair vis-à-vis de 777 pour le financement et la location d'avions. L'agence, qui veille à ce que les transporteurs canadiens soient majoritairement contrôlés par des Canadiens, s'est demandé en mars si Flair, dont le siège social est situé en Alberta, répondait aux exigences du pays en matière de propriété en raison de l'influence de l'investisseur américain 777 Partners LLC, qui détient une participation de près de 25 %.

The Canadian Transportation Agency says Flair Airlines is Canadian. The ruling means the Edmonton-based upstart carrier can keep its operating licence.

Jones said Wednesday the airline has informed the CTA that going forward, a portion of its leases will be stand-alone with no links whatsoever to 777. "Ourselves and 777 Partners have made significant concessions and changed things to make sure our position is without doubt — we are a Canadian airline." That put Flair's relationship with Miami-based investor 777 Partners under the microscope. But Jones suggested opposition is a "natural reaction" to the competitive threat he believes Flair poses to the industry. In a preliminary determination in March, the CTA found Flair may not be "controlled in fact" by Canadians and said 777 Partners holds a "dominant"' influence over the carrier. In its determination Wednesday, the regulator stated Flair has in fact done just that, by rejigging the composition of its board so that at least half of the directors will be Canadians. In addition, 777 Partners will no longer hold any unique shareholder rights.