The Canadian ultra-low-cost carrier Flair is
expanding service and will bring low fare air travel to 18 Canadian destinations by summer.
The budget airline confirmed 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
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st 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.
“Canadians have been paying too much for too long, and we are changing that with our ULCC model that makes getting
around Canada affordable,” says 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.”
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,” says 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,” says
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.”
– Derrick Stanford, President & CEO, Saint John Airport
“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.”
– Karen Redman, Regional Chair, Region of Waterloo
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