Lobby Roundup: Flair Airlines asking for government money to compete with Air Canada and WestJet

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25 May 2023 • 4 min read

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Photo caption: Flair Airlines had four aircraft seized for non-payment in March. The low-cost carrier claims the seizures were unlawful and is lobbying the federal government to help it compete with established airlines. (Handout Flair Airlines/The Canadian Press)

Xavier Richer Vis

Xavier is a Toronto-based journalist and a graduate of Goldsmiths, University of London’s master’s in digital journalism. He first joined the IJF as a data-scraping volunteer. His work has appeared in Wired.

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