Canada’s approach to airline strikes pits the need for reliable air travel against the constitutionally protected right to strike. Other countries show there is a workable middle ground.
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The Competition Bureau frames competition as the solution to the many challenges facing the airline industry, but this overlooks the limitations of relying on increased competition alone.
The closure of Lynx is an opportune time to review the state of Canadian commercial air travel and identify the challenges and opportunities Canada has in improving the sector.
The chaos at airlines and airports appears to finally be over, but will the relief last? Or will Canadians have to brace themselves for more delays, cancellations and miscommunications?
Changes to the Canadian airline industry will offer consumers new choices when flying from major airports. But the new services could burden a system that’s already at capacity.
Airlines seem largely unconcerned about the long-term implications of their refusal to issue refunds to passengers during the COVID-19 pandemic, and risk alienating customers permanently.
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Faculty Lecturer and Academic Program Co-ordinator, Supply Network and Aviation Management, McGill University
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Associate Professor, Organizational Studies and Sustainable Commerce and Director, Institute for Sustainable Commerce, University of Guelph
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DANCAP Private Equity Chair in Human Organization, Western University