Flair Flew Nearly Half a Million Travellers in August, Filled 94.3% of Seats
by Bruce Parkinson
Regulatory scrutiny may have helped Flair Airlines dodge a bullet.
Flair Airlines carried nearly half a million travellers in August, with an impressive 94.3% load factor, 99.14% flight completion factor, and on-time performance of 73.3%.
August flying in Canada – one of the year’s busiest months — was disrupted by the nearly four-day Air Canada flight attendant strike.
“August tested the industry in ways few expected. When disruptions arose, we didn’t pull back, we leaned in,” said Flair CEO Maciej Wilk.
“We added flights, kept our schedule intact, and made sure hundreds of thousands of Canadians reached their destinations. That’s the kind of reliability people should expect.”
Flair’s 99.14% completion factor was the best among Canada’s major carriers for the month. Porter followed at 99.13%, WestJet at 98.3%, while the strike pulled Air Canada down to 88.6%.
Porter lead the way in on-time performance in August, with 80.3% — which Flair’s press release says deserves congratulations. Air Canada was second at 74.5%, followed by Flair at 73.3%, ahead of WestJet’s 71.5%.
Flair offers what it calls “Canada’s only On-Time Guarantee,” which provides a $60 CAD e-voucher to passengers if their flight is delayed by over 60 minutes or cancelled within 72 hours of departure. In August, 91.6% of Flair flights beat that benchmark.
