Lynx Air launches maiden voyage from Calgary
Lynx Air made its inaugural flight Thursday, the newest entrant into Canada’s more and more crowded funds airline market.
The ultra-low-cost provider’s Boeing 737 Max jetliner took off from Calgary on Thursday and was set to land in Vancouver later within the morning.
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Chief government Merren McArthur says Calgary-based Lynx, previously often known as Enerjet, goals to function almost 90 flights per week on 9 routes by June and near double the variety of journeys by August, all inside Canada.
A number of ultra-low-cost carriers (ULCCs) have been beefing up for the reason that summer season in preparation for a conflict with Air Canada and WestJet Airways Ltd. — and with one another — significantly for home flights and solar locations.
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Aptitude Airways was down to 1 plane a yr in the past, however expects to have 20 737s in its fleet by the top of June because the Edmonton-based airline provides routes from Victoria, B.C., to St. John’s, N.L.
In the meantime, WestJet funds subsidiary Swoop continues to broaden, unveiling 9 new routes out of Edmonton in November.
