The government is introducing new amendments to the Canada Transportation Act to strengthen air passenger rights and increase the accountability of airlines. The proposed changes would make compensation mandatory for most disruptions, establish mandatory standards of treatment for all flight cancellations or delays, and require airlines to have an internal process for handling claims.
Canada's "ultra-low-cost airline" Swoop has announced that it's expanding further across the country this summer, with even more domestic routes on offer as of May 2022. On May 1, Swoop announced that it had launched its inaugural flight to Charlottetown Airport from Hamilton International Airport. The trip kicks off the airline's Atlantic Canada expansion, as the first of 11 inaugural flights for the airline this summer.
Pack your bags, travellers! Canada's new "ultra-affordable" airline Lynx Air has officially taken off and the cheapest tickets start at just $39 one-way. On April 11, new Canadian airline Lynx took to the skies for the first time during its inaugural flight between Calgary and Vancouver.