Posted: Mar 01, 2021 8:22 PM AT | Last Updated: March 2
Air service to Atlantic Canada, already slashed because of COVID-19 travel restrictions, could be facing another blow.(Ryan Remiorz/Canadian Press)
Halifax-based Jazz will take over all regional flights for Air Canada Express in an industry consolidation that could limit service long term to smaller communities after the pandemic.
Jazz a subsidiary of Chorus Aviation will fly more aircraft and use bigger jets, but retire its fleet of smaller planes that serve rural airports.
The announcement Monday is part of a revised capacity purchase agreement with Chorus that Air Canada said will save it $400 million over 15 years.
Air Canada s acquisition of Transat AT Inc. is up in the air after Canada s largest airline said it will not allow more time for the deal to go through.
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In response to the new government measures, Air Canada said Friday that it is weighing measures such as shortened work weeks to temporarily reduce management levels as a way of preserving cash. We continue to manage staffing levels through mitigation as the situation requires, just as we have done since the start of the pandemic, Air Canada spokeswoman Pascale Dery said.
Air Canada also said this week that it will pause all operations of Air Canada Rouge and lay off 80 employees starting Feb. 8 as a result of the flight suspensions.
Operation suspensions
Air Canada s flights to Mexico and the Caribbean had been operated primarily by Rouge, Air Canada said Thursday. Rouge s operations were suspended for part of 2020, but were resumed ahead of the winter travel season.