The chaos disrupting so many airlines this summer has landed in Canada. Air Canada is cancelling hundreds of flights, and its CEO is taking the rare step to apologize directly to travelers.
Quebec-based Transat has completed its metamorphosis from an integrated travel company into a national airline. But is it enough to survive a changing Canadian market hot with new airlines, proposed mergers, and changing business plans?
After shedding its integrated travel company business, Canada's Transat is moving full speed ahead becoming a leisure carrier. The airline is banking on new jets, and an expanding portfolio of partnerships, to fuel its expansion in 2022.