Summary
- Flair Airlines had a robust summer with high on-time performance, high load aspects, and a completion factor of 99.3% in July.
- Flair outperformed other Canadian airlines in on-time performance.
- Flair flew almost half 1,000,000 passengers in July with a load factor of 88%.
Flair Airlines continues to have an incredible summer, boasting higher on-time performance than most Canadian airlines and really high load aspects. The Canadian low-cost carrier flew almost half 1,000,000 passengers in July.
Continuing a robust summer performance
If the last two months indicate how the remaining of Flair’s summer will go, the airline could have much to rejoice at the top of the quarter. Since June, the Canadian airline has boasted a high on-time performance, high load aspects, and intensely high completion rates. In keeping with an announcement today, Flair’s on-time performance in July was 71.1%, barely lower than its June numbers but higher than Air Canada, WestJet, Porter, and Lynx.
Flair’s completion factor was 99.3% in July, meaning just about all scheduled flights occurred. The cancelation rate was extremely low, just seven flights per every thousand. Of the seven cancelations, five were recovered inside 24 hours. All of Flair’s competitors canceled more flights, with Porter canceling 94 per one thousand.
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Summer is often very busy, with families taking vacations as children are on break from school and the weather gets warmer within the Northern Hemisphere. With that, Flair experienced a load factor of 88%, translating into almost half 1,000,000 passengers.
“Getting Canadians where they wish to be, safely and on time, stays our top priority. To that end, we’ve added flexibility into our scheduling this fall, including adding spare aircraft time and increasing scheduled flight times to further enhance our on-time performance. As we proceed to work on maximizing our aircraft utilization and maintaining our position as a pacesetter in on time performance, our customers will profit from lower fares.” – Stephen Jones, CEO, Flair Airlines
Flair reiterated its commitment to being transparent with the above metrics every month and likewise called on other Canadian airlines to do the identical.
Recent Flair Airlines news
Last week, Flair announced a reciprocal wet lease partnership with Bonza, a young Australian low-cost airline. During one airline’s low season, it should send aircraft to the opposite and vice-versa, optimizing fleets and personnel. Bonza will use two of Flair’s aircraft to open a recently-announced base on the Gold Coast Airport. The brand new base will likely be Bonza’s third and could have about 100 staff between pilots, flight attendants, and airport personnel.
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Below is Flair’s statement on the brand new partnership.
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