Two new Canadian airlines will fly over the North American country skies: the low-cost carrier Lynx Air and KF Aerospace’s charter airline, Aeroflyer.
Lynx Air
Formerly Enerjet, Lynx Air is based at Calgary International Airport (YYC), with a fleet of three Boeing 737-8 aircraft. On April 7th, it started its operations with a flight to Vancouver (YVR). Four days later, service to Toronto-Pearson (YYZ) was inaugurated. Connections to Kelowna (YLW), Winnipeg (YWG) and Victoria (YYJ) will follow.
The airline expects to add two additional aircraft over the next few months to strengthen its offering for the summer. From June 29th it will fly to three new destinations in Eastern Canada: Hamilton (YHM), Halifax (YHZ) and St John’s (YYT). On July 28th, a service to Edmonton (YEG) will be inaugurated.
According to the company, it will operate 148 weekly flights and offer up to 27,000 seats during the upcoming summer season.
«Lynx is on a mission to make air travel accessible to all Canadians, with a transparent, à la carte pricing model which empowers passengers to pick and pay for the services they want, so they can save money on the trip and spend where it counts: at their destination», said Merren McArthur, CEO of Lynx.
The company’s growth plan is ambitious. It currently employs 165 people and expects to grow its workforce to four hundred by the end of 2022. It also has commitments to increase its fleet up to 46 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in the next five to seven years.
Aeroflyer
Aeroflyer belongs to KF Aerospace, Canada’s largest commercial aircraft maintenance provider and operator of passenger and cargo flights. It will provide air charter services for the leisure travel, tourism, and labor transport markets. This last market is in high demand in Canada, due to the long distances and remote locations of many towns.
It will operate a fleet of Boeing 737 NGs and will be based at Kelowna and Calgary airports. «In the coming months we plan to expand our fleet across the country to support national and international customers», said Nick Samuel, Aeroflyer’s Charter Operations Manager.
