A flight between Calgary and Cancun that usually takes around six hours ended up being a three-day affair for one group of Flair Airlines passengers. “It was a terrible three days. We’re supposed to take off on Sunday, and they just kept pushing the flight back an hour at a time and wouldn’t tell us… Read More »
A WestJet plane flying from Kamloops, B.C., to Calgary, Alta., Thursday afternoon was diverted to Kelowna International Airport due to engine issues. Kelowna RCMP Const. Michael Della-Paolera said the local RCMP and fire departments both responded to support airport emergency crews. He said thanks to a quick response, the plane landed safely, and the airport… Read More »
When you think of university life, you probably imagine academic challenges, social experiences, and personal growth. But at CU Boulder, there’s an additional layer that not all students are aware of: a set of hidden rules that, if broken, could result in expulsion. These rules are not prominently displayed in the student handbook, nor are… Read More »
On Friday afternoon, tragedy struck the University of Colorado (CU) community when a student was found dead off-campus. The student, identified as Jeremiah Park, was described by university officials as “a rising junior” who had a bright future ahead of him. The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) promptly responded to the heartbreaking news by… Read More »
Harvard President Alan Garber on Monday welcomed the Class of 2028 with a prediction: You won’t always get along. This reality, he said, is an inevitable part of joining a community that strives for excellence through the embrace of pluralism. “We stand for growing in knowledge and wisdom — not only through intellectual and extracurricular… Read More »
On Friday afternoon, tragedy struck the University of Colorado (CU) community when a student was found dead off-campus. The student, identified as Jeremiah Park, was described by university officials as “a rising junior” who had a bright future ahead of him. The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) promptly responded to the heartbreaking news by… Read More »
Canada’s airline sector could be on the brink of a new merger involving two low-cost carriers. Flair Airlines and Lynx Air are reportedly preparing to unveil merger plans, according to multiple Canadian media outlets. The Airline Observer, which initially reported the news on February 7, 2024, disclosed that both budget carriers are in advanced talks… Read More »
After spending a week in San Diego without a hitch, Alex Blair and his family were in for a rude awakening from WestJet. Blair and his wife had booked a roundtrip flight from Victoria to California to accompany their daughter to soccer camp. On Saturday, June 29, the day they were supposed to fly back… Read More »
Joanna Chiu was asked to leave a WestJet flight after she made a number of trips to the toilet with an “upset stomach”. A woman suffering from an “upset stomach” claims she was reduced to tears after she was booted off a plane for visiting the toilet “too many times” before take-off. Joanna Chiu had… Read More »
After a brief foray in the southwestern Ontario city, Flair Airlines has paused trips to and from Windsor International Airport as it needed to reallocate planes to busier routes, according to the company’s vice-president of revenue management and network planning. “Unfortunately, during our first forays into Windsor, the market just didn’t really perform that well,”… Read More »
A Westjet Boeing 737-800, registration C-GWSV performing flight WS-2652 from Toronto,ON (Canada) to Sint Maarten (Sint Maarten) with 164 people on board, had acquired visual contact with the runway 10 and was flying visually on very short final to Sint Maarten’s runway 10 at about 15:33L (19:33Z), when the aircraft went around from low height,… Read More »
A low-cost Canadian upstart airline had four of its planes repossessed by New York-based aircraft lessor Airborne Capital on March 11, forcing the carrier to cancel multiple flights and leaving a trail of disgruntled passengers behind. Repossession of planes is rare in North America. Flair Airlines CEO Stephen Jones blamed “behind the scenes” scheming between… Read More »