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Canadian airlines cram to obey obesity ruling

12/05/08

(Illustration for my column by MSNBC’s Duane Hoffman) “You’ve dawdled this whole year. Now stop all that bellyaching and get on with it.” That’s pretty much the message Canada’s Supreme Court gave to the country’s major airlines at the end of November. Now, after spending a year trying to weasel out of it with repeated →

Bag the bag fee… new trend?

09/18/08

According to this note by Terry Maxon in the Airline Biz blog, in response to price dips in the cost of fuel, Air Canada is dropping the fees for checking a second bag beginning next Tuesday. That’s good news and, hopefully, the beginning of a trend. And those fuel surcharges? Well, you won’t see those →

Fees

Don’t fire this Air Canada flight attendant

06/17/08

Like many other airlines grappling with record high fuel prices, Air Canada has announced flight and staffing cutbacks for the fall and winter. According to an airline press release, “This will result in a decrease in staff levels of up to 2,000 positions across all levels of the organization.” I hope one talented Air Canada →

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