Flights grounded, and fares may soar
Discount carrier plans to focus on charter business
Latest casualty will likely mean higher costs for travellers
Sep. 6, 2006. 05:34 AM
KEVIN MCGRAN
TRANSPORTATION REPORTER
Small discount airlines just can't seem to make a go of it in this country. And it's consumers who will pay the price.
"It does mean higher fares," Harry Gow, past president of the lobby group Transport 2000 said after CanJet, the Halifax-based low-cost carrier, announced it won't offer scheduled flights past Sunday. Instead it will focus on the charter business to sunny destinations in winter.
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