Canadian airports and airlines logged a large number of flight delays last month, raising questions about their readiness for the summer travel rush.
WestJet and Porter Airlines managed to land about 63 per cent and 65 per cent of their flights on time in March, respectively, compared with 80 per cent and 82 per cent four years earlier.
“The only conclusion is either Canadian airlines are operationally challenged or that operating in Canada involves common structural issues which all three Canadian carriers face, which makes their on-time performance markedly poorer versus their U.S. peers,” he said.Article content The March performance data was not an exception. The percentage of on-time departures in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal in February was well below that of airports in Seattle, Chicago, New York City and Boston, according to statistics from OAG.Article content
Some experts say the wide variance between airlines’ performance in Canada reveals that the problem can be traced largely to individual carriers, rather than reflecting an industry-wide ailment. “If the airlines don’t do it, he’ll do it. So United Airlines, American Airlines, everybody has been cutting back tens of thousands of flights — not thousands, tens of thousands — for the summer to basically reflect the fact that the system isn’t ready. No such move in Canada,” Gradek said.Article contentAir Canada spokesman Peter Fitzpatrick said the company is making a “concerted effort” to reduce delays.“The U.S.
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