Canadians removed from on Cloud 9 over airfare prices: Ballot

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Canadians’ opinions seemingly aren’t up within the air on the subject of airfare affordability.

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Hovering costs are being met with hovering frustrations.

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A ballot launched Thursday by Aptitude Airways exhibits 58% of the two,500 Canucks surveyed for his or her ideas on the airline establishment are pissed off that air journey is dominated by “Huge Air’s stranglehold on the business.”

Moreover, 73% say extra airline competitors is required to interrupt up that so-called stranglehold, 83% say flying is simply too costly and 85% are pissed off that “it’s costlier to fly to a different nation than it’s to fly inside Canada.”

“The numbers don’t lie. Lengthy earlier than the present journey disaster, individuals have been deeply pissed off with air journey in Canada as a result of it’s just too costly to fly on this nation,” Aptitude Airways CEO Stephen Jones stated. “The ‘Huge Air’ carriers have stored costs too excessive for too lengthy which means too many hard-working individuals can’t take their youngsters on a well-earned trip or see a cherished one on the opposite facet of the nation.”

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The ‘Huge Air’ being referenced is the nation’s two main carriers — Air Canada and WestJet — and Aptitude suggests they account for greater than 80% of home seats, resulting in Canada being ranked a centesimal out of 140 international locations in airfare value competitiveness, in response to World Financial Discussion board findings.

“Whereas the business faces large challenges right now, we will’t lose sight that the deck has been stacked towards Canadians for a really very long time,” Jones stated.

Aptitude Airways is a low-cost airline primarily based in Edmonton, Alta.