Air Canada is a joke. As classmate Thomas Moult blogged about last month, air travel for Canadians is becoming too pricy, recently due to tax increases. Being from Toronto, I am well aware (as all Torontonians are) that Pearson airport is one of the highest taxed airports in the world. Many of my Toronto area friends, who wish to travel south for a vacation, drive two hours to Buffalo, NY, to fly at roughly half the price that it would cost them to fly out of YYZ. Not only are “taxes ‘soaring’ ” as Thomas mentioned, but there are non-tax related increases in price as well.
An update on the Air Canada employee strike regarding Air Canada’s Heathrow employees states that a new Collective Bargaining Agreement has been reached. While the employees wanted more money, you can be assured that our airfares will take the hit for it. Air Canada will make up for it somehow, whether it be charging even more for pillows and blankets, charging customers on Canadian domestic flights for luggage (US flight luggage charges announced recently), or charging an arm and a leg for fares.
Occupy Sky protests anyone?