Ottawa, Canadian North, reach new agreement on 2019 airline merger
Transport Canada has agreed to new terms with airline Canadian North regarding its 2019 merger with First Air. Ottawa said
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Air links between Canada, Alaska, Greenland & Siberia could be building blocks for economic development says Quebec Inuit leader
Direct air links between Arctic Canada and Inuit regions of Alaska, Greenland and Russia could be important building blocks for
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Ottawa approves merger between Canadian North and First Air
The Canadian government has approved the merger between northern airlines First Air and Canadian North. In a press release Wednesday
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Report saying airline merger would jack up prices in Arctic Canada ‘ignorant’ of northern realities, say Inuit orgs
The Inuit organizations behind two of the major airline companies serving the Canadian Arctic lambasted a report from Canada’s Competition
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Canada’s Competition Bureau says Arctic airline merger could bring higher prices, fewer flights
The Competition Bureau says if two Arctic airlines — Canadian North and First Air — merge, it’s likely that prices
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Questions raised after Northern Canadian airline flies passenger 2,300 km in wrong direction
A northern airline that flew a Winnipeg man (south-central Canada) nearly 2,300 kilometres in the wrong direction over the weekend says it
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Residents concerned by Northern Canadian airline merger
Nunavummiut (Nunavut residents) have mixed feelings about plans for First Air and Canadian North to merge. The companies announced their
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Lack of say in merged northern airline alarms Nunavut Inuit
Canadian North says its special fares for Inuit beneficiaries of the Nunavut land claim will not change, but that’s not
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Two of Canada’s northern airlines plan merger
The owners of Canadian North and First Air have confirmed they are proposing to merge the two northern airlines. NorTerra
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