Air Canada flight cancellations create headache for B.C. summer travellers
Global News
News of the cancellations is causing headaches for people like Nicole Robb, who is in the middle of trying to organize a trip for her girls under-20 ringette team.
Air Canada’s move to cancel some 10,000 flights this summer is throwing a wrench in the travel plans of many British Columbians.
News of the cancellations is causing headaches for people like Nicole Robb, who is in the middle of trying to organize a trip for her girls under-20 ringette team.
“It’s creating a lot of stress for our parents, volunteers that are trying to get these kids to go to a big tournament,” Robb, the executive director of Ringette BC, told Global News.
Players, parents and coaches had flights booked to Moncton, N.B., for a major tournament. But on Wednesday, Air Canada cancelled their return fights to Vancouver.
The team is now holding their collective breath as they rush to find an alternate game plan.
“If we can’t get there we would’ve put forward quite a bit of money to then not even get to go and compete, and I think that would be a real devastation,” she said.
Air Canada typically operates about 1,000 flights per day. But for the next few months, it is reducing its flight schedule by eliminating more than 150 of those flights each day.
“These tickets should have not been sold to begin with,” Gabor Lukacs, president of Air Passenger Rights, told Global News.
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