Air Canada is more than a third of the way through that period. Still, there are lots of complaints from passengers, growing concern about Air Canada's service to the country's smaller cities and calls for truly open skies over Canada. Join our air monopoly discussion board To the flying public, there may appear to be a dogfight in the skies Airline passengers complained of poor service after merger of Air Canada and Canadian. over Canada. But the combatants are not evenly matched. It's like a couple of fighters facing a squadron.
Consumers watch the battle for Canada's skies in hopes it generates more flights at better prices.
Air Canada now controls 80 per cent of domestic Canadian business. After the merger with Canadian, Air Canada moved quickly to eliminate duplication of service. The discount and charter airlines moved to take up the slack. They're calling for more competition, even if it means inviting American carriers into our skies. Transport minister David Collenette has said that any competition to Air Canada must be domestic.