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Opinion | Why Ottawa should clear the runway for foreign-owned airlines

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An Air Canada flight taxis to a runway as a WestJet flight takes off at Vancouver International Airport, in Richmond, B.C. Air Canada and WestJet together account for as much as 78 per cent of domestic air passenger traffic, David Olive writes.


David Olive is a ɫɫ-based business columnist for the Star.

The Competition Bureau of Canada has done its job in trying to increase affordability of passenger air travel.

But will the Carney government do its job by implementing the bureau’s recommendations and a few reforms of its own?

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David Olive

David Olive is a ɫɫ-based business columnist for the Star.

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