Transport committee  Firstly, as an industry, we sympathize with Nav Canada's problems. They're just like the rest of us. They're trying to keep their expenses from getting too far ahead of their revenues. Nav Canada has proposed a 30% rate increase to airlines. As an industry, we've come back to the

Transport committee  There's not been a lot of attraction so far, but we're working on it. It's one of those things I expressed in my remarks: the notion of market intervention is not one that first comes to mind for the government, and it's probably not one that its hearing from everybody. To me, it

Transport committee  To answer your first question, whether the funding is enough, we don't know where the bottom will be. However, as I have observed, with associated conditions tied to the funding, it would certainly be enough. We're comfortable that we could operate with less financial relief if w

Transport committee  Competition is important, but it's only one factor in keeping airfares low. Airline costs are a much larger influencer on price. In that respect, the numbers don't lie. The cost of flying a passenger on a 50%-full flight is exactly 50% more than on a 75%-full flight, so it's much

Transport committee  Thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak with you today. Air North, Yukon’s airline, has been in business for 43 years. We are based in Whitehorse, and we currently provide gateway jet service from our Whitehorse hub to Vancouver, Kelowna, and Victoria, and regional tur