Pilots at Flair Airlines ratify three-year contract
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EDMONTON – The union representing pilots at Flair Airlines says they ratified a three-year contract that gives them compensation gains and scheduling improvements.
The Air Line Pilots Association says members voted 89 per cent in favour of the new collective agreement on Tuesday.
Pilot Aimee Wintle, who chairs the union’s Flair contingent, says the deal improves aviators’ quality of life and hands them wins in wages, retirement and career progression.
The contract comes after more than 10 months of negotiations.
Flair, a discount airline based in Edmonton, counts about 270 pilots who operate flights throughout Canada, the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America.
The agreement arrives as Flair struggles with higher jet fuel prices, a challenge that can hit budget airlines particularly hard given their thinner profit margins, proportionally higher fuel costs and a clientele sensitive to fare fluctuations.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 14, 2026.