Lynx Air - new low cost carrier

[Rocket1k78]

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Lynx sent me 125$ for my delayed flight today

Surprisingly good service




Technically I made $1.43

Nice! How long was the delay? We got screwed real nice in Hawaii last month with a 6 hour delay and the only thing WJ offered us was a $15 food voucher that didnt even fucking work.

[pheoxs]

Lynx is no more.

Lynx Air Files for and Obtains CCAA Creditor Protection
Calgary-based low-cost airline will cease operations effective February 26

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-r...rotection.html

[max_boost]

yea ... matter of time
i had no idea how they made money at those fares

[KrisYYC]

Not surprised. Flair probably isn't far behind. Reading the bankruptcy filing Lynx has debt in the hundreds of millions with only 9 aircraft.

[killramos]

Wasn’t flair and lynx merging earlier this week?

[16hypen3sp]

Never did get my money back from them. Tried multiple times.

[killramos]

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Wasn’t flair and lynx merging earlier this week?

https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/y...s-merger-talks

I guess the negotiations were short…

[Maxx Mazda]

Huh. So selling sub-$100 fares isn't a sustainable business model. Who'd have thought?

[benyl]

lol, sub $100? Sub $10. When they launched, Lynx offered $1 fares. They also did it again just under a year ago.

https://dailyhive.com/canada/lynx-air-dollar-flights

I don't care how much you make on ancillaries, you can't taxi a plane for $189 (189 seats on the plane if full).

[ExtraSlow]

There probably is a method of running a discount airline profitability in Canada. Zero percent interest is probably the biggest factor, since the planes are all on borrowed money.

[CompletelyNumb]

Lynx just had a seat sale two weeks ago.

[Buster]

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There probably is a method of running a discount airline profitability in Canada. Zero percent interest is probably the biggest factor, since the planes are all on borrowed money.

There is. Allow foreign competition.

[Maxx Mazda]

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There probably is a method of running a discount airline profitability in Canada. Zero percent interest is probably the biggest factor, since the planes are all on borrowed money.

Not a chance. With the over-regulation in this country, high taxes and fees imposed on tickets, fuel prices, and a large geographic area to serve a very small population, it's not possible. Thats why every carrier who's tried over the past 40 years has failed miserably.

People in this country need to accept the fact that air travel is expensive here. If it's too expensive, take the bus.

Beyond translation: "don't be poor."

[Tik-Tok]

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Not a chance....Thats why every carrier who's tried over the past 40 years has failed miserably.

With one very large notable exception.

[asp integra]

Damn, i was gonna book flights with Lynx this weekend to fly to Phoenix next month, get I have to go WJ and pay 2-3 time as much as the Lynx flight was worth

[pheoxs]

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Damn, i was gonna book flights with Lynx this weekend to fly to Phoenix next month, get I have to go WJ and pay 2-3 time as much as the Lynx flight was worth

I'm sad to see Lynx go mainly for that route bringing prices down across the board. I flew to phoenix earlier this month for $200 round trip with WJ.

[ThePenIsMightier]

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With one very large notable exception.

Who?
Plz link to discount airline so I can gets cheap tix.

[KrisYYC]

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Who?
Plz link to discount airline so I can gets cheap tix.

Westjet when they first started. I wouldn't call them a low cost carrier anymore.

[Tik-Tok]

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Who?
Plz link to discount airline so I can gets cheap tix.

Westjet started as a discount airline, so they made it just fine and didn't "fail miserably"

[benyl]

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Damn, i was gonna book flights with Lynx this weekend to fly to Phoenix next month, get I have to go WJ and pay 2-3 time as much as the Lynx flight was worth

Likely would have been cancelled even if they didn't go bankrupt.