MONTREAL — A majority of domestic flights to Canada’s busiest airports were delayed or cancelled over the past week as the effects of an overloaded…
Some 54 per cent of flights to the four largest airports were bumped off schedule in the seven days between June 22 and 28, according to analytics firm Data Wazo.Toronto’s Pearson airport topped the list, with 51 per cent of flights delayed — more than 700 — and 12 per cent cancelled. Montreal was runner-up at 43 per cent delayed and 15 per cent cancelled. The other two airports were Vancouver and Calgary.
“The airlines have lost some of their mojo,” he said. “The government has reacted and has pumped up the resources, and we’ve still got chaos.” Ray Harris, who heads Fredericton-based data company Data Wazo, said his figures show flight disruptions have not improved in June, despite the paused tests and back-to-work staff, at the outset of peak travel season.
Philippe Rainville, CEO of Montreal’s airport authority, said in an interview that global flight disruptions are having a knock-on effect on domestic schedules. Flights held on the tarmac can leave crew out of “duty time” — the regulatory and contractual limits on hours worked — prompting personnel gaps. Agents tied up boarding passengers for a delayed flight can’t cover check-in counters, leading to delays in a different part of the airport. Similar snags confront baggage handlers.
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