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Canada's low-fare airline Lynx Air to shut down on Feb 26
It asks customers to contact their credit-card company about getting a refund for cancelled flights
Lynx Air signage is displayed at the John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport in Hamilton, Ontario. — AP
Canadian discount airline Lynx Air will shut down on Monday and suggested that it could cancel many flights over the weekend too, leaving customers scrambling to make new travel plans.
Lynx announced the shutdown late Thursday and told customers to contact their credit-card company about getting a refund for cancelled flights. The Calgary, Alberta, airline said it could not help with refunds.
Canada’s transport minister, Pablo Rodriguez, said he was following Lynx's announcement that it was filing for restructuring. He said he expected Lynx to help passengers get home and fully refund customers.
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The shutdown will take effect early Monday. On its website, the airline said: “We will continue to operate the majority of our flights through this weekend.”
The airline said it put “tremendous work” into growth after launching the Lynx brand two years ago, but that inflation, fuel costs, competition and other factors “have ultimately proven too steep a mountain for our organisation to overcome".
Lynx, previously known as Enerjet, made its first flight in April 2022 and competed for leisure travellers against Air Canada and its Rouge subsidiary, WestJet and Flair Airlines.
Just a week ago, Lynx posted on X that it was adding a third country to its network with flights between Toronto and Cancun, Mexico.
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