Budget airline Flair returns to Saint John with increased service

Starting this week, the budget carrier Flair Airlines is back for another summer at the Saint John Airport, but with more flights than offered in 2022. Flair will offer service to Toronto three days a week this summer, an upgrade over the two days offered last year. The airline hasn't flown out of Saint John since October 2022, as it's been offering a seasonal service that ceased during the fall and winter seasons, according to Lori Carle, manager of marketing, public and corporate relations for the airport. "They're coming every year — we would like them to stay longer," Carle said during an interview with Information Morning Saint John. "Anecdotally, talking to their marketing people, they said 'our schedulers' plan is to build out in Saint John and to add more [flights].' So that gives us a lot of hope." Flair recently made national headlines when four of its planes were seized in Toronto, Edmonton and Waterloo, Ont., during what the company called a commercial dispute, causing flights to be cancelled. The leased aircraft were seized by a New York hedge fund.<br/>