Backgrounder-Airline Economics

Canada’s air transportation sector faces increasingly stiff headwinds in the form of security surcharges, fuel taxes, and airport rent.

Canada’s air transportation sector faces increasingly stiff headwinds in the form of security surcharges, fuel taxes, and airport rent.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE National Airlines Council of Canada Responds to Budget 2025 Ottawa, ON, November 5, 2025 – Jeff Morrison, President and CEO of the National Airlines Council of Canada (NACC), which represents Canada’s largest air carriers (Air Canada, Air Transat, Jazz Aviation LP and WestJet), issued the following... Read More.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Canada’s airlines welcome House of Commons report underscoring the need to address Canadian aviation’s structural cost crisis Ottawa, ON, November 4, 2025 – Jeff Morrison, President and CEO of the National Airlines Council of Canada (NACC), today issued the following statement in response to the release... Read More.
August 6, 2025 — Ottawa, ON – The National Airlines Council of Canada (NACC), representing Canada’s largest air carriers (Air Canada, Air Transat, Jazz Aviation LP and WestJet), and the Canadian Airports Council (CAC), the voice of Canada’s airports, today published their joint submission to the House of Commons... Read More.