Lynx and Flair to merge, AC to buy both

[777CA]

[vanislepilot]

Folks you heard it right here from your good friends at the Daily Bugle!!!!!!!

[digits_]

How much money is AC getting to buy Flair ?

[Rooster69]

Flair had 4 planes seized. Now, it comes out they owe $67 million in taxes. Don’t think AC needs those a/c that badly.


Flair Airlines owes more than $67M in unpaid taxes: report
A new report says Flair Airlines owes more than $67 million in unpaid taxes. As reported by the Globe and Mail, Ottawa has obtained a court...

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q= ... i=89978449

[JustaCanadian]

And jetlines jumped over the moon.
Pasco got a new pay scale
At least that’s the tale
And Alghabra and Trudeau honeymoon to be announced soon.

[Bede]

Completely backwards. Flair and Lynx are merging and then they're buying Air Canada. AC pilots going BOTL.

[digits_]

Completely backwards. Flair and Lynx are merging and then they're buying Air Canada. AC pilots going BOTL.

Would you recommend taking a job at AC if your goal is to make it into Flair and getting a seniority nr at Flair asap?

[kiaszceski]

Lynx/Flair merger won't be surprising.

[mmm...bacon]

Why would Lynx want to ‘merge’ with Flair at this point? Given the news out of Edmonton a few days ago, a better option for Lynx might be to stand back, and pick up the pieces in a couple of months - without any of the liabilities attached.
I hope for my friends at Flair that this isn’t the case!

[goingnowherefast]

Is there a source for this? Or interesting speculation?

[a2btrail]

Big changes coming to the Canadian Aviation scene this year....Lynx Flair merger imminent, AC in talks with both to buy them as a group once merger is completed. Stay tuned.

Fake news. AC will not be buying them as a group or as separate entities.

[goldeneagle]

Is there a source for this? Or interesting speculation?

It's a troll trying to figure out who has a sense of humour and who cant tell the difference between news and a joke.

[flyingjerry]

Completely backwards. Flair and Lynx are merging and then they're buying Air Canada. AC pilots going BOTL.

[co-joe]

The company name will be "Flinx" and the call sign will be "Flauntless". Rick Flair will be the mascott and every transmission will include a WOOOOOOO! Then once AC buys the whole shooting match, the new call sign with be "Flair Canada" and the US spin off will be "Flair America"!

[330heavy]

The company name will be "Flinx" and the call sign will be "Flauntless". Rick Flair will be the mascott and every transmission will include a WOOOOOOO! Then once AC buys the whole shooting match, the new call sign with be "Flair Canada" and the US spin off will be "Flair America"!

I can see this

[Pratt X 3]

Ric Flair and airplanes aren't really a good fit and would probably be a PR nightmare. But that does seem to be a recurring theme with Flair Airlines so maybe they are a match made in Hell.
(That's a joke; lighten up, Francis)

[jpilot77]

The company name will be "Flinx" and the call sign will be "Flauntless". Rick Flair will be the mascott and every transmission will include a WOOOOOOO! Then once AC buys the whole shooting match, the new call sign with be "Flair Canada" and the US spin off will be "Flair America"!

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha this is the best thing I’ve read on here in a long time!

[‘Bob’]

Given the news out of Edmonton a few days ago……

They are turning West Edmonton Mall into low income housing?

Dibs on the pirate ship!

[co-joe]

Given the news out of Edmonton a few days ago……

They are turning West Edmonton Mall into low income housing?

Dibs on the pirate ship!

Epcor is raising rates so they can keep paying more dividends to their shareholders, and bonuses to their executives while screwing over all Edmontonians?

[PittBoss]

Big changes coming to the Canadian Aviation scene this year....Lynx Flair merger imminent, AC in talks with both to buy them as a group once merger is completed. Stay tuned.

Lol

[TheLastonetoknow]

Completely backwards. Flair and Lynx are merging and then they're buying Air Canada. AC pilots going BOTL.

Would you recommend taking a job at AC if your goal is to make it into Flair and getting a seniority nr at Flair asap?

They’ll probably recommend you coming to the B team.. WJ

[missingevas]

There's some truth to this... though I'm not so sure about the AC part.
https://www.theairlineobserver.com/p/a- ... -is-in-the

[flying4dollars]

There's some truth to this... though I'm not so sure about the AC part.
https://www.theairlineobserver.com/p/a- ... -is-in-the

For those of us that aren't subscribed, here's the body of the link posted (copied from the Flair forum):

Dear readers,

Two small Canadian ultra-low-cost carriers are in advanced merger discussions, and the deal could be announced within weeks, two sources told The Airline Observer.

Flair, an airline part-owned by Miami private equity firm 777 Partners, would absorb Lynx, which is backed by Canadian investors and Bill Franke's Indigo Partners, according to the sources. Franke has been serving as chairman of Lynx’s board.

Lynx has nine Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, Transport Canada records show. Flair has 18 Max 8s and two Boeing 737-800s.

The airlines operate similar route structures: popular Canadian routes (both fly Toronto to Vancouver) as well as routes from Canada to the United States, with an emphasis on Sunbelt markets. While Flair has a sizable international network in Mexico and the Caribbean, Lynx’s first Canada-Mexico route is slated to begin next week: Toronto to Cancun.

Representatives from Flair and Lynx did not respond to my requests for comment on Wednesday.1

[rigpiggy]

Well the flair guys tell me there is an announcement on the 15th. Guess we shall see

[flying4dollars]

Lynx posted an internal memo saying it's just speculation but I wouldn't be surprised if it still happens.