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Lynx Air recently joined the ranks of a host of other low-cost airlines that have failed in Canada. Over the past three decades, numerous air carriers have succumbed to financial pressures in Canada, including Nationair, Greyhound Air, Roots Air and SkyService.
Today in The Conversation Canada, John Gradek from McGill University uses the closure of Lynx to examine the state of Canadian commercial air travel and the struggles facing discount air carriers.
Gradek examines the factors that led to Lynx’s closure, including a speculated merger with Flair and the numerous financial hurdles. Using Lynx as a case study, he identifies both challenges and opportunities for the airline sector’s sustainability and improvement.
He writes: “The lessons of discount carriers’ failures and the subsequent angst felt by both air travellers and airline staff must be recognized and action taken to change course.”
Also today:
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A Lynx Air Boeing 737 jet sits at a gate at the international airport in Calgary on Feb. 23, 2024. Lynx officials announced on Feb. 22 that it would be ceasing operations, effective at midnight on Feb. 26.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Todd Korol
John Gradek, McGill University
The closure of Lynx is an opportune time to review the state of Canadian commercial air travel and identify the challenges and opportunities Canada has in improving the sector.
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Nelson Mandela greets people as he walks with Prime Minister Brian Mulroney on his arrival in Ottawa, June 17, 1990, for a three-day visit to Canada.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Wm. DeKay
Peter Loewen, University of Toronto
Brian Mulroney’s role in the campaign against apartheid in South Africa can teach us how Canadian foreign policy can be done effectively.
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Northern map turtles hibernate underwater during the winter.
(G. Bulté)
Grégory Bulté, Carleton University
A phenomenon observed in a small group of organisms cannot always be generalized across a species — contrary to popular belief, overwintering turtles don’t breathe through their butts.
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Racialized immigrant parents in a study had to find ways to navigate the education system as newcomers, while also addressing intended and unintended effects of special education programs for their children.
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Laura Perez Gonzalez, Toronto Metropolitan University; Henry Parada, Toronto Metropolitan University; Veronica Escobar Olivo, Toronto Metropolitan University
A study of newcomer Latin American and Black Caribbean parents in Ontario schools found many parents felt excluded from processes surrounding assessments for their child’s learning needs.
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Noon - Rest from Work (after Millet) by Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, 1890.
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Paul Huebener, Athabasca University
Troubled sleep is often seen as a personal problem, a failure individuals need to fix. However, literature and art can help us question the cultural and systemic issues keeping us up at night.
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Brian Mulroney salue la foule lors de la fête du Canada, sur la colline du Parlement, en 1991.
La Presse canadienne/Frank Gunn
Thomas Klassen, York University, Canada
Le décès de l’ancien premier ministre canadien Brian Mulroney donnera lieu à un vaste examen de son héritage. Une de ses politiques durables est le libre-échange avec les États-Unis.
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Arts
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Phoebe Hart, Queensland University of Technology
This year, all the Oscar nominees for best documentary feature come from outside of the United States.
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Business + Economy
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Rob Nicholls, University of Technology Sydney
The news page on Facebook will go, and with it, the flow of money to some Australian media outlets. But will the news content disappear too?
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Politics
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Jérôme Viala-Gaudefroy, CY Cergy Paris Université
Nearly a third of Americans say they believe that Donald Trump was the real winner of the last election, and the ratio is twice as high among Republican voters.
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