MONTREAL — Canadian airports and airlines logged a large number of flight delays last month, raising questions about their readiness for the summer travel rush.
Severe staffing shortages and high worker attrition rates were among the factors conspiring to snarl air travel as the sector began recovering from COVID-19-related travel restrictions in 2022. A lack of employees continues to plague positions including ground handlers, air navigators and pilots.
And last month, the Montreal airport notched an on-time rate of about 68 per cent versus 80 per cent in March 2019. Calgary, the country’s fourth-biggest airport, registered a rate of 72 per cent compared to 82 per cent four years before. Sunwing Airlines and WestJet discount subsidiary Swoop landed fewer than half of their planes on time — 44 per cent and 49 per cent, respectively — down from about 57 per cent for both in March 2019. Sunwing’s stats fall 21 percentage points short of WestJet’s .Article content
Porter spokesman Brad Cicero said the Toronto-based airline now has a special working group that oversees performance.Article content
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