Air Canada is providing a “non permanent” furlough program to Calgary workers after slicing some regional routes.
In a Dec. 10 e-mail to employees obtained by International Information, the airline mentioned it will provide a voluntary depart of absence (VLOA) program for workers.
This system allows workers to decide on a depart of absence between January 22 and April 16 this yr. This system goals to offer them “extra flexibility” to take day off, the e-mail mentioned.
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“Air Canada is providing non permanent depart to workers on the lookout for additional flexibility,” an airline spokesperson informed International Information in an emailed assertion.
“These applications aren’t new and are supplied once in a while as our operations can accommodate them.”
It comes after Air Canada suspended continuous routes from Calgary to Saskatoon, Regina, Yellowknife, Kamloops, Victoria and Nanaimo. The airline didn’t remark additional on the VLOA program as a result of the routes had been operated by Jazz Aviation LP, a separate firm from Air Canada.
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The lack of the regional routes is already inflicting complications for travellers.
Deanna Barlow, a Regina resident, mentioned she travels to Calgary quite a bit as a result of she typically travels abroad. She mentioned there aren’t many direct flights from Regina and Air Canada’s transfer means she has to pay extra to journey longer.
“It makes journey extraordinarily troublesome. There isn’t any bus service or prepare service (to Calgary). Our solely journey is thru the air,” she informed International Information.
‘This can be very troublesome and time consuming.
Barlow additionally mentioned it will price her extra to fly to her vacation spot as a result of there aren’t many selections for air journey.
“It looks as if there may be some competitors, however it would not seem to be the competitors is best than the others,” she mentioned.
“Hopefully the nation decides to have some form of different strategy to journey.
“I am getting older, possibly I am going to simply keep at house.”
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