November 5, 1999 Press Release

ACTE Members Voice Reaction

Doug Stuewe, of CBC, commented, Everybody knows Canadian Airlines International is facing tough times; this could solve that problem more expeditiously than any other approach, but it might create bigger new problems.

Peter Poulsen, with PanCanadian Petroleum in Calgary, would be happy to see CAI's future resolved. They employ a lot of people in Alberta; everyone's been worried about what might happen. This might save a few jobs.

Alain Legault, manager of travel and conferences for Canada Post Corporation, said, Whatever happens, if anything happens, will surely set a new course for our air travel system. As customers, we have a lot at stake. What I like about this is that Onex is pushing the airlines into thinking out of the box. Stop fighting between yourselves and oh, by the way, here is a solution to the problem, opening up a whole new set of opportunities that may in a very short term focus the spotlight on carriers like Canada3000, Air Transat, Royal and Westjet to name a few. I'm sure we will see other solutions.

Connie Fabro, veteran travel manager for University of British Columbia, is skeptical but optimistic: It doesn't make sense for Canada to authorize a private monopoly, but it could lead to several possible compromises. I hope it will.

Robert Mondoux, of Rider Travel Group, states, We are concerned with the situation because we believe that our clients are entitled to a competitive domestic airline environment which provides several high quality price-effective airline services."

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