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Big four create NACC 21 Jan 2009 Four of Canada's largest airlines have created a new air carrier trade association that will promote public policy and legislation “favourable to the global success of the Canadian commercial airline industry and to the health of the Canadian economy.” Air Canada, Air Transat, Jazz Air LP and WestJet have joined forces to launch the National Airlines Council of Canada (NACC). In making the announcement, the carriers note that passenger aviation has evolved in recent decades from a luxury item into an everyday necessity for thousands of Canadians travelling for business and personal reasons. This travel directly contributes almost $5.5 billion in GDP (2005) to the Canadian economy, as well as delivering many spin-off benefits. NACC also points out that Canada depends on its national airline industry to keep pace with this modern reality, however, Canadian passengers and airlines are being forced to bear a burden of regulations, fees and taxes unlike those levied in any other transportation sector. The council says it is committed to securing the regulatory changes essential to ensuring that safe, sustainable and competitive air travel is available to Canadians today and in the future. The NACC (in French, Conseil national des lignes a&eactute;riennes du Canada, or CNLA) is being officially launched today (Jan. 21, 2009) and the group’s first chairman, Sean Durfy, president and CEO of WestJet, commented: “On behalf of the NACC Board of Directors, we are pleased to have a Council that will directly represent our point of view on the very specific challenges we face today as passenger air carriers," said the Board's first Chair, Sean Durfy, President and CEO of WestJet. |
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