Halifax-based CanJet suspends flying operations, looks for new business plan
Posted Sep 1, 2015 2:54 pm.
Last Updated Sep 1, 2015 1:21 pm.
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HALIFAX – The Halifax-based charter airline CanJet suspended its flight operations today, saying it is redoubling its efforts to find a profitable business plan.
Company president Stephen Rowe says the company, which has only one passenger jet left in its fleet, isn’t shutting down but it did lay off more than a dozen pilots.
The airline, a division of IMP Group Ltd. of Halifax, has been focused on chartered flights since ending its scheduled airline service in 2006.
Rowe says the airline could return to offering scheduled flights, but he says competing with Air Canada and WestJet would be a risky venture.
CanJet had offered its own vacation packages to the Caribbean through CanJet Vacations and it was offering charter services in Europe last year, but Rowe says those businesses weren’t successful.
