{"id":643671,"date":"2026-05-02T20:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T20:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/643671\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T20:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T20:08:09","slug":"spirit-airlines-flights-what-canadians-should-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/643671\/","title":{"rendered":"Spirit Airlines flights: What Canadians should know"},"content":{"rendered":"

Karl Moore, business strategy professor, discusses the growing concerns with rising jet fuel prices and the impact it will have on the industry. <\/p>\n

Teller desks are vacant and the skies are clear of Sprit Airlines\u2019 signature yellow planes after the company ceased operations Saturday, leaving some customers with refunds and many concerned about the future of global air travel.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the deepest wound so far on industry cut deep by the Iran war\u2019s impact on fuel prices. Spirit Airlines had been dealing with cost issues for months<\/a>, but the company attributed its ultimate shutdown<\/a> in part to the price of oil. <\/p>\n

Spirit, a U.S. company, did not have operational routes to Canada, though companies servicing both sides of the border are wrestling with symptoms of the cost crisis. <\/p>\n

Spirit Airlines grounds all flights and ceases operation Spirit Airlines is shutting down after 34 years in operation. The company says rising fuel costs is a major factor in the decision. <\/p>\n

Air Canada suspended six routes, affecting domestic travel from Alberta to B.C. and a handful of international destinations. WestJet is consolidating flights on lower-demand routes, and Transat \u2013 parent to Montreal-based Air Transat \u2013 announced a six per cent capacity cut. <\/p>\n

Canada does have an advantage against jet fuel import headwinds due to its domestic refineries<\/a>. Distillates, a category of refined oil products, accounts for about a third of the industry\u2019s product sales. <\/p>\n

However, Canadian travellers are likely to see more cancellations as the Iran war churns on. Karl Moore, a business strategy professor at McGill University, told CTV News he expects the effects to be \u201cdramatic.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe longer flights,\u201d he said, referring to trips to Europe and Asia, are particularly challenging \u201cbecause of the lack of fuel altogether.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, it\u2019s a lot of negative signs for the next four to six months,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Even after a resolution to the conflict, delays in refining and transport associated with resuming shipping could are likely to stretch on, he said. <\/p>\n

What are your rights?<\/p>\n

So, what happens to your travel plans if your flight is cancelled? <\/p>\n

\u201cWhen an airline sells you a ticket, it\u2019s a contract. They assume a risk that prices of the fuel may go up. Sometimes they go down, and they make more money, but it\u2019s an economic risk,\u201d explained Air Passenger Rights President Gabor Lukacz during an interview with CP24. <\/p>\n

These are your rights if your flight is cancelled due to jet fuel shortages What happens if the rising cost of jet fuel gets priced into getting on your voyages and vacations? Air Passenger Rights president Gabor Lukacz weighs in. <\/p>\n

\u201cAs long as jet fuel is available to the destination airport, and there are no restrictions, no embargoes on buying jet fuel, the airline has a legal obligation to operate your flight or to rebook you on another flight of a competitor airline,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

An exception, he said, is if there is a \u201cprospect of all flights being grounded\u201d due to airspace restrictions. But that\u2019s an unlikely scenario, he said. <\/p>\n

If an airline cancelled your flight due to economic reasons, they are still on the hook for your travel, accommodations, and \u201ceven lost wages,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Karl Moore, business strategy professor, discusses the growing concerns with rising jet fuel prices and the impact it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":643672,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[712,43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-643671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-apple-news","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=643671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/643672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=643671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=643671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=643671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}