Air Canada AC-T is asking the Federal Court to overturn a decision by Canada’s transportation regulator that ordered the airline to pay compensation to two passengers for a flight delay, a move that signals the risk of further litigation from carriers targeting decisions that favour travellers, consumer rights groups warn.
The airline filed an application for judicial review at the end of December asking the court to quash the decision by the Canada Transportation Agency (CTA). The regulator in November had ordered the carrier to pay $2,000 in compensation to two passengers from Kelowna, B.C., for a flight delay that had occurred in January, 2020, according to documents reviewed by The Globe and Mail.
Some consumer advocates worry many similar legal challenges might follow after the Trudeau government last year made changes to the country’s air…
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