Court documents show Flair Airlines owes the federal government $67.2 million in unpaid taxes, prompting the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to obtain an order for the seizure and sale of the carrier’s property.
The money relates to import duties on the 20 Boeing 737 Max jetliners that make up the budget airline’s fleet and “which were needed to meet the travel demand in a post-COVID world,” CEO Stephen Jones said.
He said the Federal Court order obtained by the tax agency in November has no impact on the carrier’s operations, which have expanded over the past year and ramped up competition with rival
