Air Canada Will Now Begin Charging Customers For Pillows & Blankets

Consumers continue to bear the brunt of yet another so-called requisite measure to offset rising fuel costs. Out goes cotton batten pillows and semi-thick blankets, and in comes a $2 CDN kit that includes a blow-up pillow and a wafer-thin blanket. Sound appealing? Didn't think so. You're not alone.

"It seems to me that the airlines are more than happy to look at different methods of extracting payment or heaping indignities on their passengers in order to save dollars," said Michael Janigan, executive director of the Public Interest Advocacy Centre in Ottawa.

"Obviously any passenger would view charging for pillows and blankets as a pretty petty kind of expense for a dominant air carrier to implement."

There is a possible unreported angle to this however. With increasing concerns over the transmission of viruses, the move to abolish any form of recycled pillows or blankets would seem to be a prudent maneuver.

Air Canada Puts A Price On Comfort [Source Credit]

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