NOV
03

airplane_food.jpgAir Canada Now Charging For All Snacks And In-Flight Meals

Oh c'mon, admit it. You secretly love airplane food. So this is no big deal. Right? But the rumoured 'loonie-per-flush' coin-operated lavatories are where I draw the line.

Hungry Air Canada passengers travelling on most flights within North America, in the lower-fare classes, will now need to pay for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

The airline, which will charge up to $5 for snacks and sandwiches, says the move is an effort to keep up with customer demand for low fares. The change took effect on Nov. 1.

Complimentary meal service will only be offered on North American flights longer than 4.5 hours, says the company's website.

A spokesperson for Air Canada in Vancouver says the move is simply an extension of what the airline started in 2003 when it scrapped meals for short and medium-haul flights.

Air Canada scraps North American in-flight meals [Source Credit]

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OCT
14

pillow_charge.jpgAir 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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