ZIP, the Calgary-based budget division of Air Canada, has now stopped flying its routes having been slotted back into the Air Canada system and most of the staff transferred to AC. As first reported in ABTN 14 June the significant cost savings Air Canada has achieved through its restructuring has made the need for a separate arm no longer necessary as employees of the two brands now have almost identical terms of contract. The majority of the airline”s 12 Boeing 737-200s are now parked at Vancouver International Airport. Air Canada is due to come out of creditor protection at the end of September.
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