Let Us Fly or Bail Us Out, Airlines Say in Fight With Trudeau
- With airports deserted, Air Canada pushes to loosen rules
- Opening to travel from Asia or Europe could embarrass U.S.
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Canadian airlines saw their hopes for an industry rescue plan dashed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Now they’re trying to get his government to relax travel restrictions it imposed in the early days of the pandemic.
So far, they are losing the fight. Canada has exited many of the lockdown measures it adopted in March as the outbreak eases, killing fewer than a dozen people a day in the country of 38 million. Airports, though, remain deserted. Data from security checkpoints show passenger traffic in the first 26 days of July was 10% of last year’s levels, compared with 26% in the U.S.