Canadian airlines face potentially higher costs as new rules that take effect on Thursday broaden passenger refund requirements to cases of canceled or long-delayed flights outside of carriers’ control, an industry group said. Carriers across North America have cut thousands of flights to reduce disruptions this summer. read more The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), a quasi-judicial tribunal responsible for enforcing the new rules, said in August it received record complaints from passengers after the easing of restrictions to curb the spread of coronavirus led to a jump in travel. A group representing the country’s largest carriers, including Air Canada (AC.TO) and Onex Corp (ONEX.TO) -backed WestJet Airlines, said the new rules might eventually impact fares, although it had no current cost estimates. “Those additional costs will have to come from somewhere,” said Jeff Morrison, President and CEO National Airlines Council of Canada (NACC). The […]