‘Heartbreaking': Canadians Recount Travel Plans Foiled by Flight Nightmares

‘Heartbreaking': Canadians Recount Travel Plans Foiled by Flight Nightmares
An Air Canada jet takes off from Halifax Stanfield International Airport in Enfield, N.S., in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Andrew Vaughan
Lee Harding
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Thousands of delayed and cancelled Canadian flights have caused enormous hassles in recent weeks.

In the last week of June, more than half of domestic and international flights at Canada’s major airports were delayed or cancelled. The Epoch Times heard from three Canadians whose travel plans were frustrated on June 30 for different reasons.

A Wing and a Prayer (Barely)

Faytene Grasseschi had a morning flight scheduled from Moncton, New Brunswick, on June 30 with a stop in Toronto on the way to Winnipeg to attend a national prayer event on Canada Day. But the wing and the prayer almost didn’t happen. On her way to the airport, she received a notice from WestJet that the flight had been delayed until evening.
Lee Harding
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Lee Harding is a journalist and think tank researcher based in Saskatchewan, and a contributor to The Epoch Times.
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