Canada Jetlines, Latest Airline to Enter the Crowded Field, Lands First Flight

A Canada Jetlines Airbus A320 jet pulls up to the Calgary airport gate on the airline's inaugural flight at Calgary, Alta. Sept. 22, 2022. The Canadian Press/Larry MacDougal

The next airline hoping to pose a threat to the country’s Air Canada-WestJet duopoly has landed its inaugural flight.

Canada Jetlines’ first flight departed out of Toronto Pearson International Airport Thursday morning and arrived in Calgary International Airport to speeches and a ribbon cutting ceremony.