Flair Starts Flying Cargo
Flair now sells belly space on its passenger flights, including produce from Kingston, Jamaica. Flair says passenger baggage allowances stay the same.
Flair’s passenger jets now carry freight in the hold as well as passengers in the cabin. Flair Airlines, the Edmonton-based value carrier, announced on Tuesday 20 October that it has launched cargo operations using spare belly capacity on its existing Boeing 737 passenger flights.
What it carries
According to Flair, the program covers two flows:
- Domestic freight across its Canadian network.
- Northbound shipments into Canada from international markets, including produce and general freight from Kingston, Jamaica.
Cargo goes on select flights, depending on available weight and capacity. Flair says passenger baggage allowances remain unchanged.
ExpAir Cargo, in partnership with ECS Group, manages cargo sales and day-to-day logistics, which Flair says brings established cargo expertise and infrastructure to the operation. Details for shippers are at cargo.flyflair.com.
“Flair connects communities across Canada every day, and cargo allows us to extend that connectivity to goods and businesses,” said Len Corrado, the airline’s CEO.
Flair says it serves more than 25 cities in Canada, the US, Mexico, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica. Its Vancouver–Bajío route for San Miguel de Allende is covered in our Flair Guanajuato story.
Sources
- Press release from Flair Airlines, Flair Takes Flight with Cargo / Flair prend son envol dans le transport de marchandises, Edmonton, 20 Oct 2026
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