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I am not quite sure how an initiative that will cost significant $$ in the short term (aircraft cargo conversion) and generate very little in revenue, even less in positive cash flow, would drive share price. AC has suggested a dedicated cargo fleet of 2 late next year growing to 6 over time. That is not a game changer in the cargo segment of the industry, although AC may succeed is lowering cargo yields for everybody. They will be working hard to fill the airplane which may result in lowball cargo rates.

https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN2860ZT Air Canada has offered concessions related to its proposed acquisition of Canadian tour operator Transat to address EU antitrust concerns, a European Commission filing showed on Thursday. The Commission, which oversees competition policy in the 27-nation European Union, said the commitments had been submitted on Nov. 25. As a result it, it has extended the deadline for its decision by three weeks to Jan. 29.

The legal battle at Toronto’s island airport is heating up as the terminal’s owner and operator has filed a countersuit against Porter Airlines Inc., alleging the carrier has wrongfully refused to pay fees during its pandemic-related shutdown. The owner of the passenger terminal at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, Nieuport Aviation Infrastructures Partners LP, said in a lawsuit filed in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice that Porter has withheld $38.6-million in charges since March 1, in violation of a contract. Nieuport, controlled by New York-based J.P. Morgan Asset Management

The legend was Stan. He started it all. Class act.

If that negotiation was going well, the matter would not be in court. No different than what is going on with HBC.

Pipe dream. Porter has bigger and more immediate issues to deal with, like staying in business. You cannot just ignore bills, or contractual obligations. Porter will take Fed money and pay the rent. And there will be no jets at YTZ.

Priceless. PAH sells Terminal Corp to a consortium for hundreds of million$ (rumour is $750MM) and uses cash proceeds to retire all debt associated with Q400 fleet. It is that retirement of debt that has allowed Porter Airlines to remain closed and still avoid CCAA. The buyers of Terminal Corp justified the massive acquisition expense against a guaranteed revenue stream via long term lease with PAH/Porter Airlines. Now Porter has ceased making lease payments (no surprise since Porter has zero revenues). And Nieuport is looking to put liens on Porter assets. You cannot make

Who would want to sign up for the next 4 years? It is going to be a sh§t show. He just turned 65. Go enjoy a well earned (and lucrative) retirement.

Seems the game of ping pong has begun..... Air Canada’s chief executive officer said the airline is open to providing refunds for cancelled flights in exchange for government aid, adding that the company has no interest in offering Ottawa an equity stake. President and CEO Calin Rovinescu said the airline would have no qualms about giving customers holding unused tickets their money back, so long as the terms for such a deal are “appropriate and reasonable.” Air Canada has so far paid back more than $1.2 billion in refundable fares amid travel restrictions throughout the

Sounds like Rocketman is bringing quite the shopping list to the table. AC has already cancelled orders for a dozen A220’s (but has options to restore those positions if desired). Are those fins built in Canada or Alabama? Not sure any other carrier has any outstanding orders for “Canadian built” airframes (CHR will consummate deliveries on 5 already built CRJ900’s in Q4 2020). AC would have to take $2.3B in low interest loans just to cover prepaid fare refund liability. Would have to think about whether that swap would affect the balance sheet as both sit on the liability column, al

Combination of positive Pfizer announcement (the start back towards normalization) and a potential new competitor ? Even in the US, passenger airline stocks were way up today and cargo operators were down. Of greater interest is the price run up in CJT last week. Gave it all back today, and then some. Perhaps AJ will comment?

From the AC press release: “Our nimble Cargo team has pivoted to dedicated all-cargo flights during the pandemic and Cargo will become an increasingly important segment of our business going forward. Watch for further announcements shortly......

Yup. That’s the reason Garneau waited until weekend to make announcement. That combined with AC’s actions to adjust CapEx (2021 was unsustainable at current cash burn rates) is convincing investors that CCAA is less and less likely.

Yup. That’s why anybody would have been crazy to book any Xmas travel in Porter.

Fairfax holds $200MM in debentures issued by CHR. Fairfax holds exercisable warrants for 24,242,424 shares in CHR which would represent a 16.5% stake. Fairfax has the option to convert the debentures in order to fund the warrants. However, the warrant price is $8.25 per share. Considering the market cap for CHR is $500MM (including the 31% increase in trading price yesterday), I am not sure they converting the debentures to equity is a value proposition. Having said that, Fairfax may in fact be looking at simply taking up CHR shares on a gross basis with CHR BOD support.