WINNIPEG — Discount air carrier NewLeaf Travel says it is cancelling plans to offer flights between Alberta and the Phoenix-Mesa airport in Arizona this year because another airline copied the idea.
Jim Young, president and CEO of the Winnipeg-based company, made the announcement Tuesday on the company's Facebook page.
He said within hours of NewLeaf announcing the Arizona route, another airline "lowered its fares and offered service to an airport it had previously ignored for over a decade."
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