OTTAWA — Canadian airline executives are set to testify before a parliamentary committee about their decisions to introduce carry-on bag fees for travellers. The CEOs of Air Canada and WestJet will appear today before the standing committee on transport, infrastructure and communities.

Months after WestJet added a controversial ultrabasic ticket that didn’t allow travellers to bring a carry-on bag, Air Canada is following suit by stripping carry-on baggage from its cheapest tickets on some routes.

MP Angelo Iacono scolded all the airline executives for benefiting from taxpayer bailouts during the pandemic and then raising fees

Air Canada decided to introduce carry-on baggage fees for some customers to stay competitive with changing market forces in the country, a company executive told a parliamentary committee on Friday. Earlier this month,

Top airline executives from Air Canada, WestJet and Porter faced tough questions over skyrocketing baggage fees at a parliamentary committee in Ottawa. The CEOs rejected accusations of price-gouging,

Executives from Canada's largest airlines were summoned to appear before a Parliamentary committee on Friday to defend recent fee increases for carry-on bags.