Flair Airlines has announced the appointment of Garth Lund as Chief Commercial Officer. Lund will join Flair from Europe’s Wizz Air where he was most recently the Head of Financial Planning and Controlling, with previous roles including Head of Pricing and Revenue Management and Head of Network Development.

Flair Airlines says it is Canada’s only true Ultra Low Cost Carrier (ULCC) “with clear growth ambitions within domestic Canada and cross-border.” The appointment of Lund, it says, continues the strengthening of the executive team which began in October with the appointment of a new CEO, Stephen Jones, also from Wizz Air.

As Chief Commercial Officer, Lund will be responsible for all of Flair Airlines commercial functions including network planning, scheduling, pricing and revenue management, ancillary revenue, sales and distribution, mobile and web channels, marketing, branding, customer experience, and communications.

Lund said, “I am very excited to join Flair Airlines at the beginning of its growth journey. Canadian customers have long been denied the benefits of a real ULCC and Flair Airlines has a compelling mission to fill this gap. I look forward to being a part of helping Flair Airlines reach its full potential.”

We were unable to determine whether Flair was currently flying any routes. An advisory on Flair’s website states, “Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Flair Airlines has reduced the January and February flight schedules. Passengers affected have been provided a full refund or rebooked onto another flight where applicable.” Requests for information received no response by publication time.