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Originally Posted by MattyC
What does being a former crown corporation have to do with it? Don't all Candian airlines have to follow these rules? I know West-Jet provides service en francais as well.
And on a side note, are West-Jet and AC the only remaining Canadian airlines?
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The official bilingual act is for all Federal Government businesses; Quebec wouldnt sign off on the AC privatization without certain stipulations, this being one of them.
A private business (outside of Quebec) can offer their services in whatever language its customers demand: English, French, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Arabic and no other languages need to be offered.
Transport Canada only requires that airlines preform the pre-flight safety message in both official languages.
For regularily scheduled air service I believe: AC, WSJ and Porter are the only major ones left in Canada (Porter isnt really a major but...). There are always smaller companies providing specialized or regional services such as Air North etc.