Flair Airlines is a Canadian ultra low-cost carrier (ULCC) headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta.

[8] The airline operates scheduled passenger and chartered services with a fleet of Boeing 737 aircraft.

During this period, Flair also began providing workforce transportation services to several natural resources and major construction companies across Canada.

In February 2019, Flair went through a "top to bottom" makeover, changing its signature colours from purple and red to acid green and black.

[16] This order came at a crucial time for Boeing, as it restarted MAX operations following a months-long grounding of the type.

[17] All future aircraft deliveries to Flair were to be painted in an updated livery, which includes the airline's signature acid green and black colours, as well as subtle highlights of light purple.

Flair denied that it was in violation of Canadian laws and asked for an 18-month exemption to address regulatory concerns.

[21] On June 1, 2022, the CTA allowed Flair to keep its operating licence after concluding the airline is Canadian.

[25][26] The lessor, Airborne alleged that Flair had repeatedly missed payments amounting to several millions of dollars over a period of five months.

[27] In January 2024, it was reported that the lessors had filed claims at the UK High Court for costs and that there had been outstanding payments of $1.8 million on the four aircraft when notice of default was served.

Between 2007 and 2010, Flair was the exclusive supplier of large aircraft to Shell Canada's project at Albian Sands where, at its peak, the airline was moving over 10,000 construction workers per month from 14 points across Canada into Shell's project site, north of Fort McMurray, Alberta.

Flair provided logistics planning, passenger reservations, and third-party charter aircraft procurement through a new subsidiary called North Sands Air Services.