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Watchdog urges Canada to open airline sector to more foreign ownership

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Canada should allow full foreign ownership of carriers that fly only within the domestic market, watchdog says.

It also suggests raising the ownership limit for Canadian airlines so that a single foreign investor can own as much as 49% , up from the current 25% .

Canada ’s airline industry is concentrated, with Air Canada and WestJet accounting for between 56% to 78% of domestic traffic at the eight busiest airports.

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