Discount Airline King Targets Canada With New No-Frills Carrier
- Franke’s Indigo to help revamp former charter airline Enerjet
- Market gets more crowded with Flair, WestJet’s Swoop, Jetlines
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Bill Franke, who helped pioneer bare-bones airlines in the U.S. and around the world, is expanding into Canada.
Franke’s Indigo Partners will join a Canadian investment group that intends to revamp charter airline Enerjet into a low-cost carrier in the mold of Spirit Airlines Inc. and Ryanair Holdings Plc. The first flights are targeted for around September.