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May 10, 2016 | 8:55 pm

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http://business.financialpost.com/ne...berta-capacity

Air Canada Inc. has added the equivalent of 31 Airbus A320 jets to its Alberta capacity to accommodate Fort McMurray evacuees who want to return home to Atlantic Canada or elsewhere.

The airline, which was chastised on social media last week for charging inflated fares to people fleeing the wildfire, is doing what it can to help those who were displaced, CEO Calin Rovinescu told the company’s annual shareholder meeting in Halifax Tuesday.

“We’re executing a plan to transport those fleeing from the fires from Edmonton or Calgary to their destinations and to support relief efforts,” he said.

“To date, we’ve already added the equivalent of about 31 of our A320s or about 11 of our Boeing 777 aircraft — our largest aircraft — to assist with getting people home, and we will continue to monitor demand to ensure mobile workers from Alberta can get home from Edmonton or Calgary at our very lowest fares.”

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