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Air Canada

The gates of hell

Why is flying so awful?

With more crowds and delays than ever before, air travel is going to get worse before it gets better
Chinese writer Mo Yan waits for the start of a news conference in his hometown of Gaomi, Shandong province

Good news, bad news

This week: Cuban travels, a bump for Quebec separatism, and an Ocean’s 11-esque heist in Holland
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Air Canada’s slow descent

It is the country’s biggest and most dysfunctional airline, at war with its unions, losing money and protected by Ottawa. There may be only one way out.