Air Canada Ad Calls Atlantic Canada A Whole Other Country

Atlantic Canada is a little different from the rest of the country. But that doesn't make it a different one altogether!

Tell that to Air Canada, which recently sent an ad via email pitching discounted flights between "Canada and Atlantic Canada," reports CBC News.

Dear @AirCanada,
I'm in #atlantic #Canada & want to get to #Canada. Is there a flight for that?
Signed,
Confused pic.twitter.com/8BlrlzqwQK
— Patricia (@pgzwicker) March 25, 2015

The snark came fast and furiously on social media in response.

Wow! @AirCanada now makes it even cheaper to fly from Canada to canada! What a savings to go where I am!!! pic.twitter.com/mR7Zs0BCpr
— Mark Critch (@markcritch) March 25, 2015

@markcritch @AirCanada Quebec is going to be pissed when they find out we left before they did...
— Chris Thurrott (@Sileed) March 25, 2015

Why did Quebec waste all that time on referenda? They could've asked @AirCanada to separate them! #LastRT
— Suzette Chan (@SuzetteChan) March 25, 2015

FREEDOM! "Air Canada ad suggests Atlantic Canada is a separate country http://t.co/DRoqbGuswT"
— Keith Dunne (@KeithDunneNL) March 25, 2015

Time to update the passport, I guess! "@CBCNS: Wait, since when did we separate? #cbcns pic.twitter.com/OaHJxmdogp"
— Chickadee Comms (@ChickadeeComms) March 25, 2015

Ah, the Newfoundland Separation Federation finally got what they wanted. http://t.co/XgebED8lTy
— Julian Rossi (@JulianJRossi) March 25, 2015

.@AirCanada - I have a flight from St. John’s to Canada in June.
I’ll be paying in NL dollars (rocks) Thanks! pic.twitter.com/ssRMDHRspx
— Kurtis Billard (@KCBillard) March 25, 2015

I blame Ted Cruz: RT @CBCNS: Wait, since when did we separate? #cbcns pic.twitter.com/6yhh4vVNPT
— James Baker (@GrumpusNation) March 25, 2015

Who fell asleep in CDN Geography class & didn't pass in their Confederation homework? @AirCanada pic.twitter.com/3zOuqJYwj8
— Mark Rose (@markrose14) March 25, 2015

And Air Canada was doing so well!

The airline has generated plenty of goodwill on social media in the past few months after offering Canadians in London a free flight home for Christmas.

The Air Canada Foundation also released a touching video this week that showed Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price receiving a gift from a boy from his hometown of Anahim Lake, B.C.

We're sure Air Canada, or the ad agency it hired, made an honest mistake here. But really, they should know their consumer base better than this!