Air Canada Cargo Announces Launch Routes For its Newly Converted Freighter Aircraft Arriving This Fall
MONTREAL, June 14, 2021 /CNW Telbec/ – Air Canada and Air Canada Cargo today announced the initial list of planned routes for the Boeing 767-300ER freighters scheduled to enter service this fall. Air Canada is in the process of fully converting several of its Boeing 767 aircraft into dedicated freighters in order to fully participate in global cargo commercial opportunities. […]
Swoop Responds to Growing Demand for Ultra-Low-Cost Travel
Airline announces fleet expansion and winter flying as new daily bookings return to pre-pandemic levels CALGARY, AB, June 10, 2021 /CNW/ – Swoop, Canada’s leading ultra-low-cost carrier, today released its expanded winter schedule including increased non-stop domestic service and the re-introduction of flights to the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Following a sustained pattern of new daily bookings on par with […]
Flair Airlines Extends Domestic Schedule into 2022
The growing ULCC has released its Winter 2021/22 schedule for sale with fares starting from as low as $19 Edmonton, Alberta, May 27, 2021 – Flair Airlines, Canada’s only independent ultra-low-cost carrier (ULCC), has expanded its schedule with flights to domestic destinations now on sale until March 2022. With 24 routes and over 650,000 seats […]
Flight restart date for Saint John Airport pushed back, more airlines added
From CBC News – link to source story Air Canada flights now scheduled to return on June 30, with a total of five airlines set to hit the runway Marie Sutherland · CBC News · May 25, 2021 The restart date for flights out of Saint John Airport has been pushed back again ahead of New Brunswick’s reopening-plan announcements, […]
Sydney airport CEO encouraged by entry of new regional airline
From CBC News – link to source story Mike MacKinnon says new flights from PAL Airlines will add jobs, boost confidence among travellers Tom Ayers · CBC News · May 26, 2021 The CEO of the J.A. Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport is looking forward to the resumption of air travel in the Atlantic region, and he’s especially excited about […]
January 2020 runway overrun in Halifax, Nova Scotia highlights longstanding TSB Watchlist issue
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, 20 May 2021 – In its investigation report (A20A0001) released today, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) found that changing runways without recalculating the landing distance required based on the changes in wind and runway surface conditions, led to a runway overrun in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 2020. On 5 January 2020, […]
Innotech-Execaire Aviation Group Launches its Prestige Concierge Service
MONTREAL, May 17, 2021 /CNW Telbec/ – Innotech-Execaire Aviation Group (“IEAG”) announced today that it has expanded the Concierge services capability of both of its Aircraft Management and Charter operating units for the benefit of its clients via the introduction of its Prestige Concierge Service by IEAG. With aircraft based across Canada including Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, Hamilton, Windsor, Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver, the Prestige Concierge Service will help IEAG […]
Halifax airport CEO hopes for more on-site COVID testing ‘sooner rather than later’
From City News 1130 – link to source story BY MICHAEL TUTTON, THE CANADIAN PRESS | 9 May 2021 HALIFAX — The chief executive of Atlantic Canada’s largest airport is hoping for COVID-19 testing for arriving passengers “sooner rather than later,” as an added measure to combat Nova Scotia’s third wave of the pandemic. The Halifax […]
Halifax International Airport Authority Records Significant Financial Loss in 2020 due to COVID-19; Prepares for Multi-Year Recovery
POSTED ON MAY 6, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic abruptly stalled air travel activity beginning in March 2020, resulting in the largest financial loss ever recorded by Halifax International Airport Authority (HIAA). This, and other details about how the pandemic affected HIAA and its plans for recovery, were presented today at its Annual Public Meeting, held virtually […]
Sunwing announces winter flight schedule from regional gateways across Atlantic Canada
Tour operator to offer weekly flights from Halifax, Moncton, Saint John, Fredericton, St. John’s, Deer Lake and Gander TORONTO, April 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sunwing is making it easier for residents of Atlantic Canada to head back to the tropics this winter, with convenient weekly flights from regional gateways across Nova Scotia, New Brunswick […]