WestJet Update: 29 April – Domestic Schedule Changes to June 4
From WestJet WESTJET MAKES FREQUENCY UPDATES TO ITS DOMESTIC FLIGHT SCHEDULE FROM MAY 5 THROUGH JUNE 4 WestJet is making additional changes to its domestic flight schedule, from May 5 through June 4, 2020. These changes are required to address significantly reduced guest demand during the COVID-19 crisis. The following are frequency reductions from May […]
WestJet Update: 20 April – Updates Domestic Flight Schedule
From WestJet WESTJET UPDATES DOMESTIC FLIGHT SCHEDULE FROM MAY 5 THROUGH JUNE 4 WestJet is making changes to its domestic flight schedule, removing approximately 4,000 weekly flights or 600 daily flights from May 5 through June 4, 2020. These changes are required to address significantly reduced guest demand during the COVID-19 crisis. While some city […]
Air Canada suspends all flights to and from Sydney, N.S.
News provided by CBC News – link to story and updates Daily flights between Sydney and Halifax suspended from April 2 until at least April 30 Wendy Martin · CBC News · Posted: Apr 01, 2020 Air Canada is suspending all its flights to and from Sydney, N.S., starting Thursday. J.A. Douglas McCurdy Airport in Sydney made the announcement Wednesday […]
Halifax airport sees big jump in planes coming for refuelling, crew swapping
News provided by CBC News – link to story and updates 18 planes have used Halifax for technical stops in the past 3 weeks Haley Ryan · CBC News · Posted: Mar 31, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has meant a “dramatic” reduction in domestic and international flights through the Halifax airport, but also brought about an increase in planes needing […]
Support to Canada’s Air Transportation Sector
From: Department of Finance Canada ~ 30 March 2020 Backgrounder The Government of Canada recognizes the unprecedented disruption to the air transportation sector resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the beginning of the pandemic, air passenger traffic has declined significantly as governments around the world impose border restrictions and advise their citizens to avoid unnecessary […]
WestJet: 29 March Update
Received directly from WESTJET NETWORK AND SCHEDULE CHANGES – WestJet announces schedule updates through May 4 and select seasonal route start dates On Thursday, March 26 WestJet marked the last day of our planned transborder (U.S.) and international (Europe, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean) flying due to the COVID-19 crisis and the closing of international borders. This is […]
How an Air Canada ‘hard landing’ in 2015 sent this family on a ‘terrifying’ journey
News provided by CBC News – link to story and updates ‘Life now is completely different. I struggle going to activities with the children’ Jon Tattrie · CBC News · Posted: Mar 29, 2020 Five years ago, Jennifer and Trevor Lightfoot celebrated the end of a sunny cruise and boarded a flight from Miami to Toronto before connecting home […]
WESTJET DAILY MEDIA BRIEF – March 25, 2020 (Aircraft fogging, changes to inflight service, aircraft parking)
Provided directly from WESTJET, an Alberta Partnership WESTJET DAILY MEDIA BRIEF – March 25, 2020 COVID-19 AIRCRAFT FOGGING WestJet is now fogging all 737 and Q400 aircraft in YYC with disinfection spray as part of our enhanced overnight cleaning and sanitization regimen for COVID-19. We expect to bring this process to Edmonton (end of week) and Toronto (early next week). […]
Sunwing wraps final repatriation flights, bringing home over 60,000 people including over 3,300 stranded Canadian non-Sunwing customers
Provided by Sunwing Vacations Inc/Globe Newswire TORONTO, March 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sunwing’s final customer repatriation flight will take off later today, bringing home more than 60,000 people over the course of the last week, including over 3,300 stranded Canadian non-Sunwing customers for free. During this time, Sunwing has operated over 400 repatriation flights to […]
‘We see a lot of hams’: Halifax airport travellers sure like their illegal pork
News provided by CBC News – link to full story and updates Popular items confiscated include ‘dried, cured sausage, a lot of pâtés and different things like that’ David Burke · CBC News · Posted: Mar 10, 2020 Many Nova Scotians and others travelling through the Halifax airport may not realize the tasty souvenir in their luggage isn’t allowed in Canada. […]