Swoop postpones seasonal service to Charlottetown
News from CBC News – link to story Service won’t begin until Oct. 24 CBC News · Posted: Jun 11, 2020 Swoop, WestJet’s discount airline, has delayed its Charlottetown flights until late October, according to the airline’s website. Before COVID-19, the airline had planned to offer three flights a week to Hamilton starting at the end of June. Now, […]
Hamilton International Airport Continues to Deliver Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
From John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport HAMILTON, ON (April 20, 2020) – While facing the unprecedented impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, including a drastic decline in passenger travel experienced globally, John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport remains Canada’s largest domestic express cargo airport. As a gateway for facilitating goods movements across Canada and around […]
Swoop Paints the Skies Pink in Celebration of Pink Shirt Day
Provided by Swoop/CNW The ultra-low-cost carrier encourages Canadians to#LiftEachOtherUp CALGARY, Feb. 26, 2020 /CNW/ – Today on Pink Shirt Day, Swoop is calling on Canadians to #LiftEachOtherUp through an exciting social media campaign in support of anti-bullying initiatives. Canada’s ultra-low fare airline is partnering with CKNW Kids’ Fund’s Pink Shirt Day and donating $20,000 to programs supporting children’s healthy self-esteem across Canada. […]
Hamilton International celebrates three years of unprecedented growth
John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport Press Release – with a hint from Richard Hamilton, ON (January 23, 2020) – John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport is excited to share its 2019 passenger and cargo traffic results as well as updates on investments at the Airport. Last year, 955,373 passengers travelled through Hamilton International representing a […]
More than 100 Swoop passengers stranded in Mexico after flight attendant injured
News provided by CTV News – link to full story and updates Ben Cousins CTVNews.ca Writer Published Thursday, January 16, 2020 Swoop Airlines Boeing 737 on display during their media event, Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at John C. Munro International Airport in Hamilton, Ont. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tara Walton TORONTO — A flight attendant injury onboard […]
Swoop grows its East Coast network
Provided by Swoop/CNW The ultra-low-fare airline’s 10 aircraft allows for flights between Hamilton and St. John’s, Moncton and Charlottetown CALGARY, Jan. 9, 2020 /CNW/ – As part of it’s 2020 summer schedule, Swoop, Canada’s ultra-low-fare airline and subsidiary of WestJet Airlines Ltd., announced its East Coast network expansion, with flights between Hamilton, Ontario and St. John’s, NL; Moncton, NB; and Charlottetown, PEI. The new service will begin in June as Swoop receives […]
Family kicked off plane because daughter threw up before take off forced to cancel vacation
News provided by CTV News – link to full story and video Sean Davidson, Multi-Platform Writer, CTV News Toronto, 2 January 2020 TORONTO — An Ontario family who said they were kicked off a plane because one of their daughters threw up before take off is furious with the airline who then demanded they pay […]
Airline passengers furious after diverted Halifax-Hamilton flight strands them in Montreal
News provided by Global News – link to full story and updates BY DAN SPECTOR GLOBAL NEWS Posted December 30, 2019 WATCH: Link to Video Dozens of flights at Montreal-Trudeau International Airport have been delayed or cancelled because of the weather, but one group of passengers was particularly angry. Their Swoop flight was from Halifax to Hamilton, […]
Swoop Continues North American Expansion with Release of 2020 Summer Schedule
Provided by Swoop/CNW The ultra-low fare airline adds increased service and three new destinations to its network CALGARY, Dec. 13, 2019 /CNW/ – Today, Swoop, Canada’s ultra-low-fare airline and subsidiary of WestJet Airlines Ltd., released its 2020 summer schedule, announcing increased service and three new destinations. Starting in April 2020, Swoop’s newest routes will take travellers to two new domestic destinations […]
Hamilton International Airport’s remediation runway work provides bumpy ride to passengers
News provided by The Hamilton Spectator – link to full story, with a hint from P.N. Nov 28, 2019 by Kevin Werner, Hamilton Mountain News Hamilton resident Robert Cooper, an experienced passenger on many airplane trips, had been flying in and out of Hamilton International Airport for a few months. So, as his Swoop airplane — Flight 2010, […]