Air Canada resumes direct flights to Exuma as DPM closely monitors Omicron
From The Nassau Guardian – link to source story Paige McCartney, Nassau Guardian | 20 December 2021 If The Bahamas is able to manage the potential impact of the new Omicron COVID-19 variant it will be full steam ahead for tourism, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism, Aviation and Investments Chester Cooper yesterday as […]
Flair Airlines’ U.S. expansion continues as 17 transborder routes launch this week
17 new Canada-U.S. routes start service on December 15 – 18 Additional new routes announced for 2022: Calgary-Kelowna and Calgary-Montreal Edmonton, Alberta, December 16, 2021 – Flair Airlines, Canada’s everyday low fare airline, launches its US schedule expansion as 17 transborder routes begin over the next four days. While changing advisories are currently impacting travel, the start of these routes ensures low fare travel options remain available for Canadians in the long term. […]
Swoop Launches Three New Routes from Toronto
Ultra-low fare airline kicks-off December flying with non-stop flights to Los Cabos, Mexico, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic and Kingston, Jamaica TORONTO, Dec. 8, 2021 /CNW/ – Swoop this week celebrates the launch of three new inaugural flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport with the departure of new non-stop service to Los Cabos, Mexico, on December 4, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, on December 5 and Kingston, Jamaica on December 8. […]
Toronto Pearson Airport features Xovis 3D Sensors and Software to Reduce Queue Wait Times
International Market Leader for Intelligent People Flow Solutions Improves Passenger Journey at Canada’s busiest airport CAMBRIDGE, MA (December xx, 2021) –Xovis, an international market leader for intelligent people flow solutions in airports worldwide, is excited to announce its most recent rollout at Toronto Pearson International Airport, the largest and busiest airport in Canada. In August, […]
Air Canada Adding Extra Cargo Capacity Into Vancouver to Help Maintain British Columbia’s Economic Supply Chain
In response to flooding that disrupted transportation supply chain network in the province 586 tonnes of additional capacity added into and out of YVR, an increase of 45% over originally planned levels Air Canada Express Dash 8-400 aircraft being converted into special freighter configuration to transport cargo MONTREAL, Nov. 22, 2021 /CNW Telbec/ – Air […]
Wow: Half Of WestJet’s Europe Routes See The Boeing 737 MAX
From Simple Flying – link to source story – Thanks to CW by James Pearson | November 19, 2021 Canada’s WestJet has 14 bookable routes to Europe next summer, exactly half by the B737 MAX 8 and the other half by the B787-9. However, that will change when a 15th route – Calgary to London […]
Swoop Announces Major Expansion and Investment in Edmonton and Brings Nine New Routes to Alberta Capital
Ultra-low fare airline announces its largest expansion ever with eight new domestic routes as part of summer schedule and new non-stop service to Palm Springs Brings enhanced connectivity to Atlantic Canada with first ever non-stop flights from Edmonton to New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island and new non-stops to Nova Scotia Reaffirms commitment to city by naming its newest aircraft #Edmonton EDMONTON, AB, Nov. 15, 2021 /CNW/ […]
Pearson airport CEO Deborah Flint on surviving the pandemic — and why all of Ontario needs the airline hub to make a full recovery
From the Toronto Star – link to source story By Brennan Doherty, Special to the Toronto Star | Sat., Nov. 13, 2021 Deborah Flint’s first 21 months at the helm of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority have been, to put it mildly, eventful. Just a month after she arrived from Los Angeles, Flint watched as the […]
An Air Canada A220 Engine Shut Down Before Newark Diversion
From Simply Flying – link to source story by Luke Bodell | November 11, 2021 I can An Air Canada A220-300 suffered an engine rollback on approach to LaGuardia Airport, forcing a diversion to Newark Airport for a safer landing. The aircraft was at 2,000 feet when it began to yaw unexpectedly, with the flight […]
Air Transat announces its summer 2022 flight program
MONTREAL, Nov. 11, 2021 /CNW Telbec/ – Air Transat, named World’s Best Leisure Airline, is proud to announce its flight program for the summer of 2022. At the height of the season, it will operate more than 250 flights each week to 44 destinations. It will gradually increase its service to Europe, strengthen its position in the United States by offering […]