Airlines
WestJet Adds To Its Summer Schedule
WestJet has unveiled 20 new routes and three new destinations on its summer schedule. The carrier’s summer network additions feature new non-stop service to Washington Dulles, Detroit and Minneapolis, with new routes added to Atlanta, Austin, Chicago, Nashville and Seattle. In line with its previously announced strategic direction, WestJet is also expanding domestic travel options across Canada with increased frequencies and options to travel from coast-to-coast, and everywhere in between. Alexis von Hoensbroech, WestJet Group Chief Executive Officer, said: “We are thrilled...
Meetings With A Purpose
For the first time since 2020, Air Canada and Air Canada Vacations convened for their respective meetings in Jamaica, bringing their entire sales teams for in-person strategy and planning sessions over the course of two different weekends in January. The two groups were hosted at Sandals Royal Caribbean in Montego Bay. Maureen Barnes-Smith, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Unique Vacations Canada (affiliate of worldwide representatives of Sandals Resorts and Beaches Resorts), said: “The chance to host the full complement of sales teams from both Air Canada and Air Canada...
Florida Celebrates New Connection
The operation of a new Air Canada flight to Miami from Vancouver is cause for “great excitement” at the tourism promotion body Visit Florida, which hosted an international travel trade market last week. Air Canada’s new direct, non-stop service from YVR to MIA is a legitimate alternative to Hawaii as a holiday choice from the Canadian west coast, said Visit Florida CEO Dana Young. “Canadian visitors are crucial to Florida tourism, and we have missed them,” said Young, who was on site in West Palm Beach for the Florida Huddle travel trade show at the beginning of...
Fiji Airways Names Anjuna As Canadian GSA
Fiji Airways has appointed Anjuna Canada Inc as its exclusive General Sales Agent in Canada both for Passenger and Cargo. Anjuna Canada will expand and develop Fiji Airways brand leveraging their local expertise, industry travel relationships, sales efficiencies to drive sales across all market segmentations. Fiji Airways launched direct flights to and from Vancouver twice a week on Mondays and Fridays on Nov. 25, 2022. Claire Gray Director and Co-Founder of Anjuna, said: “Anjuna Canada is excited to have been appointed the GSA in Canada for the national carrier of Fiji. Canada...
Pay-As-You-Go At Star Alliance AMS Lounge
Star Alliance is now offering paid access to the Star Alliance-branded lounge at Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS) airport. In addition to offering complimentary access to Star Alliance Gold members, and First Class and Business Class passengers, the lounge will now welcome other Star Alliance passengers regardless of membership status or cabin class, for a nominal fee. This is the fifth among the six Star Alliance-branded lounges to offer paid access, after the Star Alliance lounges in Rome (FCO) Airport, Rio De Janeiro (GIG) Airport, Buenos Aires’ Ezeiza International Airport (EZE), and Los...
Canada Jetlines Appoints New Board Member
Canada Jetlines Operations Ltd. has appointed Rossen Dimitrov to its Board of Directors. Dimitrov is an experienced senior executive with over 20-years of experience in the airline industry and is presently employed as the Chief Officer Customer Experience at Qatar Airways. As the Chief Officer Customer Experience at Qatar Airways, Rossen is constantly challenging the status quo by building a customer-centric approach to delivering future-proof aircraft, lounge and airport interiors, technology-enabled experiences and new service concepts that are the foundation of the airlines'...
More Choice From Azores Airlines
Azores Airlines is providing more choice for its customers with a new range of fares that provide better visibility on the products and services that the airline offers. Travellers' consumption trends show that the needs and priorities of passengers differ depending on the purpose and time of travel. Adapting the offer to the moment, and not just to the passenger's consumption profile, allows optimizing the available resources without compromising the comfort of the service customers are generated by different needs or desires. With that in mind, six different fare families were...
Cliveden Solutions Repping Qantas In Canada
Cliveden Solutions Inc has been appointed as the exclusive general sales agent (GSA) for Qantas Airways in Canada. As GSA, the global airline services company will promote Qantas’ schedules for flights between North America and Australia. Patrick Stepanek, CEO Cliveden Solutions Inc. said, “We’re extremely pleased to be working with such an iconic global brand as Qantas. We look forward to growing the brand across Canada through our network of offices in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal.” David Thomas, Vice President Sales – Americas at Qantas, said: “We are delighted...