Airlines
Come Back Changed
Come Back Changed. That’s the message of Air Transat’s newly launched promotional campaign. Inspired by the belief that travel has transformative powers, the campaign aims to demonstrate the importance of travel and its ability to transform not only our way of being by expanding our horizons, but also our state of mind. The campaign also supports the airline's new brand positioning and its tagline -- Travel Moves Us. Developed in collaboration with creative agency Sid Lee, the campaign features a short video featuring Maggie, a traveller who has just returned from a trip...
FAA Reporting Normal Air Traffic Ops Resuming
The FAA is now reporting that “normal air traffic operations are resuming gradually across the United States following an overnight outage to the FAA’s Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) system that provides safety information to flight crews.” It has also lifted the ‘ground stop’ that it had issued earlier and indicated that it is continuing to look into the cause of the initial problem. At shortly after 8 am today (Jan. 11, 2023), the FAA indicated that it had made progress in restoring its NOTAM system following the overnight outage and that departures were resuming at...
The Recovery Continues
The air travel recovery continued in November with IATA reporting that total traffic in November 2022 (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose 41.3% compared to November 2021. Globally, traffic is now at 75.3% of November 2019 levels. IATA also reported that: International traffic rose 85.2% versus November 2021. The Asia-Pacific continued to report the strongest year-over-year results with all regions showing improvement compared to the prior year. November 2022 international RPKs reached 73.7% of November 2019 levels. Domestic traffic for November 2022 was up...
PLAY Takes Off From Canada This Summer
PLAY, a low-cost airline operating flights between Iceland and Europe, has announced it will be offering service to Canada, with its first flights to Europe taking off in summer 2023. Beginning today, travellers can book tickets from John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport to 26 European destinations including London, Paris, Berlin, Copenhagen, Dublin, Brussels, Stockholm, Gothenburg and more. Flight service from John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport will begin on June 22, 2023. To celebrate its inaugural flights from Canada, PLAY is offering introductory fares from...
Sunwing Resumes Regular Operations To Mazatlán
Sunwing has resumed its regular operations from Mazatlán. The carrier reports that on Jan. 6, 2023 -- in light of the government advisory for Mazatlán and out of an abundance of caution to ensure the safety of all Sunwing passengers and crew -- Sunwing had temporarily cancelled all southbound departures to Mazatlán, Mexico, affecting departures from Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, Kelowna and Vancouver airports. As a result, northbound return flights from Mazatlán scheduled for Jan. 6, 2023 were impacted by further delays. The company says that despite the many obstacles put...
Canada Jetlines Partners with Boom Group
Canada Jetlines Operations Ltd. is partnering with Boom Group Inc (BOOM) – an employee and member rewards platform. Through the new alliance, travellers will have the ability to enroll through the BOOM Rewards’ platform to purchase flights at a preferred rate, on all current and future routes via Canada Jetlines’ international network. The BOOM platform powers the leading membership rewards and loyalty program, allowing member companies to engage, grow, and create unique experiences for members. News of the partnership is shared following Canada Jetlines addition of two new...
Icelandair Will Add Tel Aviv In 2023
Icelandair will add Tel Aviv, Israel to its network as a new destination for the 2023 summer season. Beginning May 10 and continuing to Oct. 29, the carrier will offer direct flights three times a week between Reykjavik and Tel Aviv from Keflavik Airport, on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Flight time from Iceland is around seven hours. Demand for flights between Tel Aviv and Iceland has been rapidly increasing and the new gateway also opens convenient connections between Tel Aviv and North America, via Iceland. Bogi Nils Bogason, Icelandair CEO, said of the new service:...
Top Sunwing Executives Issue An Apology
“Sunwing was founded on a promise to help make Canadians’ vacation dreams come true with affordable all inclusive getaways to dozens of highly rated vacation destinations. We are astutely aware that, for too many Canadians, we failed to live up to that promise this holiday season. We are incredibly sorry for letting our customers down,” write Sunwing Travel Group’s CEO, Stephen Hunter and Sunwing Airlines’ President, Len Corrado. Hunter and Corrado’s statement continues: “Like many Canadians, we dreamed this holiday would be a return to normal. We planned our highest...