Airlines
Canada Jetlines Announces Stage 1 Licensing Approval
Canada Jetlines Operations Ltd advises that it has received a determination from the Canadian Transportation Agency (“CTA”) that Canada Jetlines meets the regulation requirements with regards to Canadian ownership and control, subject to filing confirming corporate documents. The CTA also completed Stage 1 “Determination of Financial Requirements” for Canada Jetlines’ application. Eddy Doyle, CEO of Canada Jetlines, said: “I am very excited that Canada Jetlines has now received Canadian ownership and control approval and the Stage 1 determination from the CTA. We are now in...
Lynx Air To Link Canada
Dubbing itself an ultra-affordable airline rather than an ultra-low cost carrier, Lynx Air has big plans for the Canadian market. During an event in Toronto yesterday (March 17), CEO Merren McArthur announced a major expansion out of the Toronto region, adding four new destinations and five new routes to its network. “By the end of July, we will be flying 92 flights per week in and out of the Toronto area, which is more than 17,000 seats per week,” said McArthur. “We're offering really great prices and that's what we want to do to attract people to our airline, but then we want to...
UPDATED – Canada Ends Pre-Arrival Testing
For the Canadian travel and tourism industry, there is good reason to celebrate today. News that the federal government is dropping the requirement of a pre-arrival COVID-19 test (either a PCR or Rapid Antigen test) for arriving travellers has long been called for by the industry and those calls have finally been heard. The announcement of the removal of the pre-arrival testing requirement was made by federal health minister, Jean-Yves Duclos, transport minister, Omar Alghabra and tourism minister, Randy Boissonnault. While travellers arriving in Canada will no longer need to...
The World Is Opening Up
IATA is welcoming what it describes as “the increasing momentum towards re-opening of borders and relaxation of travel restrictions, as COVID-19 moves into the endemic phase.” The airline industry’s association come following Canada’s March 17 announcement that it was removing the pre-arrival testing requirement for fully vaccinated travellers coming to the country. In a survey that IATA did of travel restrictions for the world’s top 50 air travel markets (comprising 88% of international demand in 2019 as measured by revenue passenger kilometers), the association...
Air Canada Expands Its South Pacific Network
Air Canada is taking off with a strategic expansion of its South Pacific schedule with the return of daily service to Sydney and resumption of services to both Brisbane and Auckland. The carrier’s Australia and New Zealand flights operate from its trans-Pacific hub at Vancouver International Airport which the carrier has built to conveniently connect its international network to its vast North American network. Seats are available for purchase now at www.aircanada.com. Mark Galardo, Senior Vice President, Network Planning and Revenue Management at Air Canada, said that: “Air...
Copa Airlines, Uplift Take Off
Uplift continues its international partner growth by launching with Copa Airlines. Customers booking flights on Copa Airlines can now spread the cost of their travel over time in simple and affordable monthly installments. Headquartered in Panama City, Panama and operating for more than 70 years, Copa Airlines is known for one of the most modern aviation fleets along with delivering award-winning on-time performance. Copa Airlines serves countries across North, Central and South America along with the Caribbean with more than 70 destinations across the Americas. Now, Copa...
Air France Takes Off From Vancouver To Paris
Air France’s Canada-Paris summer schedule will include up to 49 flights a week in summer 2022, including a daily flight between Vancouver and Paris. This ups the airline’s number of weekly flights out of Vancouver by two, while overall departures from Canada will be up 27% compared to summer 2019. “After 2 years of curtailing flights, we are proud to be able to measurably increase the number of departures from Vancouver and our other Canadian destinations,” said Air France’s Catherine Guillemart Dias; adding that this will make “Air France the leading European airline in...
See It For Real With Air Transat
Air Transat is inviting agents’ clients to stop envisioning their ideal vacation and to see it for real – whether it’s in Europe, the South or the United States. And to make it easier and more attractive, Air Transat has launched its See It For Real promotion that’s valid on new, individual bookings made between March 14 and April 3, 2022 and applicable for travel between April 1 and Oct. 31, 2022. For more, go to...