Airlines
Porter Returns To Muskoka This Summer
Porter Airlines is returning to Muskoka, Ontario this summer, with flights operating between June 24 and Sept. 6, 2022. The service between Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport and Muskoka Airport will operate twice weekly on Mondays and Fridays and connecting flights will also be available via Toronto from various Porter destinations. Michael Deluce, president and CEO, Porter Airlines, said: “We look forward to bringing our passengers back to Muskoka after two seasons away due to the pandemic.” And Deluce added: “The picturesque Muskoka region is less than a 30-minute flight...
Air Canada Ramping Up Schedule For Summer 2022
Air Canada has big plans for the Summer of 2022, unveiling details of expansions to both its international and North American schedules. Internationally, the carrier will be relaunching 34 routes across the Atlantic and Pacific. Starting next month, non-stop services will begin resuming from Toronto to Tel Aviv, Paris, Tokyo and Amsterdam, signs that recovery is well underway. Service from Montreal to Casablanca, Nice, Algiers, Rome, Tel Aviv and Tokyo will also be resuming. From Vancouver, Air Canada will be offering service to Frankfurt, Dublin, and Zurich. Air Canada is also...
Singapore Airlines Group Expanding VTL
In the coming weeks, the Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group will be expanding its Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) network to 47 cities from 25 countries. Singapore Airlines will progressively add Dubai, Hong Kong, Manila, New York (Newark), and Phuket from Feb. 25, 2022. As well, SIA will step up its frequencies for flights between Singapore and several existing VTL destinations. These are Bandar Seri Begawan, Colombo, Male, and Phnom Penh. Scoot, SIA’s low-cost subsidiary, will progressively include Chiang Mai, Cebu, Clark, Davao, Hong Kong, Jeddah, Krabi, London (Gatwick) and Phuket...
Swoop Ramps Up U.S. Lift
Swoop is adding non-stop flights to five new destinations this summer -- New York, Chicago, Nashville, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. In addition to serving five new destinations, it will also extend its current seasonal services to San Diego, Palm Springs, Las Vegas, St. Pete-Clearwater, Orlando (Sanford) and Phoenix (Mesa) into the summer season. In total Swoop will serve 11 U.S. destinations with flights from its three main Canadian bases in Toronto, Hamilton, and Edmonton. Bert van der Stege, head of commercial & finance at Swoop, said that: “As part of our planned...
Exclusive: Time Is Right For Lynx Air
Lynx Air’s CEO, Merren McArthur will tell you that the new carrier’s “vision is to … redefine the perception in Canada of ultra-low-cost carriers,” making it clear that “low-cost should not mean a poor flying experience.” In fact, McArthur points out that “it doesn’t cost a lot to provide great customer service. It’s about building a great customer-centric culture, listening to the customer and investing in the things they care about most. “ McArthur will also point out that: “... There has never been a better time to launch an ultra-affordable airline like...
Unmistakable Signs Of Revival
Air Canada is reporting its fourth quarter and full year 2021 financial results with highlights including: Fourth quarter 2021 operating revenues of $2.731 billion, 30% higher than in the third quarter of 2021, and over three times fourth quarter 2020 operating revenues Fourth quarter 2021 operating loss of $503 million compared to an operating loss of $1.003 billion in the fourth quarter of 2020 Fourth quarter 2021 EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization), excluding special items, of $22 million compared to negative EBITDA (excluding special...
Momentum Builds As Restrictions Lifted
Newly released data by IATA shows that there is growing momentum in the recovery of air travel as restrictions are lifted. In terms of ticket sales, IATA reports an 11-percentage point increase for international tickets sold in recent weeks (in proportion to 2019 sales). In the period around Feb. 8 (7 day moving average) the number of tickets sold stood at 49% of the same period in 2019. In the period around Jan. 25 (7 day moving average) the number of tickets sold stood at 38% of the same period in 2019. The 11-percentage point improvement between the January and February...
SATA Azores Launching Montreal To Terceira
Azores Airlines will start a new air operation between Montreal and Terceira (Azores) from June 15 to Sept. 14, 2022. This new service will operate on Wednesdays, and it will compliment services already operating from Toronto to Terceira (up to two times per week), as well as up to five times per week service from Toronto to Ponta Delgada. Flights between Montreal and Terceira depart from Montreal at 11:00 am and arrive in Terceira at 8:10 pm. Departures from Terceira leave at 8:00 am and arrive in Montreal at 9:55 am, local time. In just over 5 hours, travellers can be on the...