Airlines
Click & Collect At YUL’s Loop Duty Free
This Holiday season, it has never been easier to shop the great range of airport savings and exclusives at YUL, Montréal-Trudeau airport The Loop Duty Free. The Click & Collect service allows passengers to buy online between 30 days & 24 hours before they depart. Before flying, passengers can visit award winning theloopdutyfree.ca, and shop the array of thousands of products and pre-order them online. Passengers can collect their shopping in The Loop Duty Free store (international or US transborder zones) when departing from YUL, Montréal-Trudeau airport, taking stress...
WestJet Group Names Alexis von Hoensbroech As CEO
The WestJet Group has named Alexis von Hoensbroech as its Chief Executive Officer. The start date for von Hoensbroech is subject to the timing of a successful immigration process, which is expected to be completed before the end of the first quarter of 2022. Harry Taylor, interim CEO, will continue in the role until that time and then resume his position as Executive Vice-President Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to accepting this role, von Hoensbroech served as CEO of Austrian Airlines, starting in 2018, where he led the airline through the COVID-19 crisis,...
Canada Jetlines Preparing For Takeoff
Canada Jetlines Operations Ltd. has announced the signing of a Definitive Lease Agreement for its first Airbus A320 aircraft, with delivery of the aircraft expected by February 2022. Eddy Doyle, CEO of Canada Jetlines, said: “I am pleased that we have a definitive agreement for our first aircraft. The Airbus A320 is a fuel-efficient, narrow-body framework that supports a high-density seat configuration. Canada Jetlines is well positioned to carry out the completion our airline licensing process with a targeted launch date in Q2 of 2022.” The aircraft is an Airbus A320-200,...
Aeroplan, Uber Canada Expand Partnership
Aeroplan members based in Canada are now able to earn the following when linking their Aeroplan and Uber accounts: 1 Aeroplan point per $1 spent on eligible Uber Eats orders over $25 in Canada 1 Aeroplan point per $1 spent on Uber Airport Rides (all ride types including Uber X) and Premium Rides (including, UberXL, Uber Comfort, Uber Black, Uber Select etc.) in Canada and the U.S. 2 Aeroplan points per $1 spent on Uber Premium Airport Rides in Canada and the U.S. Plus, every time Aeroplan members take 10 Uber rides in Canada or the U.S., they'll receive a $20 CAD Air Canada...
Show Us The Science
The WestJet Group has expressed its strong opposition to the travel advisory issued by the federal government yesterday (Dec. 15), arguing that the targeted advice outlined was not based on science and data and significantly undermines aviation's proven safety record in response to COVID-19. And it made it abundantly clear that the new measures “are a setback in Canada's progress and its successful transition from relying on blanket advisories and policies.” G Adventures’ managing director for Canada, David Green said that: “While all caution must be taken in the interests...
KLM Committed To Sustainability
KLM is taking off with a new sustainable travel branding campaign, unveiled in a new commercial on Dutch television. The campaign is also being rolled out worldwide and will run until Jan. 9, 2022. In it, KLM makes clear that it is committed to sustainability and understands the urgency of this issue for its customers and the aviation industry. Earlier this year, KLM launched its “Ready when you are” branding campaign and with the new initiative the carrier said that it is the right time for it to look ahead and draw attention to its commitment to sustainability and its...
Government Says Now Is Not The Time To Travel
The Canadian government has reinstated its advisory against non-essential travel, with Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos telling Canadians that “if you were planning to travel, now is not the time.” Duclos, along with Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Chrystia Freeland; Inter-governmental affairs minister, Dominic LeBlanc; and Transport Minister, Omar Alghabra, made the announcement of the ramped up travel restrictions. The Health Minister emphasized that the developing epidemiological situation with Omicron and the variant’s ability to spread rapidly, raised concerns...
We’ve Been Here Before
It appears that the federal government will reinstate the non-essential travel advisory – which was only recently lifted in October of this year -- as well as new and stricter testing measures. The moves – reported by multiple media sources – come following a meeting between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the first ministers of the provinces and territories. During that meeting, a range of options for travel restrictions were discussed, including everything from banning non-essential foreign travellers, ramped up testing and more as the federal, provincial and territorial...