Airlines
Forecast 2022
2021 had all the hallmarks of becoming a successful year, but unfortunately for a number of reasons, it didn’t quite achieve its potential, writes Eric Barber, vice president, national sales, Realstar Hospitality, in the latest issue of Canadian Travel Press. At one point, Barber observes: “A week ago, I would have painted a very optimistic picture of 2022 for our industry. A week is a long time in the travel business these days, and unfortunately any optimism I had is now gone.” Barber joins Collette’s Brett Walker; Flight Centre Travel Group’s Chris Lynes;...
SAA Clarifies Ticket Refund Policy
South African Airways (SAA) has informed travel advisors in the U.S. and Canada that the airline is continuing to process ticket refunds through the Refund Accounting Department in their North America Regional Office for customers whose flights were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To make the process more efficient, travel advisors have been asked to forward any refund requests for wholly unused or partially used tickets issued in the U.S. via email to: [email protected] or [email protected] for review or processing. For SAA tickets issued in Canada or Mexico, the...
St. Kitts Welcomes Return Of Air Canada
Air Canada returned to St. Kitts recently, marking the first time the airline has visited the destination in over a year. The arrival of the full flight of vaccinated visitors was another welcome boost for tourism adding to the twin-island Federations' record cruise tourism, which has seen a steady stream of ship arrivals including a record 21 ships visiting across the island's four ports in recent weeks. Earlier this month, St. Kitts announced that fully vaccinated international travellers (age 12 and older) arriving into the Federation are no longer required to test...
PAL Brings The Joy Of The Season
In mid-December, PAL Airlines and its partners brought some Christmas magic to 30 children from the Quebec City region. The magic happened at the Quebec City airport and PAL and its partners took the kids on a visit to Santa Claus in the North Pole. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAJg0rzeTro For most of the kids, it was their first flight and, naturally, there were lots of smiles and lots of excitement. And what better place for a kid to go on their first flight, but the North...
Take To The Slopes With Porter
Porter Airlines is now offering non-stop service from Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport to Mont-Tremblant International Airport. The seasonal service operates until March 28, 2022, with Porter Airlines CEO, Michael Deluce commenting: “It is exciting to return to our first seasonal destination. Our passengers can fly from downtown Toronto to Mont-Tremblant in as little as 70 minutes and enjoy a number of winter and holiday festivities.” Porter’s winter schedule includes up to four weekly flights, with connections from various Porter locations also available and Porter Escapes...
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,...