Airlines
Vistara Picks Discover The World As Canadian GSA
Vistara -- a joint venture of Tata group and Singapore Airlines – has named Discover the World as its exclusive GSA partner in Canada. Discover Canada will leverage its local travel industry relationships, sales talent and distribution knowledge to develop Vistara’s brand loyalty and drive sales across all travel sales channels. With nearly 2 million Canadians of Indian Heritage and India’s re-opening to fully vaccinated tourists in effect, Discover is excited to reconnect travelers to India by establishing commercial agreements for customers to connect with Vistara across an...
Air Transat Takes Off For Summer 2022
Air Transat has released details of its Summer 2022 flight program, which will see the carrier operating over 250 flights weekly to 44 destinations at the height of the season. The airline says that it will gradually increase its service to Europe, strengthen its position in the United States by offering flights to Los Angeles and San Francisco for the first time, as well as offering a selection of its most popular South destinations, and enhancing its domestic flight program. Annick Guérard, President and Chief Executive Officer, Transat, said: “We are actively rebuilding our...
Air Canada, Carbon Engineering Sign MoU
Air Canada and Carbon Engineering Ltd. (CE) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to identify potential opportunities in how CE's proprietary Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology -- which captures carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere -- can advance aviation decarbonization. The two Canadian companies plan to explore potential cooperation activities in sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), permanent carbon dioxide removal and innovation, including opportunities for Air Canada to purchase SAF utilizing CE's technologies. CE's DAC technology captures CO2 directly out of the...
Government Support Is Vital
GlobalData says that airlines and the wider aviation industry will struggle to meet ambitious carbon neutral targets on their own, making it clear that governments must act by providing significant investment following COP26 to ensure meaningful action occurs. Gus Gardner, associate travel and tourism analyst at GlobalData, points out that: “COP26 has put pressure on the aviation industry to reaffirm its commitment to reducing its environmental impact. In fact, a GlobalData poll found that 45% of global respondents stated that the environment was the most important of the...
Booster Let’s Aeroplan Members Multiply Their Points
For Aeroplan members who want to build their points balance and get to their next reward sooner, they can now take advantage of a new benefit that will let them do just that. Powered by Points, Aeroplan Booster is a new loyalty solution for the Canadian market designed to offer Aeroplan Members a cost-effective way to accelerate their reward balances quickly and easily by multiplying points earned on both travel and non-travel related transactions. With Booster, Aeroplan Members get a preferential rate to multiply their earned points by up to five times their value. Initially,...
New Lift, Cruise Calls For St. Kitts
St. Kitts is looking forward to welcoming Canadian travellers back this winter as Air Canada heads to the island with direct service and the island prepares to welcome an increase in cruise ship arrivals -- including four inaugural calls from top cruise lines. Starting Dec., 19, 2021, Canadians will be able to fly direct from Toronto to St. Kitts with Air Canada. The weekly flight – featuring Sunday departures – will continue to April 24, 2022. Canadians can also travel to St. Kitts via a number of U.S. gateways. For those who book before Dec. 31, 2021, they’ll be able...
Sabre Releases New Retail Intelligence Products
Sabre Corporation has released the first two products in its Retail Intelligence suite -- Sabre Air Price IQ and Sabre Ancillary IQ for the dynamic pricing of airfare and ancillaries, respectively. The Sabre Retail Intelligence product suite enables airlines to deliver personalized travel offers in both traditional and NDC channels. Powered by Sabre Travel AI – which integrates Sabre technology with Google Cloud’s AI technology and advanced machine-learning services – Retail Intelligence allows airlines to dynamically provide offers to travellers based on preferences,...
Air France Rolls Out U.S. Flight Plan
With the U.S. border reopening to vaccinated international travellers on Nov. 8, Air France has seen “a significant increase” in bookings on its routes to New York, Miami, and Los Angeles, for travel in November and over the Christmas holiday period. To support the resumption of traffic on transatlantic routes, Air France will gradually increase its capacity during the winter season. Between now and the end of March 2022, the company plans to return to a capacity corresponding to around 90% of that of 2019, compared to 50% in summer 2021. To do this, it will add frequencies to...