Airlines
Reason For Optimism As Air Canada Reports Q2 Results
Air Canada is reporting its financial results for the second quarter of 2021, with highlights of those results including: Operating revenues of $837 million, an increase of $310 million or 59 per cent from the second quarter of 2020. Negative EBITDA (1) (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization), excluding special items, of $656 million compared to negative EBITDA (excluding special items) of $832 million in the same quarter of 2020. Operating loss of $1.133 billion compared to an operating loss of $1.555 billion in the second quarter of 2020. Net cash...
More Ways To Pay With Porter Airlines
Porter Airlines is giving its customers more payment options when purchasing flights on the company’s website. The carrier is partnering with Ingenico to provide alternative secure and convenient payment methods, starting with PayPal and WeChat. New channels are also being considered for future introduction. As well, customers who want to travel, but prefer to spread out their costs, can finance purchases of $300 or more by paying through easy monthly installments using Uplift. Customers will see the total cost of their trip at the time of booking, along with the monthly...
ACV Expands Sun Routes In Western Canada
Air Canada Vacations has released details of its new lineup of 2021/2022 flights to sun destinations this winter. The roster includes a full flying program in Western Canada, with nonstop flights from major Canadian cities to Mexico and connections to an additional 31 destinations in Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America. Nino Montagnese, Vice President, Air Canada Vacations, said: “Our customers have been dreaming of sunshine, clear blue waters and warm sand between their toes for over a year now, and we want to make it easier than ever for them to turn those dreams into...
Consumers Are Confident About Air Safety
In its latest passenger survey, conducted in June, IATA is reporting that most air travellers are confident about the safety of air travel and support mask-wearing in the near-term. However, IATA also found that a majority are frustrated with the ‘hassle factor’ around COVID-19 protocols, including confusion and uncertainty about travel rules, testing requirements, and excessive test costs. The survey of 4,700 travellers in 11 markets around the world revealed that: 85% believe aircraft are thoroughly cleaned and disinfected 65% agree the air on an aircraft is as clean...
Rise Higher
Air Canada has unveiled its comprehensive program in support of Team Canada's journey to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, which includes the launch of its new ‘Rise Higher’ brand spot. The carrier began flying Team Canada athletes, coaches and support staff from Toronto and Vancouver to Japan on July 1 onboard a 787 Dreamliner in a special livery. And Air Canada is further celebrating the country's athletes through innovative activations, exclusive access and engagement opportunities for fans. Andrew Shibata, Vice President – Brand at Air Canada, said that:...
WestJet, Government End Talks On Financial Support
After several months of constructive discussions, the WestJet Group and the federal government have mutually agreed to shift focus from these negotiations, and away from taxpayer-funded support, to leading the safe restart of the travel and tourism sector. The decision by the company that it is not actively pursuing financial support from the federal government comes with the encouraging rise of vaccination rates across the country, However, both WestJet and the federal government remain open to resuming financial support discussions in the future. The company also said that it...
Don’t Look Back, Look Forward
Dave Devana, president & CEO of Nanaimo Airport (YCD), will tell you that in early 2020, YCD was anticipating another record year, expecting to welcome over 500,000 passengers. On March 17, 2020, the BC Government declared a Provincial Health Emergency, and in April 2020 passenger counts plummeted by 96% to 1,903 passengers for the month. Devana offers both insight and optimism in telling Nanaimo Airport’s pandemic story, observing at one point: “In order for the travel and tourism sectors to recover fully, it’s essential that international travel is supported and critical...
Air Canada Ramps Up Canada-US Flight Operations
Air Canada is taking off this summer with a schedule which features 55 routes and 34 destinations and up to 220 daily flights between the U.S. and Canada. The new schedule coincides with the loosening of restrictions on travel between the two countries as of Aug. 9, 2021, enabling fully vaccinated Americans to enter Canada for non-essential travel and the removal of quarantine hotel requirements, relaxed testing requirements allowing Canadians taking short transborder trips for less than 72 hours to do their pre-entry tests in Canada, among other measures to ease restrictions. Seats...