Airlines
GTAA Cuts Staff In Response To COVID-19
The Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) is reducing its workforce by 27% and putting a new structure to align with its business transformation and enable more nimble, innovative, and recovery-focused operations in place. The GTAA said that the changes “reflect a significant decrease in global air traffic,” with passenger numbers at Toronto Pearson currently at approximately 1996 operating levels. In April 2020, the GTAA reported its passenger numbers were reduced by 97% compared to the same period of 2019. In making the announcement the airport authority said that the...
Etihad Launches COVID-19 Assessment Tool
Etihad Airways has partnered with Medicus AI to launch a COVID-19 risk-assessment tool that will empower guests to make informed decisions about travelling. Powered by Medicus AI’s technology, the risk-assessment tool will guide Etihad’s guests in evaluating the probability of having contracted the COVID-19 coronavirus by responding to a set of 22 questions. The self-administered assessment, which takes less than five minutes to complete, is based on World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines that are updated daily. With this risk-assessment tool, guests will understand their...
WestJet Takes Off In August
In August, WestJet will be featuring over 200 daily flights to 48 destinations across Canada, the United States, the Caribbean, Mexico and Europe. Its schedule features service to 39 domestic airports and further highlights the airline's commitment to ensuring air service and regional connectivity is available to Canadians from coast-to-coast. The updated schedule is supported by the layered framework WestJet has built to ensure Canadians can continue to travel safely and responsibly through the airline's Safety Above All hygiene program. The airline continues to provide...
Star Alliance: Reason To Travel
Star Alliance and its member airlines have been working on a series of measures to ensure health & hygiene safety of customers when they fly across the alliance, and to provide health & hygiene-related information at their fingertips, all to help provide peace of mind when they plan their travel. Star Alliance’s 26 member airlines have agreed to a common set of health and hygiene safety measures intended to provide customers the comfort of knowing that whenever they are onboard any Star Alliance flight, they can expect consistent care on access to hygiene amenities,...
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Air Canada Partners With Cleveland Clinic Canada
Air Canada has announced that Cleveland Clinic will provide medical advisory services as the airline further develops biosafety measures across its operations. The airline will have access to the local expertise of Cleveland Clinic Canada as well as clinical expertise from Cleveland Clinic's worldwide enterprise system. Samuel Elfassy, vice president, safety at Air Canada, said that: “As airline travel adapts to a new normal, we are taking another leadership role via our partnership with renowned Cleveland Clinic which enables Air Canada to leverage the strategic insight, advice,...
Just Wear A Mask
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) is calling on all travellers to wear protective face masks to show they ‘wear to care’ in the new normal of travelling. As countries transition from lockdowns to reopening their borders, the wearing of face masks helps signal the return of safer travels, while also providing personal protection for users as well as those around them. The advice from WTTC in favour of mandatory mask wearing comes from evidence that countries which are recovering faster and avoid second COVID-19 spikes are those where the use of face masks have been...
Ukraine International Airlines Is Back
Ukraine International Airlines(PS/566), represented in Canada by Airlinepros, is resuming its direct Toronto to Kyiv(KBP) flights, which have now been loaded in select GDS systems until the end of October 2020, with a simplified pricing structure. Operating from Terminal 3 in YYZ and partnering with Interline carriers WS & AC, throughfares from across Canada can be quoted, booked and ticketed. The first YYZ-KBP flight is confirmed for Sunday July 19 and initially is a once a week operation with progressive connections at KBP to be implemented as times goes by and the travel...