Airlines
Celebrating The Power Of Women
Air Canada's Arielle Meloul-Wechsler has been named to WXN's list of Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 for 2019 in the Corporate Executives Category. “Through her example of integrity and hard work, Arielle is a tremendous mentor and role model not only for women but for everyone at Air Canada. As a trusted member of the senior leadership team, she has helped guide the transformation of Air Canada. In particular, in her area of responsibility for People, Culture and Communications, she has been instrumental in driving culture change at our company, with a focus on diversity and...
Lufthansa Leads On Carbon Offsetting Solutions
Corporate flyers who want to help solve climate change through more sustainable travel practices have a new mission partner in Lufthansa. The German airline is incorporating carbon offsetting as an integral part of its new Lufthansa Group Corporate Value Fares for contract customers. These will be launched in 2020 as one of a range of climate-friendly business travel products. With the new corporate value fares, corporate customers can fly CO2-neutral on Lufthansa, SWISS and Austrian Airlines flights in the European market. For the first time, carbon offsetting will be automatically...
New Premium Class Services Available On Cathay
Cathay Pacific has introduced new products across its fleet that are designed to increase the level of luxury in its premium cabins. These new programs are being rolled out across all Cathay Pacific routes to its Canadian hubs. An array of enhancements to the service, soft products and culinary offerings have been developed for the airline’s first and business class passengers. These have been conceived to give passengers a more holistic, sensory experience, starting from the moment they board. At the heart of these elevated premium experiences is a new collaboration with Bamford,...
ACTA Tracks The Trends At Summit
ACTA welcomed about 100 of its members to Toronto's St. Regis Hotel for its day-long Travel Industry Leadership Summit. Along with updating those attending on ACTA's activities and priorities the event featured keynote addresses by association president, Wendy Paradis; disruption strategist, Shawn Kanungo; and Boeing's regional director of product marketing, Christine Walsh. As well, there were sessions on “NDC and One Order: Is Modernizing Distribution Evolution or Revolution?; and Navigating the Multi-Level Distribution Strategies of Air, Land And Sea and Everything in...
TAP Adds New Montreal Route
TAP Air Portugal is adding two new routes from North American in 2020, with non-stop service between Montreal and Lisbon and Boston and Ponta Delgada, in the Azores. Both new routes will be operated with new Airbus A321LR aircraft and will launch by summer 2020. TAP plans to operate six weekly frequencies between Lisbon and Montreal, and five weekly frequencies between Boston and Ponta Delgada. TAP has been steadily increasing its operations from North America over the past several years. The airline earlier announced it is adding 15 weekly flights from Canada and the US by...
Air Canada Making The Travel Experience A Little Easier
Air Canada has launched a next generation Air Canada mobile app, now available for download on iOS and Android. Designed with customers at the centre, the new app “features an intuitive layout supported by the latest technologies, to deliver faster, more reliable performance.” “Air Canada is focused on making travel easier and more comfortable for everyone, particularly through the use of the latest technologies. Beyond the new features launching today, such as interactive airport maps with turn-by-turn directions for travellers, the new app provides the foundation necessary...
Sunwing, TSAS Launch Partnership
Sunwing Airlines and TSAS (Trans-Sol Aviation Service Inc.) by Avjet celebrated a new partnership last week at Montréal-Trudeau International Airport. As of Nov. 15, TSAS is now responsible for customer experience services, ramp handling, cabin cleaning and operations for all Sunwing Airlines flights operating out of Montréal-Trudeau International Airport. The new agreement is an extension of a decade-long relationship between TSAS and Sunwing, with TSAS already providing ground operations for Sunwing out of Quebec City Jean Lesage International Airport, Saguenay-Bagotville Airport...
Swoop Expands Service Out of Winnipeg
Swoop has launched a series of inaugural flights from Winnipeg Richardson International Airport (YWG), starting with a direct flight to Orlando International Airport (MCO). Swoop travellers took off on inaugural routes to McCarran International Airport (LAS) on Nov. 15, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) on Nov. 16, and Los Cabos International Airport (SJD) and Tampa International Airport (TPA) on Nov. 17. These additions to Swoop’s Winnipeg network connect travellers from Manitoba’s capital to 11 domestic, transborder and international...