Airlines
Air Canada Fan Flight Returns
As the puck drops on another NHL season and fans from coast to coast cheer for their favourite teams, Air Canada has announced the return of Fan Flight (#ACFanFlight) – a season-long program that rewards deserving fans with a VIP game experience, including the opportunity to see their team play either at home or on the road. Fan Flight rewards fans in a number of ways, including in-arena giveaways during promo nights and by flying lucky fans to away games. It also recognizes deserving young sports fans, nominated by the Air Canada Foundation, who are making their mark in their...
All Ears On Vienna
All Ears will be on Vienna in 2020 as it celebrates the 250th anniversary of Beethoven and the city – which was recently voted the “most livable” city in the world – has a host of musical events organized to celebrate the historic occasion. That was just part of the news that the Vienna Tourist Board, Vienna International Airport, Air Canada, Austrian and Swarovski had as they welcomed a travel trade audience at the Bisha Hotel in Toronto last night (Oct. 1). The Vienna Tourist Board's Elke Bachner, along with Armando Mendonca, took the crowd on a tour of some of the...
WestJet Turning The Skies Pink
Since 2013, WestJet has raised over $500,000 for breast cancer research and programs and, as the official airline of the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) and its CIBC Run for the Cure, WestJet and more than 14,000 WestJetters are proud to announce this year's initiatives in support of changing the future of breast cancer during the month of October. Guests flying with WestJet will notice even more pink in the skies and on the ground this year with updates to WestJetters' uniforms for the fourth consecutive year. This month, new pink aprons have been made available to WestJetters along...
Ethiopian Airlines Welcomes New Country Manager
Ethiopian Airlines is welcoming Samson Arega as its new Country Manager in Canada. Arega began his career with Ethiopian Airlines and has been with the company since he graduated from university. Said Arega: “I am delighted to have been granted this opportunity. I will be working hard to expand awareness of Ethiopian Airlines to Canadians. We have made such a positive impact over the past several years, and my goal is to continue to strengthen this momentum.” He has demonstrated leadership with effective and efficient management in all aspects of the airline's operations....
Sunwing Foundation Lends Its Support
The Sunwing Foundation and Royalton Luxury Resorts helped NBA players, Jamal Murray and Rondae-Hollis Jefferson, in hosting basketball camps for local youth in Montego Bay, Jamaica recently. The three basketball camps took place at Montego Bay Community College in collaboration with the Jamaica National Basketball Association and had hundreds of children in attendance. Canadian player for the Denver Nuggets and seventh overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft, Jamal Murray, frequently hosts basketball camps in his hometown of Kitchener, Ontario together with his father, Roger Murray who was...
Sunwing Adds Lift With Swoop This Winter
Through a new agreement, Sunwing will be teaming up with Swoop to offer Canadian travellers more air access to sun destinations from a number of local airports. Travellers departing from Hamilton, London, Abbotsford, Edmonton and Winnipeg can now book vacation packages with the tour operator that include a Swoop flight. Sunwing's president of tour operations, Andrew Dawson said that: “Saving our customers time and money by providing convenient, direct flight services from their local airport has always been a key priority for us.” Dawson continued: “Sunwing Airlines already...
IATA Takes The Initiative
IATA has launched the 25by2025Campaign -- an airline industry initiative to advance gender diversity in the airline industry by 2025. The campaign is a voluntary commitment by participating IATA member airlines. Key among the commitments of airlines participating in the 25by2025 Campaign are: Increasing the number of women in senior positions (to be defined by the member airlines) by either 25% against currently reported metrics or to minimum representation of 25% by 2025. Increasing the number of women in under-represented jobs (e.g. pilots and operations) by either 25% against...
Air Canada Lends A Hand For 4ocean’s Clean Up
Over 345 volunteers, including Air Canada employees, took part in the first Air Canada-sponsored public cleanup in Canada on Sept. 22 at British Columbia's Garry Point Park. In the span of just a few hours, the volunteers removed the following items from the shoreline: 29 plastic cups 1374 styrofoam pieces 48 plastic bottles 173 bottle caps 481 plastic bags 32 plastic cutlery pieces 159 straws 931 cigarette butts 1 tire 1 car bumper 2 lawn chairs Teresa Ehman, senior director, environmental affairs at Air Canada, said: “We commend the participants...