Airlines
Condor Adds Flights
Just in time for the peak summer travel season to Europe, Condor Airlines has announced additional flights from Canada and the US to Frankfurt with onward connections throughout Europe and beyond. Additional weekly flights include service from Calgary (four times a week) and Halifax (five times a week). The flights are on Boeing 767-300 equipment. Fares start at $279, one way on select departures. Condor destinations also currently include Toronto and Vancouver with non-stop service to Frankfurt. Thomas Cook Group Airline, parent of Condor and Thomas Cook Airlines, U.K., has also...
Air Canada Teams Up With 4ocean
To mark Earth Day 2019, Air Canada announced a partnership with environmental organization 4ocean, a company dedicated to actively removing waste plastics and trash from the ocean and coastlines while inspiring individuals to work together for cleaner oceans. As the exclusive Canadian airline to sponsor 4ocean, this partnership marks an important milestone in Air Canada's plastic reduction strategy and creates opportunities for AC employees to participate in coastal North America clean-ups in 2019. “A key target of Air Canada's corporate waste strategy is our Single-Use Plastics...
WestJet Welcomes Andrei Losinski
WestJet has announced the addition of Andrei Losinski to the agency sales team as business development manager. He is responsible for the territory of Greater Toronto West and Northern Ontario. Not new to the industry and a familiar face to many, Losinski joins WestJet with 12 years industry experience and will be part of a growing team of seven business development managers who work with agency partners to promote WestJet and WestJet Vacations products while helping grow agent and agency earnings and maintaining relationships with WestJet’s travel trade...
WestJet Makes It All About Agents
As close to 500 travel agents connected with some 60 suppliers at the WestJet Travel Trade Expo in Mississauga last night (April 17), PressToday (PT) had a chance to have a chat with the airline's director, agency sales, Jane Clementino about the message she'd be delivering to agents during the evening. Off the top, Clementino said she wanted to make sure that agents attending the event knew how important they are to WestJet and “reconfirm our commitment to them.” She also told PT that the evening was “about our transformation and our journey going from a kind of a low cost...
WestJet Picks Crowder As VP Sales & Distribution
WestJet has named Charles (Chuck) Crowder as its new vice-president, sales and distribution. Crowder who starts his new job on April 29, 2019 will report to WestJet's chief commercial officer, Arved von zur Muehlen. Crowder has over 28 years of experience as a sales leader in the global travel and aviation industry, most recently with Avis Budget Group where he served as vice-president, global accounts and cross border sales, in charge of developing the global sales strategy with large corporate and travel management companies. Prior to that, Crowder held various sales leadership and...
Lufthansa Group Picks Naeve For Americas Post
Frank Naeve has been named Vice President of Sales, The Americas for Lufthansa Group, effective May 1, 2019. Naeve will be based at the company's U.S. headquarters in East Meadow, New York, and will be responsible for the Group's passenger airline organization in North and South America, spearheading sales in what is the Lufthansa Group's most important international region outside the European home markets. In this new position, Naeve will be instrumental in managing the commercial cooperation that the Lufthansa Group passenger airlines have with United Airlines and Air Canada...
Porter Makes Executive Changes
Porter Airlines is reorganizing its executive team in order to ensure continuity for its immediate and future development. Effective immediately, Robert Deluce, Porter's founding president and CEO, assumes the new role of executive chairman, enhancing his existing responsibilities as a member of the board of directors, while staying engaged in Porter's core business strategies. Deluce also remains as the company's accountable executive for Transport Canada. The change is supported by a series of realigned executive responsibilities. Michael Deluce now takes on president and CEO...
Air Canada Means Business
Air Canada has launched an expansive multi-media advertising campaign to showcase for customers its North America Business Class service and its commitment to customer service excellence. The campaign is set to run until June 2, including a three-week television component that coincides with the beginning of the NHL playoffs. Andrew Shibata, managing director of brand at Air Canada, said: “Air Canada's North America Business Class offers customers unmatched services and amenities that deliver on and even anticipate their expectations. This campaign will reinforce how our employees...