Airlines
Sunwing Introduces Greater Moncton-Miami Service
Sunwing has introduced direct Miami service from Greater Moncton. A new destination added by Sunwing for this coming season, weekly Saturday departures will from Feb. 8 until May 2, inclusive. With the addition of Miami, sunseekers departing from Greater Moncton now have six of the tour operator’s most popular southern destinations available, including Puerto Plata and Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic, Montego Bay in Jamaica, Cancun, Mexico and Varadero, Cuba. Sunwing’s vice-president of USA and Cruises, Reg Mendes, commented, “Miami is a hub for beach vacations, cruise...
AC Foundation Golf Tournament Raises $1.2 Million
The Air Canada Foundation raised a record-breaking $1.2 million during the eighth edition of its annual golf tournament, held July 8 at the Saint-Raphaël Golf Club near Montreal. The tournament attracted approximately 350 attendees from over 100 Canadian, US and international corporations and organizations and for the fifth consecutive year raised over $1 million in support of charitable organizations dedicated to the health and well-being of children and youth in Canada. “Thanks to the overwhelming generosity of Air Canada's partners and friends, the eighth annual Air Canada...
Ready To Showcase Africa
South African Airways (SAA) and On Show Solutions have announced the 2019 dates and locations for the Africa Showcase in North America. This year, the Africa Showcase celebrates its 11-year anniversary in North America and will take place in Toronto; Stamford, Connecticut; Fort Lauderdale, Florida and Denver, Colorado in September. The Toronto date is Sept. 3 and the Africa Showcase will bring together over 30 top suppliers from Africa representing hotels, safari lodges, destination tourism organizations in Africa and North American travel agents and tour operators for educational...
Air Canada Adds Montreal-Sydney, N.S. Service
Air Canada has launched new, non-stop service between Montreal and Sydney, Nova Scotia. The carrier will be offering daily service between the two cities until Oct. 26 using a 78-seat Q400 turboprop aircraft. This connection will allow for travel between the two cities, or travellers can connect onward to other destinations from across Air Canada's network through the hub in Montreal. Mark Galardo, vice president, network planning at Air Canada, said, “We are pleased to be able to offer this service between Sydney and Montreal, further strengthening our presence in Atlantic...
Passenger Demand Solid, But Trend Has Slowed: IATA
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reports global passenger traffic results for May shows that demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometres) rose 4.5% compared to the same month in 2018. This was in line with the revised April traffic growth of 4.4% and above the recent trough of 3.1% year-on-year growth recorded in March. However, it remains below the 20-year average growth rate of around 5.5%. Capacity climbed by a modest 2.7% and load factor rose 1.4 percentage points to 81.5%, surpassing last year’s record load factor of 80.1%. “Passenger demand growth...
Halifax Canada’s Newest Stopover Destination
Halifax has joined popular destinations such as Iceland, Finland and Lisbon, Portugal as Canada’s newest stopover destination, connecting several North American and European cities to Halifax. The Stopover Halifax program opens the door for arriving and connecting passengers at Halifax Stanfield to enjoy unique experiences. Designed for travellers with as little as seven hours up to seven days, the program promotes experiences such as strolling along Halifax’s bustling boardwalk, hiking scenic trails at the ocean’s edge, dining on fresh lobster, exploring iconic Peggy’s Cove...
Air Transat Looks Ahead To Winter
Air Transat has unveiled with its winter 2019-2020 program for Sun destinations in South and Central America, Mexico, Florida, the Caribbean and Europe. In Ontario, the addition of new Airbus A321neoLRs to its fleet will allow the carrier greater flexibility to offer a broader choice of destinations to travellers. Transat will offer 36 destinations in the South and Europe from Toronto. The most scenic beaches in the South will be accessible to passengers flying out of Ottawa, London and Hamilton as well. Toronto-area travellers have a choice of between 25 favourite Sun destinations...
Oman Air Achieves IATA NDC Level 4 Certification
Oman Air has received the level 4 New Distribution Capability (NDC) certification from International Air Transport Association (IATA). This comes in addition to Oman Airs' existing level 3 NDC certification, making Oman Air one of the first airlines on the latest standard, NDC 18.2 New Distribution Capability (NDC) is a key transformation project, launched by IATA to modernize Airline distribution. The NDC Standard enhances the capability of communications between airlines and travel agents by enabling an airline to make sales offers directly in real time which will also permit...