Airlines
Porter Ready For Ski Season
Porter Airlines is ready for the ski season with winter service between Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport and Mont Tremblant beginning on Dec. 8. Flights are available until April 2, 2018, with service up to five times weekly. Connecting flights to Mont Tremblant via Toronto are also available from a number of Porter destinations. In 70 minutes, passengers can travel from downtown Toronto to the snow-covered hills of Mont Tremblant. In addition to skiing and snowboarding, winter in Tremblant offers a variety of outdoor activities, such as dog sledding, snowshoeing and...
Sunwing Update – Eastern Cuba
Sunwing continues to closely monitor Hurricane Irma and its impact on the destinations that it operates to. Eastern Cuba is now under a hurricane watch and tropical storm warning. The Cuban Government has prioritized evacuation from the cayos (or islands) where we currently have customers: Cayo Coco and Cayo Santa Maria. Sunwing indicates that it was also informed that all airports in the affected region were closed at 5 pm yesterday evening (Thurs., Sept. 7). Consequently, the local authorities advised the company to make arrangements to transfer its passengers from the above...
Air Transat Evacuating Florida Customers
Air Transat continues its rescue operation and is evacuating its passengers that are in the trajectory of Hurricane Irma. The company is deploying a total of four flights to Florida to evacuate its clients there – two flights to Fort Lauderdale and two to Orlando. The aircraft are expected to arrive in Fort Lauderdale today (Fri., Sept. 8) and in Orlando on Sat., Sept. 9, both before noon. This operation will allow more than 750 passengers to be repatriated. The company is continuing to monitor the evolution of Hurricane Irma and regular updates will be posted on its...
France Takes Centre Stage At TIFF
It was a festive scene on the Toronto International Film Festival's (TIFF) Festival Street (located on King St. West between University Avenue and Peter Street) as Air France,the France Tourism Development Agency and the Consul General of France in Toronto welcomed travel trade types to the opening of the Air Bistro Paris. Air France is the official airline of TIFF 2017 and until Sept. 10, its Air Bistro Paris – complete with a four-metre-plus Eiffel Tower – will welcome festival-goers with a “Parisian cafe style” experience. Roland Coppens, commercial director Air...
NEW: Air Transat Airlifts All Travellers From Cuba
Following the evacuation of its passengers out of the Dominican Republic, Air Transat is continuing its rescue operation and is evacuating its passengers that are in the trajectory of Hurricane Irma. The company announces that it is deploying a total of 10 flights to Cuba to evacuate its clients: four flights to Varadero, three to Santa Clara, two to Cayo Coco and one to Holguin. All aircraft should arrive in Cuba on Sept. 7, and passengers should be back in Canada in the afternoon or late evening. This operation will allow more than 1,800 passengers to be repatriated. Transat...
NEW: Air Canada Operating Extra Flights
Responding to Hurricane Irma, Air Canada is operating a total of 24 additional flights to bring customers home early from the Dominican Republic (Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Samana), Florida (Fort Lauderdale, Miami, and Orlando), Cuba (Varadero, Holguin, Havana and Cayo Coco), Antigua and Providenciales, as well as larger aircraft with more seats for flights from the region, including Havana and Nassau. With the additional flights and larger aircraft, Air Canada will have flown over 6,000 seats northbound in addition to its regular schedule over the three-day period from Tues., Sept. 5...
NEW: Sunwing Provides Hurricane Irma Update
Sunwing continues to closely monitor Hurricane Irma and as of Sept. 6, the company has sent in or is in the process of sending 12 unscheduled flights to repatriate customers from the affected destinations. Local representatives remain in regular contact with customers vacationing in these destinations, assisting them with making the necessary changes to their travel arrangements. In addition, Sunwing’s hurricane policy has been extended to all southbound passengers that were scheduled to travel to any of destinations listed below between Sept. 6 and Sept. 10 inclusive. Passengers...
Transat Airlifts Travellers From the Dominican Republic
Air Transat has launched an evacuation operation to get all its travellers out of the Dominican Republic by sending a total of 10 aircraft – seven to Punta Cana, two to Puerto Plata and one to Samana. All aircraft should arrive in the Dominican Republic this morning and passengers back in Canada in the afternoon or early evening. The company continues to closely monitor Hurricane Irma. Transat also implemented its hurricane policy for flights scheduled until Sept. 11 for the following destinations: Dominican Republic (Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Samana, La Romana); Cuba (Varadero,...