Airlines
Changes At Etihad
The board of directors of the Etihad Aviation Group have announced that James Hogan is stepping down as the company's president and chief executive officer in the second half of 2017. In announcing the change, the board indicated that the transition process was initiated in May of 2016 when the Etihad Aviation Group – a diversified global aviation and travel organization – was...
Sunwing Extends Saint Lucia Service
Due to strong winter bookings, Sunwing is extending its direct service from Toronto to Saint Lucia for the summer season. Travellers can now take advantage of weekly Sunday departures from May 7 until Oct. 29. “Saint Lucia has become an increasingly popular destination because it has an all-year-round appeal from exciting events like jazz festivals in May to fishing tournaments in October,” said Andrew Dawson, president of Tour Operations for Sunwing Vacations. “Plus the fact that this service extension coincides with the opening of two new Royalton Luxury Resorts in Saint Lucia...
Sunwing Helps Travellers Celebrate Canada’s 150th
Sunwing will help travellers take part in Canada’s 150th birthday celebrations with the reintroduction its domestic summer flight schedule. Whether travellers are situated in Central, West or Eastern Canada, Sunwing has plenty of flight options to enable them to explore Canada’s diverse and majestic landscape. For example, daily flights between Toronto and Vancouver will be available from May 16 until Sept. 6. For travellers journeying eastbound, Sunwing offers regular flights to three of Newfoundland's airports from Toronto: Monday to Friday flights to St. Johns from June 14 to...
Air Canada Launches Re-Designed Web Site
A more user-friendly and completely re-designed web site has been launched by Air Canada at http://www.aircanada.com. According to officials, the site now offers “a simple, intuitive user experience that is fully accessible across all devices and screen sizes, enhanced functionality and an easier-than-ever booking process.” “Thank you to the thousands of customers and Air Canada employees whose feedback drove our redesign efforts,” said Lucie Guillemette, executive vice-president and chief commercial officer. “The site's new features include an easier flight shopping...
Making It Simple
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is finally moving to deep six its archaic, paper-based passenger booking and ticketing system and replace it with an infrastructure that will vault the industry into the 21st century, reports Montreal editor, Mike Dunbar in this week's digital edition of Canadian Travel Press. Once its fledgling One Order initiative is fully implemented, passengers and their travel agents will no longer have to juggle passenger name records, e-ticket numbers and electronic miscellaneous documents. Now that more and more airlines are jumping on the...
Transat Official Airline Partner of the Toronto Wolfpack
Flying high... the Toronto Wolfpack, Canada's first professional rugby team, has an official airline partner – Air Transat. The three-year sponsorship will see Air Transat providing round trip flights for all visiting clubs and additional flights as needed each season. Air Transat logos will also be featured on the front and back of the Toronto Wolfpack home and away kits, as well as signage at both Manchester Airport and at Lamport Stadium in Toronto, along with advertisements on all Wolfpack broadcasts in Canada (online and TV) highlighting the sponsorship and travel...
New Name, Same Company
Effective Jan. 27, Jade will be officially re-branding its air consolidator division. The new name for that division will be the Air Booking Center. Jade Tours remains the same and this division will continue to offer tour products from the offices in Toronto and Vancouver. To celebrate this change, Air Booking Center will be offering a $20 per passenger gift card when the reservation is booked and ticketed through the online booking engine on any airline through to March 31. Air Booking Center’s B2B site can be found at http://www.airbookingcenter.ca and the same username...
WestJet Inaugurates Service to Mesa
WestJet officially launches the start of service to Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport from Calgary today. Inaugural service from Edmonton begins Jan. 21. “WestJet is providing our guests in Calgary and Edmonton even more options when travelling to this very popular sun destination,” said Brian Znotins, WestJet vice-president, Network Planning. “The Phoenix-Mesa market is very robust and WestJet continues to add new service to meet demand. These new non-stop flights connect Albertans to a highly desirable leisure market and offer convenience to those looking to fly directly into...