Airlines
McCafé Takes Flight With WestJet
WestJet has partnered with McDonald's Canada in a move that will see the restaurant's McCafé Premium Roast coffee available aboard WestJet flights. The first flight serving the McCafé coffee took place Nov. 21. By Dec. 1, WestJet will offer the premium roast coffee across its fleet of Boeing 737NG and 767NG aircraft with the company's regional airline, WestJet Encore, to follow. “We are delighted to bring a new way to café on board WestJet and know that our 21 million guests per year will enjoy the taste of a complimentary McCafé Premium Roast Coffee wherever they are...
Pick A Winner
Air Canada is asking Canadians to help select the winner of the Air Canada Athlete of the Year Award 2016. Voters can go to http://athleteoftheyear.aircanada.com/ and vote for one of three finalists who were chosen for proudly flying the Canadian flag by demonstrating a drive for excellence, leadership and integrity. The voting ends Dec. 2 with the winner to be announced Dec. 8, 2016. This year's finalists are: Andre De Grasse – Athletics Derek Drouin – Athletics (High Jump) Rosie MacLennan – Gymnastics (Trampoline) Andrew Shibata, managing director, brand at...
WestJet Adds Arizona Lift
WestJet will launch service to Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport from Calgary and Edmonton beginning Jan. 19, 2017 and seats are now available for sale. Bob Cummings, executive vice-president, commercial for WestJet, said: “We are proud of our expanding network of more than 100 cities in over 20 countries, and our reputation as an established, trusted brand with more than two decades of service to Canadians.” Cummings continued: “We have provided hundreds of thousands of our guests with non-stop service between Canada and Phoenix since 2004, and now look forward to bringing low...
Sunwing Adds Calgary-Costa Rica Service
Sunwing has announced the introduction of a new flight from Calgary to Liberia, Costa Rica. Departing weekly on Mondays between Dec. 25 and April 16, 2017, the new service will allow customers to trade in ski goggles for sunglasses this holiday season and experience the famous “Pura Vida” lifestyle of this exotic Central American country. This latest addition to Sunwing’s winter flight schedule (which already includes a number of the region’s most popular vacation hotspots such as Montego Bay, Jamaica and Cancun, Mexico) brings the total number of destinations offered from...
All Quiet On The Biz Travel Front
In its newly released Global Business Travel Forecast for 2017, American Express Global Business Travel (GBT) says that after an uneven 2016 that saw only limited increases in overall pricing, the business travel outlook for next year looks to be similarly subdued, with flat to moderate rate increases expected globally across air, hotel and ground transportation. The forecast notes that the continued slowdown of the Chinese economy and depressed oil prices, the United Kingdom’s impending departure from the European Union, growing populist politics and increased security concerns in...
Fix It Now
IATA is urging governments in Latin America and the Caribbean to work with industry to make infrastructure a priority in unlocking aviation’s economic and social benefits. According to IATA, passenger demand in Latin America and the Caribbean is expected to more than double from 298 million in 2015 to 658 million in 2035. The airline industry association said that if that demand is met, the number of jobs supported by aviation in the region will grow from 5.4 million to 8.4 million over the same period. And aviation’s contribution to regional GDP will increase from $176...
Webjet, Routehappy Partner
Australia and New Zealand OTA, Webjet has announced its implementation of Routehappy Scores & Amenities and Routehappy Hub content, enabling it to display airline rich content in flight search results. The integration will enable customers to see compelling, targeted airline information and media when shopping for flights via a standardized content format called UPAs (Universal Product Attributes) from Routehappy Hub, alongside Routehappy’s Flight Scores and comprehensive Amenities like Wi-Fi, entertainment and fresh food. Routehappy, the merchandising content platform for...
We’re Back!
WestJet will be increasing its capacity out of John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport by 40% in 2017 with the return of non-stop service to Edmonton and Halifax and a new route to Winnipeg. Four-times weekly service to Edmonton returns Jan. 16 until Oct.28, 2017. Daily service to Halifax returns Jan. 16 until Oct. 28, 2017. Three-times weekly service to Winnipeg, starts Jan. 17 until Oct. 26, 2017. Brian Znotins, vice-president, network planning, alliances and corporate development for WestJet, said, “Our loyal guests in Hamilton have long asked for more destination options so...