Airlines
Sunwing Honours Canada’s Veterans
Sunwing is honouring those men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country by donating all funds raised on board the airline as part of its spare change program to the Royal Canadian Legion Poppy campaign. Flight attendants will have envelopes available onboard for those who would like to make a contribution. In addition, the travel company will match the total amount raised with a donation of its own of the same value. One hundred per cent of all funds collected on the day will be given to the Royal Canadian Legion Poppy campaign. Normally the airline’s spare change...
WestJet Appointment
WestJet Airlines Ltd. has named Barbara Munroe as executive vice-president, Corporate Services and General Counsel. In her new role, Munroe is responsible for the airline's legal and compliance function as well as multiple corporate functions including Corporate Real Estate, Regulatory, Government Relations and Fuel and Environment. Munroe joined WestJet in November 2011 as vice-president, General Counsel and was promoted to senior vice-president, Corporate Services and General Counsel in June 2015. Previously, she was the assistant General Counsel at Imperial Oil Ltd. and the...
Air Canada Adds Vancouver Lift
Air Canada will boost international flights at its Vancouver hub next summer with daily seasonal flights from YVR to Frankfurt, and three times weekly seasonal flights from YVR to London Gatwick. The flights will begin June 1, 2017 and June 8, 2017 respectively, and tickets are now available for purchase. Benjamin Smith, Air Canada's president, passenger airlines, said: “Air Canada continues to strategically increase its European flights at YVR with seasonal daily flights to Frankfurt next summer and three times weekly flights to London Gatwick.” Smith noted that: “The...
France Makes The Connection
While more than 85 million travellers visited France in 2015 for a variety of reasons, the country's consul general in Toronto, Marc Trouyet made it clear that there are so many new things happening – not to mention places to explore – that there's always a reason to promote the benefits of a visit to his country. The theme of the evening was the French Connection and along with officials from Atout France, the Toronto gathering also featured representatives from Air Canada, Scenic, Rennes, Nantes, the Loire Valley, Destination Western Front 14-18 and the French Number. Melanie...
Emirates Showcases The Art Of Getting There
Emirates Airlines is proving that the journey is the destination. “In the last 15-20 years security has really tightened at the airport and it’s this experience of getting to and from the airport, in particular for long haul and international flights,” Don McWilliam, Emirates Airlines' country manager for Canada said at the airline's cocktail event last (Nov. 9). “So what we try to do at Emirates is take that experience for our premium passengers in particular, and make it easier for you so you are less-stressed when you get to your destination and as well have a world...
More Lift For Belize From Canada
Belize's tourist trade is getting a helping hand from a weighty name in this country's tourist trade. WestJet is offering service between Toronto and Belize City into April, with the Wednesday and Saturday flights expected to make the destination significantly more attractive to those who want a quick link between this country and their holiday destination. “We're very excited. We're definitely looking forward to more Canadians visiting Belize,” Deborah Gilharry of the Belize Tourist Board said during a Tuesday Toronto visit. Belize is promoting itself as a multi-faceted...
Take Off To Europe With Transat
Air Transat has released details of its 2017 transatlantic flight program for travellers from Ontario, offering 26 European destinations in 13 countries next summer. The carrier will feature an expanded connecting flight program, which includes service between Toronto and Montreal and between Montreal and Ottawa, that will result in increased access to its wide range of transatlantic destinations. From Toronto, Air Transat will be increasing the frequency of 13 of its flights to offer 26 destinations next summer, 15 of which will be reachable by direct flight: Eight weekly...
WestJet Bringing Back Vancouver-Hamilton Route
WestJet will again connect John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport with Vancouver International Airport in 2017. Service commences April 30 with four-time weekly service, moving to a daily flight, June 28 to Sept. 7, and returning to four-time weekly flights until Oct. 27. In addition to the Vancouver route, WestJet operates daily service to Calgary from Hamilton and seasonal service to Orlando, Florida and Cancun,...