Airlines
Good News For Road Warriors
Air Canada’s spectacular offshore route expansion, coupled with increased competition from WestJet on the domestic front, will combine to keep the lid on air fare increases next year. That’s the good news for road warriors contained in the 2017 Global Business Travel Forecast just released by American Express Global Business Travel, reports Montreal editor, Mike Dunbar in this week's digital edition of Canadian Travel Press.. The forecast authors explained: ``Aggressive capacity growth by Air Canada has led to a significant deterioration in revenue per available seat mile and...
Making Dreams Come True
Making dreams come true! For 90 minutes in the skies over Canada Wednesday (Dec. 7), hundreds of children living with severe illnesses, and their families, were treated to an unforgettable experience, when they were greeted by Santa Claus on special flights organized by The Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada and Air Transat. The flights, which took off from Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, were part of Air Transat’s 12th annual Flights in Search of Santa, a joint effort in partnership with the Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada. And for the second year in a row, a flight from...
TAP Taps Toronto
TAP Portugal has announced the addition of six new destinations to its global route network by July 2017, including Toronto, the airlines fifth North American gateway. TAP will also add five new European destinations: Budapest, Hungary; Bucharest, Romania; Las Palmas and Alicante, Spain; and Stuttgart, Germany. With these five new cities, TAP will serve 52 European destinations, adding more options to its popular Stopover program where travellers can enjoy a one-, two- or three-day visit to Portugal on the way for no extra airfare. The Stopover booking option is available on the...
Air Canada Enhances US Schedule
Air Canada will launch six new non-stop US services beginning spring 2017. Three of the routes, Toronto to San Antonio, Memphis and Savannah, bring new destinations into the airline's US network, while the addition of Montreal to Dallas-Fort Worth, Vancouver to Denver and the conversion of the Vancouver-Phoenix route to year-round operation, will deepen Air Canada's transborder schedule. The new non-stop services will be operated by Air Canada Express starting in May and continue year-round, except for Toronto-Savannah, which will operate on a summer seasonal...
Humber Students Discover Ethiopian’s Dreamliner
The students in the Hospitality, Recreation and Tourism program from Humber College recently experienced a special tour of the new Ethiopian Airlines 787 Dreamliner at Toronto Pearson. Welcomed by Ethiopian Airlines Canada team, which included Wasihun Asres from Ethiopian Airlines VP of Human Resources, David Timmins Senior Sales Manager Ethiopian Airlines Canada and Ethiopian Airlines Canada Fasil Kasa Customer Service Agent. Over 70 students arrived at Pearson to get onboard the 787 Dreamliner and meet with Ethiopian Airlines staff and crew prior to the airlines departure that...
Rewarding The Elite
It was a glitzy affair at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) as Delta Air Lines -- along with its joint venture partners, Air France, KLM and Alitalia -- hosted its top travel agents at the airline's first annual awards event. A total of 30 agents -- plus 26 representatives from Delta, Air France, KLM and Alitalia -- were on hand at the ROM's C5 restaurant to enjoy some festive networking and take a tour of the museum's Chihuly exhibit – with the evening topped off by a spectacular gala dinner and awards presentation. Delta's Steven Larkin welcomed the 30 top agents to the first...
Make Your Miles Count
There's no better time of year to give and for Aeroplan members there's no better week -- it's the Air Canada Foundation and Aeroplan Miles Matching Week in support of the Air Canada Foundation Hospital Transportation Program. The program redistributes Aeroplan Miles donated by Air Canada customers to 15 pediatric hospitals across Canada by providing flights for sick children who need specialized health care not available in their community. Aeroplan will match all miles donated between Dec. 5-11, up to 500,000 Aeroplan Miles. “This is an amazing opportunity for the Air Canada...
IATA Tackles Top Issues In Casablanca
IATA highlighted four priorities in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) which must be addressed for aviation to deliver maximum economic and social benefits. Those priorities include: Sufficient and affordable infrastructure capacity (including air traffic management), aligned with user needs. Curbing the spate of unprecedented increases in taxes and charges over the last year. Aligning consumer protection regulations with global standards. Enhancing security efforts. The airline industry association notes that passenger demand in MENA is set to expand by 4.8% each...