Airlines
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...
ACTA Campus Adds French Content
French content is now available on the ACTA Campus. ACTA members now have access to the programs that have been designed to enable lifelong learning through personal continuing education in both official languages. With this launch Air Canada's Global Sales University, top industry Specialist Programs and webinars are available in both languages with more planned to be release in 2017. Christine Chilton, ACTA director of education said: “We are thrilled that certification & training content is now available in French. With the ACTA Campus available in both French and...
ACTE, oneworld Take It To The Highest Level
The Association of Corporate Travel Executives has unveiled details of a higher level of partnership with oneworld, the group’s first exclusive Global Access Partner from the airline industry. The announcement was made during ACTE’s recent international travel summit in Amsterdam – an event that attracted 891 participants including 207 buyers, 14 airline CEOs, and dozens of ranking industry executives from 50 countries. ACTE executive director, Greeley Koch said: “This is the perfect event and setting to make this announcement. Never before have so many top business travel...
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...