Airlines
Canadian Airlines’ Profitability Gaining Altitude
Lower oil prices and the weaker Canadian dollar boosted the Canadian airline industry’s bottom line to record levels in 2015, according to The Conference Board of Canada's latest report. Even though industry profitability is expected to subside from the record highs starting in 2016, pre-tax profits will remain very healthy over the next four years, says the board's new Canadian Industrial Outlook: Canada’s Air Transportation Industry. “The two biggest economic stories of 2015 – low oil prices and a weaker loonie – have wreaked havoc on Canada’s economy, but have been a...
ACV Adds Routes for Summer 2016
Air Canada Vacations (ACV) is kicking off the summer 2016 booking season with the introduction of new routes and increased capacity and frequencies, as well as adding exclusive properties to its Sun lineup. New routes include: Montreal to Puerto Plata operating Tuesdays from May to October; Toronto to Samana operating Mondays from May to August. Increased frequencies include: Montreal to Cayo Coco, Santa Clara and Varadero; Toronto to Holguin and Santa Clara. Packages from Montreal to Varadero now include flexible stay options (three to five nights). Certain frequencies from...
WestJet Encore Inaugurates Boston Service
With today's departure of flight 3600, WestJet Encore inaugurated new service between Toronto and Boston, the newest addition to WestJet's growing network. The new service will operate three times daily on WestJet Encore's fleet of Canadian-made Bombardier Q400 NextGen aircraft. In less than three years, WestJet Encore has gone from two aircraft and 10 daily departures to 28 aircraft and more than 130 daily departures serving 33 cities, including Boston. In June, WestJet Encore will launch service to Nashville,...
WestJet Connects Sea to Sea
WestJet will introduce seasonal non-stop service to Halifax from Vancouver and Winnipeg beginning June 29. With the addition of these new routes, WestJet now offers 23 daily flights on 13 routes from Halifax Stanfield International Airport, 28 daily flights on 13 routes from Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport and 65 daily flights on 29 routes from Vancouver International Airport. Flights will be operated on WestJet's Boeing 737 aircraft featuring the recently enhanced Plus product and WestJet Connect. Flights from Vancouver to Halifax begin June 29 and will...
Porter Returning to Stephenville
Porter Airlines is returning to Stephenville, Nfld., for a third consecutive summer season. Non-stop service will operate twice-weekly between Halifax, beginning June 22, through Sept. 4. Flights continue through Halifax, onward to Ottawa and Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport on the same aircraft. Connections are also available for Montreal and numerous other points in the Porter network. One-way fares are currently available starting at...
Book Globus for Chance to Win WestJet Tickets
The Globus family of brands has launched an agent incentive in partnership with WestJet – for each air-inclusive Globus, Cosmos or Monograms booking featuring flights on WestJet to Europe or within North America, agents will be entered to win a pair of roundtrip WestJet tickets to London. In order to be eligible, Globus must book the clients’ air. The promotion, in effect for bookings made and deposited between March 14 and April 30 for departures this year, applies to Globus, Cosmos and Monograms bookings. And, agents who have completed their MBA (Monograms Booking Agent) or...
Independent Investigation
WestJet has retained EY (Ernst & Young LLP) to provide an independent, third-party assessment of WestJet's current investigative and reporting procedures, as well as practices for a safe and harassment-free work environment for its employees. “Last week, a wrongful dismissal lawsuit was filed against WestJet by a former employee,” said WestJet president Gregg Saretsky. “WestJet intends to defend this lawsuit in court. However, the broader issues of sexual assault and harassment in the workplace that were raised are matters we take most seriously. WestJet has always had a zero...
Porter Supports US Preclearance at Billy Bishop
Porter Airlines officials are supporting a proposed US Customs Preclearance initiative for Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport. Porter president Robert Deluce released the following statement yesterday supporting an announcement by the Canadian and US governments that Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport is a priority location for US Customs Preclearance. “Porter has supported US Customs Preclearance at Billy Bishop Airport for some time. As the sixth-busiest airport in Canada for US departures, this service will benefit more than 400,000 Porter passengers travelling to the US each...