Airlines
Fly Emirates: Fly Better … and win a trip to Dubai
The philosopher, Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “It’s not the destination, it’s the journey,” but if you are travelling to Dubai with Emirates, it’s both! Much like Emerson, Canadian travellers taking off to discover Dubai’s wonders, may also discover some wonders on their journey when they fly with Emirates. Emirates connects Canada to, and through Dubai, operating modern, efficient and comfortable aircraft, with a culturally diverse workforce delivering award-winning services to customers across six continents every day. From Canada, the carrier offers daily direct...
TAP Air Portugal Celebrates Five Years of Flying from Montreal
TAP Air Portugal celebrated five years of nonstop service from Montreal to Lisbon last week, with TAP Air Portugal’s Market Manager for North America, Fernanda Ottavio observing that: “It’s been a very successful first five years of service for TAP in Montreal.” Ottavio continued: “In addition to Lisbon TAP offers connecting service to six cities in Portugal, extensive connectivity to more than 50 cities across Europe and Africa, and our award-winning Portugal Stopover program which enables travelers to spend as many as 10 days in Lisbon or Porto, in either direction, for no...
Air Canada unveils major expansion at Billy Bishop, launches flights to four U.S. cities, increases frequency to Montreal, Ottawa
Describing it as Air Canada’s “most significant expansion at Toronto Island since Air Canada first served the airport 35 years ago,” Mark Galardo, Air Canada Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, and President, Cargo, unveiled details today (Oct. 29) of the carrier’s plans for a major expansion at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport. That expansion of service includes new transborder routes to four major U.S. cities and increased daily flights to Montréal and Ottawa. Beginning in Spring 2026, Air Canada will launch new, non-stop return service...
Porter celebrates two decades of growth and innovation
Porter Airlines is marking a milestone as it celebrates its 19th birthday, and close to two decades of growth, innovation and its ongoing mission to elevate economy travel across North America. In fact, in the past 12 months, Porter has: Grown to more than 4,300 team members, an increase of 400 Expanded its fleet to include 48 Embraer E195-E2 jets, making Porter the world’s largest operator of this aircraft type, with up to 100 jets on order Maintained a total fleet size of 77, including 29 De Havilland Dash 8-400 aircraft Added 20 new routes (current total 87) and...
Turkish Airlines Connects Canada to Türkiye and Beyond
Turkish Airlines has launched its “Sales Fest” and “Şeb-i Arus”” sales campaigns for travellers in Canada. With the Sales Fest campaign, travellers can enjoy limited-seating round-trip tickets starting at $1,099 CAD for select worldwide destinations including Beirut (BEY), Cairo (CAI), Delhi (DEL), Istanbul (IST), Lahore (LHE), Tehran (THR), and many more. To be eligible, tickets must be purchased by Nov. 3, 2025, for travel between Nov. 1, 2025 and March 31, 2026. Complementing the Sales Fest global campaign, Turkish Airlines is offering Canadian...
Onex Partners closes sale of minority equity stakes in WestJet to Delta, Korean and Air France-KLM
Onex Partners and WestJet have announced the successful closing of the sale of minority equity stakes in WestJet to Delta Air Lines, Korean Air and Air France-KLM from Onex Partners, the upper middle market private equity platform of Onex, a Canadian investor and alternative asset manager, and affiliated funds and co-investors (the Onex Group). Tawfiq Popatia, Head of Onex Partners and Board Director at WestJet, said that: "Our new partners are widely regarded as among the best-performing and most innovative airlines in the world.” And Popatia continued: “This investment has...
WestJet, TELUS unite rewards programs
WestJet and TELUS have linked their loyalty programs to deliver industry-leading value and flexibility to their members. Starting Oct. 15, WestJet Rewards and TELUS Rewards members who link their accounts can earn, transfer and redeem points across the programs, unlocking exclusive travel and connectivity benefits. They will also automatically receive WestJet seat selection vouchers and TELUS Roaming Passes, helping them travel comfortably and stay connected. The linked loyalty platforms means members who link their accounts can: Earn WestJet points on their TELUS bills; ...
The Bahamas delivers some big news on 3 city Canadian mission
The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, Investments & Aviation (BMOTIA) had some big news to deliver as visited key Canadian markets in early October, connecting with travel advisers, airline partners and tour operators in Ottawa, Halifax, and Calgary. The sales mission was led by the Hon. I. Chester Cooper, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism, Investments & Aviation, and Director General Latia Duncombe, and the high-powered delegation highlighted new airlift and expanded access to the islands for Canadian travellers. The group also engaged partners through trade shows,...