Airlines
NDC Opportunity Recognized
While corporate travel buyers remain “neutral” in their view of the New Distribution Capability (NDC), they clearly recognize the “opportunity” that the new standard offers. That was the upshot of a newly released study of global corporate travel buyers that was conducted by Festive Road on behalf of the International Air Transport Association (IATA). In fact, the corporate travel buyers questioned about NDC also indicated “a strong desire” to gain greater in-depth knowledge about NDC and the implications that it will have for their business activities. Aleks Popovich,...
‘Vegas Win It Back’ With WestJet
Feeling lucky? WestJet has launched a new contest – WestJet's Vegas Win it Back – in which travellers booking a WestJet flight or vacation package to Las Vegas have a chance to win the value of their purchase back in WestJet dollars. Guests who book a WestJet-operated flight or WestJet Vacations package on westjet.com from any Canadian airport to Las Vegas between Sept. 2 and 28 for travel on or before Dec. 15 can enter the contest via the web site. A total of 28 winners will be awarded the full value of their reservation back in WestJet dollars, including taxes and fees, toward...
Air Canada On The Move
Air Canada is on the move and will serve six continents as of next summer with the addition of its first route to Africa, as well as the addition of four major European cities to its global network. Summer 2016 will see Air Canada rouge will fly from Montreal to Casablanca, Morocco. Air Canada's leisure carrier will also service routes to Budapest, Prague (pictured), Warsaw and Glasgow from Toronto Pearson. All flights will be flown using a 280-seat Boeing 767-300ER aircraft offering a choice of premium and economy cabins. Seats are now available for purchase. To promote the new...
That’s just cricket
The end of summer is synonymous with,not the start of school, but the annual Goway-Air New Zealand cricket match. Held at the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, the affair has welcomed the trade for a drop-in to watch the game and have a few drinks and dinner for so long (a dozen years now) that even Goway boss Bruce Hodge (far right) is unable to remember all the results. This year, the morning rain subsided on Wednesday just in time to allow the game, which, in the end and after much discussion, was awarded to...
Copa Takes Off In Toronto
Panama's Copa Airlines is reaching out to those wanting to visit the country it's based in and points elsewhere in Central or South America. Yolanda Molinuevo of Copa's Toronto office told a Wednesday gathering in the Ontario capital that her carrier links both Montreal and Toronto to the “hub of the Americas,” with connecting flights from Panama City available to many other points in Latin America and the Caribbean too. Among them is the Colombian capital of Bogota, with Copa having eight daily frequencies there, she said. Copa has four Montreal-Panama City flights a week and...
LOT Flights On Sale
LOT flights to Warsaw, Prague, Bucharest, Moscow and many other LOT destinations are on sale up to 50% off if booked until Sept. 13. LOT has prepared a total of half a million discounted airline tickets for flights within Europe, North America and Asia via all sales channels, including the standard web site at lot.com and its mobile version. It is LOT’s biggest promotional sale of this year. This year, for the first time, the promotional sale includes all the destinations operated by LOT. All flights from Canada to Warsaw are operated with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The special...
Air France Showcases ‘Best & Beyond’
At a special industry event held at Pearson International yesterday, Air France gave travel agents, media and other travel professionals a close-up look at its new Business Class cabin aboard a Boeing 777-200. Launched last year as part of Air France's “Best & Beyond” project, the new Business cabin is making a gradual entry into service on long-haul aircraft -- and now available to travellers flying out of Toronto to Paris Charles de Gaulle until Oct. 24. The goal of the Best & Beyond project is to upgrade its long-haul products and services and to provide the best...
Transat Expands Europe Program
With more flights, more seats and new connecting flights, as well as two new destinations – Croatia in Eastern Europe and Pisa in Italy – Transat is expanding its European portfolio for 2016. Air Transat will offer direct flights to a total of 29 destinations, including newly launched routes between Toronto and Nice, Montreal and Glasgow and Vancouver and Rome. Every Sunday beginning June 13, 2016 a direct flight for Pisa will take off from Toronto and Montreal while Zagreb in Croatia will be offered on Tuesdays as of June 15, 2016 direct from Toronto and via a connecting flight...