Airlines
Air Canada to Carry Canada’s Top Hockey Teams
Air Canada reports that it is the airline of choice for Canada's major professional hockey teams. Under six-year agreements with six of Canada's top professional teams, the airline will provide air transportation through Air Canada Jetz, its in-house, all-Premium Class charter service operated by mainline Air Canada pilots and flight attendants. The six-year agreements begin at the start of the 2015-16 season and cover the Montreal Canadiens, the Ottawa Senators, the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Winnipeg Jets, the Calgary Flames and the Vancouver Canucks. In addition to the six Canadian...
AeroMexico Back In Toronto
AeroMexico will soon link Toronto and Mexico City, part of a strategy that it expects will have it serving all three of this country's largest cities before the end of 2015, reports Ian Stalker in this week's digital edition of Travel Courier. The airline will begin non-stop Toronto-Mexico City service on May 4 using B737s that can carry 124 passengers, 12 of them in business class. AeroMexico's flights will leave the Ontario capital at 8:30 a.m., arriving in Mexico City at 12:35 p.m. Return flights will leave Mexico City at 1 a.m., arriving in Toronto at 6:46 a.m. The airline...
ALTA Sees Traffic Increase
The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) reports its member airlines carried 17 million passengers in January, up 6.2% – or one million additional passengers – from the previous year. Traffic grew 6.7% and capacity increased 4.8%, bringing the load factor up to 81.9%, 1.5 percentage points higher than in January 2014. Reporting airlines: Aerolíneas Argentinas (includes Austral), Aeromar, Aeromexico, Aeromexico Connect, Avianca, Copa Airlines, Copa Airlines Colombia, GOL, Insel Air, LATAM Airlines Group and...
WestJet Advises Caution
WestJet has uncovered a scam involving a deeply discounted airfare offer for registrants of an upcoming conference in the US. While doing routine checks of WestJet's credit card transactions, WestJet fraud investigators discovered a scam advertising return flights for up to 50% lower than fares available through westjet.com. It's estimated as many as 100 conference registrants accepted the offer and paid for airfare only to discover that their ticket was invalid because it was purchased with other individuals' stolen credit cards. “This scheme validates the steps we take to...
AC Premium Economy Available as Aeroplan Reward
Aeroplan reports that Aeroplan members can now use their miles for the Premium Economy cabin on applicable Air Canada flights when booking both ClassicFlight and Market Fare Flight Rewards. Introduced in 2013, Air Canada’s Premium Economy is a new class of travel, where passengers can experience superior comfort in a dedicated cabin, with premium meal service, enhanced amenities and priority airport services. Available on select routes, Premium Economy features a larger seat with more recline and extra legroom, giving passengers more space to stretch out and get comfortable. To...
Air France Adds Some Humour to In-Flight Safety Video
As from April, all Air France long-haul and some medium-haul flights will progressively be equipped with a new in-flight safety demonstration video, adding a touch of humour to the way it explains safety instructions to passengers. Following the launch of the new advertising film “France is in the air,” Air France revised the style of its video, offering its customers a humorous take on its in-flight safety measures. The video meets regulatory requirements and has been designed in co-operation with the Air France flight safety division and the French Civil Aviation Authority. The...
Air New Zealand Increasing YVR-Auckland Service
Air New Zealand will move to a daily return service on its Vancouver-Auckland route over the peak northern winter period between mid-December 2015 and late-January 2016. This will be the first time the airline has operated daily return services on the route and represents a 21% increase in capacity over the previous six-week peak northern winter period. In another first, Canadian customers are now able to book the airline’s Economy Skycouch product as the route will be consistently operated by refurbished Boeing 777-200ER aircraft from Oct. 25. According to Air New Zealand...
AeroMexico’s YYZ Return Welcome News
The Mexico Tourism Board's regional director for North America is welcoming AeroMexico's decision to restart non-stop Toronto-Mexico City service. The announcement of the May 4 restart comes seven years after the airline began and then quickly abandoned the route, then deciding to refocus on other cities “because of changes in the market.” The tourism board's Rodrigo Esponda says AeroMexico's upcoming route will look attractive to Ontario residents because of the airline's “vast network” within Mexico. “Tourists will be able to connect easily to any destination in the...