Airlines
Thomas Cook Group Airlines, Amadeus Team Up
Amadeus and Thomas Cook group airlines have signed an agreement which will see the latter become the first leisure carriers to adopt the Amadeus Altéa solutions. Four of Thomas Cook group airlines based in Germany, the UK, Scandinavia and Belgium adopt Amadeus’ Altéa suite as a single platform to manage reservations, inventory and departure control. By unifying its IT systems across the group, Thomas Cook group airlines will be able to implement a customer-centric strategy offering a single consolidated customer touch point with comprehensive real-time information. Thomas...
LOT Moves to Heathrow’s Terminal 1
LOT Polish Airlines' flights departing for Krakow from London's Heathrow Airport will now leave from Terminal 1, instead of T2 (formerly known as Domestic Terminal). Due to construction at Heathrow, all LOT arrivals will remain at T2 Terminal. LOT has made the move to improve passenger comfort. Terminal 1 is more conveniently located, giving easier access to public transportation, parking and a nearby...
AC Giving Away 10 Million Aeroplan Miles
Agents can win up to one million Aeroplan miles, redeemable for travel to anywhere in the world, when booking flights at aircanada.com by Dec. 8. For each new booking, agents will earn one entry in the contest, which has a grand prize of one million Aeroplan miles. There are also 90 prizes of 100,000 Aeroplan miles to be won. To be eligible, bookings must be made at http://www.aircanada.com...
Air Canada Expands Dreamliner Network
Air Canada will expand the introduction of Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft featuring the airline's new International Business Class and Premium Economy seating to more of its routes to Asia from Vancouver including Beijing in February and Seoul in March 2015. Air Canada recently converted its Vancouver-Shanghai route to 787 Dreamliner service, with Vancouver-Tokyo/Narita to be converted mid-December. Visit 787.aircanada.com for a virtual tour of the aircraft. “We are very excited to expand the introduction of Air Canada's new 787 Dreamliner aircraft to more routes from Vancouver to...
WestJet Reaches Tentative Agreement With Pilots
WestJet reports it has reached a tentative agreement with its more than 1,200 pilots, represented by the WestJet Pilot Association (WJPA). The agreement's highlights will be available in early December and voting will begin later in the month. “This is a collaborative agreement that will ensure WestJet remains fully competitive into the future, while providing our pilots with an industry-leading agreement,” WestJet president Gregg Saretsky. “This agreement represents WestJet's commitment to work directly with the WJPA on behalf of pilots, based on our shared interests and for...
Barbados Savings From ACV
December marks the 65th anniversary of Air Canada’s non-stop service from Toronto to Barbados and to celebrate the occasion, Air Canada Vacations is offering special “Save the Equivalent of the Tax” pricing, plus up to 6,500 Bonus Aeroplan Miles on packages to that destination. For travellers departing from either Toronto (YYZ) or Montreal (YUL) and booking any Air Canada Vacations package to Barbados from now until Dec. 9, 2014, they will “Save the Equivalent of the Tax” off their package price – that's equal to savings of up to $230 per couple. Travel must be completed...
Time For A Revolution
The world’s airlines are on the verge of delivering a revolution in the passenger experience, according to IATA chief Tony Tyler, who cited greater customer control over the journey itself, a drive to reduce hassles and an initiative designed to ensure travellers stay connected with their travel suppliers. In this week's digital edition of Canadian Travel Press, Montreal editor, Mike Dunbar reports that Tyler told the recent World Passenger Symposium that IATA’s most recent customer survey showed that almost 40% of passengers prefer to check in via the Internet or with their mobile...
Top Marks For Air Transat
Air Transat once again ranks as the most climate-efficient airline in North America, based on the comprehensive methodology developed by German NGO atmosfair. Air Transat is the only North American carrier to appear in atmosfair’s global top 10 of 2014. Out of 125 international airlines, Air Transat also ranks fourth in the world in the long-haul category, and seventh on the global scorecard. The announcement came in advance of the upcoming 20th UN Climate Change Conference which will take place in Lima, Peru, in December. Jean-François Lemay, general manager of Air Transat,...