Airlines
Mokulele Celebrates Opening of Kalaeloa Airport
Mokulele Airlines hosted a grand opening celebration last week at its newest service location, Kalaeloa Airport on west Oahu, marking the successful conclusion of a year of preparations. Kalaeloa is located at the former Barber’s Point Naval Air Base John Rogers Field. The grand opening and inaugural flight took place July 1, 15 years to the day that the former base was closed and turned over to the State of Hawaii. July 1 marked the beginning of Mokulele’s daily non-stop service to Kahului, Maui from Kalaeloa, with six scheduled daily flights, three each...
WestJet Plans for Wide-Body Service
WestJet Airlines Ltd. reports that it is moving forward with plans that would see the airline fly its own wide-body aircraft as early as fall 2015. The airline has received the support of the WestJet Pilot Association and its board of directors, and is currently in the advanced stages of sourcing wide-body aircraft. “This is the natural, next-step evolution for WestJet,” said WestJet president and CEO Gregg Saretsky (pictured). “It’s made possible by our low-cost business model, growing network strength, airline partnerships and our award-winning brand...
Etihad Partners with Google
Etihad Airways has launched a partnership with Google to make it more convenient for travellers to view the airline’s flight schedules and fares on the search engine’s flight search tool. Using Flight Search, travellers in Canada, the US, the UK, the Netherlands, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Poland and Ireland will be able to explore and compare flights to and from any of Etihad Airways’ 103 destinations, and view live ticket prices for more than 1,400 of the airline’s weekly flights. Flight Search can be accessed by clicking on “Flights” on the navigation bar on...
LOT Extends Free Ticket Promotion
LOT has extended its free ticket offer for travel agents through Aug. 31. Agents that sell 10 tickets in Business Class (C, D or Z) and/or Premium Economy (P, A or R) combined on LOT stock, will receive either one free Business Class/Premium Economy class ticket or two free Economy tickets for themselves (local taxes to be paid only) valid for travel on LOT’s network. Agents simply fill in the provided form with the 10 tickets sold and send it...
Air Travel Demand Stays Strong in May
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reports global passenger traffic results for May showing demand growth of 6.2% compared to May 2013. While this represented a deceleration compared to April year-over-year traffic growth of 7.6%, the performance is indicative of improving demand drivers. May capacity rose 5.2% and load factor climbed 0.7 percentage points to 79. All regions except Africa experienced positive traffic growth. “We are seeing healthy demand for air traffic to support and help sustain the pick-up in global economic activity,” said Tony Tyler,...
Soak Up The Summer with WestJet
This month, agents helping clients plan their summer vacation could end up walking away with one of their won with WestJet’s “Soak Up The Summer” contest. To enter, simply submit all flight and vacation package bookings made to any Canadian or US WestJet destination between July 2 and 31 for travel by Sept. 30. You will earn one ballot for every round-trip flight booked on any scheduled WestJet flight and five ballots for every WestJet Vacations package booked. All ballots will be entered for a chance to win one of 24 prize giveaways for flights or WestJet dollars. Ballots...
Air Canada Sets Single Day Record
Air Canada achieved a single-day record for passengers carried June 27, with nearly 138,000 customers boarding its aircraft around the world. “The peak summer season is underway and heading into the Canada Day weekend we expect to carry nearly 138,000 customers today. To put this in context, it is equivalent to transporting in a single day the population of an entire mid-size Canadian city such as Abbotsford, BC, St. Catharines, Ont., or Levis, Que.," said Klaus Goersch, executive vice-president and chief operating officer at Air...
WestJet Welcomes Transportation Act Review
WestJet welcomes this week’s announcement by Lisa Raitt, Minister of Transport, beginning the review of the Canada Transportation Act. The Canada Transportation Act review will provide the opportunity to examine a wide variety of public policy issues impacting the Canadian airline sector. “We are very pleased the review will take a hard look at the cost competitiveness of the sector,” commented Gregg Saretsky, WestJet president and CEO. “As chair of the review panel, David Emerson will bring a wealth of public and private sector experience to the role and, on behalf of the...