Airlines
Air Transat Offers Free On-Demand Entertainment
Transat is now offering passengers free on-demand entertainment on all its European flights, and on most of its flights to Sun destinations. “We continue to invest in its fleet in order to provide passengers with the best possible in-flight experience in the country. After equipping our Airbus A330s with individual touch screens, we are pleased to offers passengers travelling on our Airbus A310s access to onboard individual entertainment through their own personal tablets, smart phones – iOS and Android – and laptops,” said Jean-François Lemay, general manager of Air Transat. The...
Korean Air Boosts China Service
Korean Air is adding more than a dozen weekly flights to China. In addition to more flights, Korean Air is improving its schedule from Beijing to its Incheon hub, offering new early morning departures with same-day connections to the central and eastern regions of North America. The airline also has increased service between Incheon and Guangzhou, adding three weekly flights to that city. In all, Korean Air is increasing flights to six Chinese cities and adding 15 more flights to China each week. “We've said we're bullish on the Americas and our actions are speaking loud and clear,”...
Sunwing Off to Playa Blanca
Beginning Aug. 1, Sunwing Airlines will offer year-round direct flights from Toronto to the Playa Blanca Airport (also known as Scarlett Martinez International Airport) in Panama. This winter, Sunwing will also introduce flights to Playa Blanca Airport from several Quebec gateways, including Montreal starting in November, Quebec City starting in December, and Bagotville starting February 2015. “The Playa Blanca region is a popular destination with Sunwing travellers and these direct flights will dramatically improve our passengers' vacation experience,” said Andrew Dawson, COO...
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,...