Airlines
New WestJet App Available
WestJet has launched WestJet for iPhone with Passbook support, now available for free download from the App Store. WestJet guests can now manage all of their travel logistics from the convenience of their iPhone. “The WestJet iPhone app is another step forward in continuously improving overall guest experience,” said Marshall Wilmot, WestJet vice-president, Product and Distribution. “We know guests have been asking for an iOS option for some time. The WestJet iPhone app, the result of a strong collaboration between users and development experts, delivers functionality and...
Etihad Debuts The Residence
Etihad Airways has unveiled the new product and service offering on its Airbus A380 and Boeing B787 Dreamliner aircraft, including The Residence by Etihad, described as “the world’s most luxurious living space in the air,” available only on the airline’s A380 aircraft. The Residence will be the completely new forward upper-deck cabin on the A380. Accommodating single or double occupancy, it features a living room, separate double bedroom and ensuite shower room. Guests in The Residence will also have a personal Butler. With the launch of these new fleets, the Abu Dhabi-based...
Xiamen Air Has New Canadian Rep
Air Promotion Group-Canada (APG-Canada), the North American representative for Xiamen Air (MF), has been named the official sales and marketing representative for the airline. Xiamen Air is the newest airline to the international airline portfolio for APG-Canada and travel agents and consumers now have a dedicated resource to handle any queries, bookings or airline matters for agents and travellers in Canada. Karl Müller, APG – Canada director says that support and service to the travel trade is key to market success for Xiamen Airlines and will enable more travellers to fly to...
Air Canada to Launch Year-Round Service to Rio
Air Canada will launch a new, non-stop service between Toronto and Rio de Janeiro beginning Dec. 11. The year-round flights to Brazil’s “Marvelous City” will complement the carrier’s existing daily non-stop service to Sao Paulo. The new service is timed for convenient connections to Air Canada’s network at Toronto’s Pearson airport, including to Tokyo-Haneda, Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai, and further expands Air Canada’s global reach from Toronto. Flights are available for sale now and commence operating, three days a week, beginning Dec. 11. The service will be...
Air France Unveils New La Première, a Designer Suite
Air France unveiled its new La Première suite at a special event in Shanghai, China, this week. The La Première suite will progressively equip 19 Air France Boeing 777-300 starting in September. The new La Première cabin has four exclusive individual suites designed to ensure optimum privacy and enabling customers to be totally or partially alone, in absolute comfort. The large seat adapts to any morphology and promotes rest and relaxation. The seat turns into a fully flat bed over two metres long. The armrests are fully retractable giving 77 cm of space. Each guest has a...
Tourism PEI, AC Giving Away flights
Tourism PEI and Air Canada Media have launched a contest which will give away 150 flights to Prince Edward Island, as part of this year’s marketing campaign for the 150th anniversary celebrating of the 1864 Charlottetown Conference. Leveraging the powerful reach and audience of Air Canada, the program will be executed across all of the brand’s media channels, including in-flight, digital, print and airport activation. The contest will run until Aug. 28. Designed to promote Prince Edward Island as Canada’s premier island destination and drive domestic tourism, the contest marks...
Transat Launches Toronto-Marseille Service
Air Transat celebrated the first departure of its new Toronto-Marseille flight at Toronto-Pearson Airport Monday night (May 5) with a festive nautical theme. The new service to Marseille is scheduled to Oct. 20 with departures from Toronto every Monday. This new destination is the 20th to be offered in Europe by Air Transat via direct service from Toronto. Transat Holidays, meanwhile, offers travellers who wish to visit Marseille and Provence several new vacation options, including the nine-day Marseille, Nice & Aix-en-Provence package, which explores the historical port of...
Germany In The Spotlight
In this week's edition of Travel Courier, Ian Stalker reports that the German National Tourist Office has chosen a Canadian director who was well familiar with this country even before her current posting. And Antje Splettstoesser notes her taking on the job comes on the eve of Lufthansa preparing yet another Canadian route, making her homeland even more accessible for many Canadians. Splettstoesser's been in this country for five years, first working for the Toronto-based German Canadian Chamber of Industry and Commerce, after which she worked for a company involved in inbound travel,...