Airlines
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...
WestJet Encore Celebrates First Anniversary
WestJet Encore celebrated its first birthday this week (June 24), just days before eastern operations launch with flights between Thunder Bay, Ont. and Toronto. According to officials, the regional airline, which took to the skies June 24, 2013, has enjoyed tremendous support from the “many communities that now have regular air service, and the many more that now boast better schedules, more frequency, and more options with respect to carriers and destinations.” “Communities across Canada have welcomed us with open arms, and we have tried to repay their loyalty with a...
WestJet Bets on Fort McMurray
WestJet has launched new non-stop, twice-weekly service between Las Vegas and Fort McMurray, Alberta. “Fort McMurray and WestJet have been partners for the past 13 years, and this year offers the most significant growth to our schedule out of Fort McMurray ever,” said Chris Avery, WestJet vice-president, Network and Schedule Planning. “We are committed to continually improving choice and connectivity for guests flying out of Fort McMurray, and the 2014 summer schedule reflects this commitment. We are offering non-stop daily flights to Kelowna, Vancouver and Toronto, three times...