Airlines
YVR Voted #1 Proposed New Porter Destination
Porter Airlines supporters have voted Vancouver (YVR) the top new destination they want to connect with Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport. Over six days, more than 14,000 people visited www.porterplans.com to vote for their favourite North American destination that Porter has proposed as part of its growth plan. Vancouver beat out runners-up Miami, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. “We are constantly hearing requests from our customers to fly to more destinations, and Vancouver is one that is mentioned often,” said Porter president Robert Deluce. “It would be a great...
WestJet Goes To Bat For Montreal
Spring training has begun just in time for WestJet to announce a one-year sponsorship agreement with the Montreal Baseball Project. The goal of the Montreal Baseball Project is to bring Major League Baseball back to Montreal. WestJet, with a proud history of supporting the Toronto Blue Jays, will support a gala event celebrating the 20th anniversary of the 1994 Montreal Expos team, in addition to corporate sponsorship of a two-game exhibition series between the New York Mets and the Toronto Blue Jays taking place in Montreal on March 28 and 29 at Olympic Stadium. Both activities are...
Porter Plan Gets Support
Four major Toronto unions are supporting Porter Airlines’ proposal to operate the Bombardier CS100 jet from Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport to longer-range destinations such as Vancouver, Los Angeles and Miami, saying that approval of the plan will benefit Toronto’s economy and support much-needed manufacturing jobs. UNIFOR Downsview; Carpenters Union Local 27; Local 506, Labourers’ International Union of North America (LiUNA); and International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT), District Council 46, have made official submissions to Toronto City Council to express...
Montreal-Vegas Now Daily with Air Canada rouge
Air Canada rouge has launched daily non-stop service between Montreal and Las Vegas. rouge has also entered into a partnership with Quebec’s renowned Cirque du Soleil and their Las Vegas shows and will soon be selling show tickets through the Buy Onboard program. The airline’s inaugural flight was celebrated with free tickets to Zarkana by Cirque du Soleil for everyone onboard. Through March 28, flights between Montreal and Las Vegas will be operated using Airbus A319 aircraft with double daily service Thursday, Friday and Sunday. Effective March 29, the route will be flown...
Industry On Track For Second Straight Year: IATA
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reports that the airline industry remains on track to deliver a second consecutive year of improved profitability. This is despite a slight downward revision to its industry outlook for 2014 to an industry profit of $18.7 billion from the previously forecast $19.7 billion. The main driver of the downward revision is higher oil prices, now expected to average $108.0/barrel (Brent) which is $3.5/barrel above previous projections. The $3 billion added cost on the industry’s fuel bill is expected to be largely offset by stronger demand,...
Air New Zealand Adds Capacity
Air New Zealand will move to 10 return services per week on the popular Auckland-San Francisco route during the peak Northern winter period between mid-December and March 2015, including double daily flights on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. This will be the first time the airline has operated more than daily return services on the route and represents a 10% increase in capacity over the previous Northern winter period. The additional services also mean a more flexible schedule with a new, convenient mid-afternoon flight departing Auckland at 3:30 p.m. and arriving in San...
Aeromexico Strengthens Ties With WestJet
Aeromexico has increased its co-operation with WestJet, providing passengers with added connectivity to more destinations in Mexico and Canada. Access has been improved to offer more service from Mexico to Canadian destinations including Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal and Quebec City, among other destinations across Canada. The increased travel connections also include better connectivity deeper into Mexico from Canada through many connection cities in the United States and Mexico. From its main hub at Terminal 2 International Airport in Mexico City,...
SAA, AC Expand Codeshare
South African Airways (SAA) and Air Canada have expanded their codeshare relationship to include additional flights and cities both international and domestic and giving customers more seamless connection opportunities. Travellers will now be able to book SA-coded flights from Ottawa, Edmonton, Halifax, Calgary, Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto to London, as well as Air Canada-coded flights from London, New York, Frankfurt and Munich to Johannesburg and onwards to Cape Town, Durban & Port Elizabeth. The original agreement (from December 2012) included Vancouver, Toronto, New...