Airlines
WELCOME TO YOUR WORLD
These are exciting times for Saudia which launched thrice weekly service between Toronto and Jeddah and Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. The new flights will feature B-777-268 service with three classes and the SkyTeam member carrier is promising its passengers world-class service both in the air and on the ground. In Toronto, following the Oct. 28, 2013 arrival of Saudia\'s first flight here, the airline celebrated with its business partners, with the carrier\'s director general, HE Eng. Khaled Al-Molhem telling the audience here that \"Our new flight to Toronto comes as part of our efforts to...
MORE VALUE IN THE AIR
IATA is calling on all partners and stakeholders involved in passenger travel to work together to deliver greater value to passengers. At the opening of the association\'s World Passenger Symposium in Dublin, IATA\'s director general and CEO, Tony Tyler said: \"Aviation makes possible $2.2 trillion worth of economic activity and supports some 57 million jobs around the globe. Every day more than 8 million passengers take advantage of the safety, speed and convenience of air travel; and airfares are one-third lower, in real terms, than they were 20 years ago. It truly is the mass transit...
WESTJET ADDS MIAMI
WestJet has launched a new, non-stop seasonal service between Calgary and Miami, Florida. Chris Avery, WestJet vice-president, network planning, alliances and corporate development, said: \"One of nine cities in Florida served by WestJet and its airline partners, Miami and beyond is now more easily accessible from Western Canada. Whether boarding a cruise ship for a vacation on the seas or soaking up Miami\'s beautiful beaches or famous shopping and dining experiences, the city\'s rich Spanish influence and world-class attractions make it one of the premier vacation destinations in the United...
LOT DEAL
LOT Polish Airlines has increased its Toronto-Warsaw winter schedule to four weekly flights, allowing its passengers to experience its new Dreamliner service between the two gateways. And passengers booking on/or before Oct. 31, 2013 for travel from Toronto to Central and Eastern Europe can save up to 17%. And complete information is available in the GDS....
A GATHERING TO REMEMBER
Tourism Ireland is celebrating a record breaking year as its latest arrival figures show that North American visitors increased by 16.5%. Based on those results, it\'s not surprising that The Gathering 2013 is being hailed as a great success. The ambitious tourism initiative resulted in 4,000 events taking place across the country with participants coming from around the world to be part of those festivities. Here in Canada, Tourism Ireland is now looking ahead to 2014, putting plans in place to highlight the newly introduced year-round direct access from Toronto to Dublin with a...
WESTJET, AMADEUS CONNECT
WestJet has signed a letter of intent with Amadeus and is currently working with the GDS to have a distribution deal in place by the end of the year. The carrier has had a partnership with Amadeus since October 2003, as one of several providers that ensure WestJet content is available across the world on a leading edge platform. Bob Cummings, WestJet\'s executive vice- president, sales, marketing and guest experience, commented: \"WestJet has always appreciated Amadeus\'s ability to innovate. As a company we are very excited about the advances Amadeus is making, especially with regard to...
AC rouge TAKES OFF TO VEGAS
Air Canada rouge will take off to Vegas on Oct. 27 as it launches flights from Toronto. On March 13, 2014, the leisure carrier will starting flying from Montreal to Vegas. Out of Toronto, Air Canada rouge will operate 10 flights a week to Las Vegas for the winter 2013-2014 season featuring 264-seat wide-body Boeing 767-300 ER aircraft -- that\'s a capacity increase of 13% on the route over last winter when it was operated by Air Canada. Air Canada rouge will assume the Montreal-Las Vegas route from Air Canada effective March 13, 2014 with 10 flights a week. Air Canada will continue to...
ALBATOURS’ SUMMER ITALY AIR NOW AVAILABLE
ALBATours’ summer 2014 air-only program to Italy is in the system and ready to book. Offering regular departures from Toronto to Rome with Alitalia, the program will operate from March through November 2014 with daily flights Sunday to Tuesday and Thursday to Saturday, every week, to 17 destinations in Italy. Starting from $899 p.p., taxes in, clients will fly to Rome aboard Alitalia’s A330 aircraft in “Classica” (economy) class, and from there they can continue on to Florence, Milan, Naples, Venice, Palermo, Genoa and more. Clients can also opt for an upgrade to Alitalia’s...