Airlines
EgyptAir to launch Toronto service in June
EgyptAir will begin Toronto service June 3, with four weekly non-stop flights between the Ontario capital and Cairo. Flights will be on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Business class service will have full flat beds, while all classes will have personal screens. Call EgyptAir at 416-960-0009, ext. 21/24 or 514-875-9990, ext. 225/226/227. (http://www.egyptair.com ,...
Mokulele Airlines expands fleet
Hawaii's Mokulele Airlines has purchased two new Cessna Grand Caravan aircraft to keep up with the growing demand for its inter-island flights. "Our passenger loads have doubled in the year and a half since Transpac purchased Mokulele,"said Mokulele Airlines CEO Ron Hansen. "Since passenger demand is so great on all of our flights, we made the decision to purchase two additional Cessna Grand Caravans. We're currently offering about 80 flights per day and the new aircraft will make it possible for us to offer more than 100 flights per day between Oahu, Maui, Lanai, Molokai and the Big...
Sunwing adds Edmonton-Cancun flights
Sunwing has announced the addition of winter flights from Edmonton to Cancun. The new flights depart on Tuesdays, until April 9. Sunwing flights feature a choice of hot meals at lunch and dinner with wine and free in-flight entertainment, including first-run movies. A $40 upgrade includes advance seat selection, advance boarding, 30 kg baggage allowance and extra legroom seats....
WestJet, Air France partnership launched
WestJet and Air France have announced that they've entered into a code-share agreement that allows Air France to offer its customers 10 new Canadian destinations operated by WestJet. The "AF" code is now on select WestJet flights connecting from Toronto to Vancouver, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Regina, Thunder Bay, Ottawa, Quebec City, Saint-John's, Moncton and Halifax. Winnipeg and Calgary flights also bear the French carrier's code for both Toronto and Montreal connections to Air France's direct flights to Paris. Reservations for travel from March 12 can now be booked online via the airline's...
AC posts record February numbers
Air Canada reported a record system load factor of 79.8% for February 2013, compared to 76.8% in February 2012 -- an increase of 3.0 percentage points. System traffic decreased 0.7% on a system-wide capacity decrease of 4.4%. (Air Canada reports traffic results on a system-wide basis, including regional airlines from which Air Canada purchases capacity). Calin Rovinescu, president and CEO of Air Canada, observed, "I am pleased to report a record load factor of 79.8% for the month of February. The difference in capacity and traffic from the previous year is attributed almost entirely to the...
WATCH THIS VIDEO: Air New Zealand ‘Bears All’
What can you say about Air New Zealand -- it makes inflight safety videos like nobody else. Now the carrier has released never before seen footage of the making of its ground breaking in-flight safety video Bear Essentials of Safety, featuring celebrity adventurer Bear Grylls, and which was filmed entirely in the outdoors on New Zealand's world-renowned Routeburn Track. The Bear Essentials of Safety video, which was released last week and is rapidly approaching 3 million views globally - it has already been watched by more than 2 million people on YouTube, with more than 750,000 views on the...
Air Europa opens YVR office
Vancouver is home a second Canadian office by Air Europa, joining Toronto. Air Europa is the second largest airline in Spain, and has come to Canada with full-fledged sales offices, a 24/7 call centre and participation in the BSP Canada reservations system. Air Europa is a full member of Skyteam and currently operates direct flights from New York (JFK) to Madrid, with connections all around Spain and to Europe and West Africa....
Rise in passenger demand continues: IATA
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released global air travel demand statistics for January showing a continuation of the uptick in passenger travel that began at the end of 2012. Overall, demand was up 2.7% on the previous January, which is slightly ahead of the 2.2% expansion in capacity. Load factors stood at 77.1%. Strong demand for air travel driven by the Chinese New Year has distorted the January figures. Chinese New Year fell in January 2012 and in February this year. The comparisons to such a strong month made January 2013 demand look weaker than the underlying...