Airlines
Porter Airlines takes off to California from Montreal
Porter Airlines has launched two new seasonal, nonstop routes connecting Montréal-Trudeau International Airport (YUL) with Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The YUL-LAX route offers four-times weekly service (launched June 27), while the YUL-SFO route operates three-times weekly (launched June 28). The seasonal routes run until Oct. 26, providing travellers with seamless connections between Eastern Canada and the Golden State’s vibrant west coast. Kevin Jackson, president, Porter Airlines, said: “These new routes open up...
United adds Montreal-San Francisco, Calgary-Los Angeles flights
United Airlines continues to increase its service out of Canada. The carrier is launching daily service from Montreal to San Francisco today (July 2) and last week (June 27), it inaugurated daily service between Calgary and Los Angeles. The carrier’s Montreal-San Francisco service will be operated on the MAX8 with signature United Next Interior. It will also mark United’s largest schedule in terms of seats in over 10 years (2015); with its summer service featuring up to 10 daily flights to four destinations – ORD, EWR. IAD and SFO. United’s launch of its new Calgary-Los...
Air Transat taps into summer travel trends of Canadians
If you’re wondering where Canadians are travelling this summer, Air Transat has some answers. When it comes to travelling with children, the airline’s newly released travel trends report found that for Canadian parents of toddlers, it means parking at a resort town in the Caribbean, while families with teens prefer experiencing the historic sight-seeing options of Europe. According to travel data from Air Transat, Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic, and Rome in Italy are the most popular booking choices for family vacations during the peak summer season (June to...
Nova Scotia travel advisors get the scoop on BermudAir
BermudAir hosted a business development briefing event in Halifax, Dartmouth for 30 travel agents from the Nova Scotia region recently. Attendees from agencies such as CAA, Maritime Travel, Travello, CWT – Harvey, ECS (Expedia Cruise Ships), ATA Travel, TPI, TLN, and United Travel gathered to learn more about BermudAir's services and upcoming plans. The airline collaborated with travel sales and distribution partner Discover the World to host the event. Leslie Peden, BermudAir’s new Senior Vice President of Sales and Development, said: “The enthusiastic group of Nova...
WestJet, AMFA reach second tentative deal, AMEs head back to work, WS restoring network
WestJet and the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) reached a second tentative agreement in the early hours of Canada Day (July 1). As a result, AMFA has withdrawn its strike action and that will see the close to 700 AMEs it represents at WestJet “return to work as scheduled to immediately start work to restore the network.” In a statement, WestJet said that the airline and AMFA had been bargaining all day Sunday (June 30) to hammer out a new tentative agreement to “prevent further damage to the Canadian public." Diederik Pen, President of WestJet Airlines and...
Air Canada serving 55 sun destinations this winter
Air Canada is boosting its 2024-25 winter sun network, with increased frequencies and featuring new routes from Ottawa and Quebec City to Tulum and from Montreal to Saint Maarten. In addition, more flights are scheduled from Halifax, Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver to popular vacation destinations in Florida and the Caribbean. This winter, Air Canada plans to operate up to 50 flights departing Canada every day, serving a total of 55 Caribbean and U.S. sun vacation destinations. "Air Canada continues to expand the breadth of its winter leisure network by adding new routes...
WestJet, AMFA strike continues as more flights are cancelled
As the strike by close to 700 aircraft maintenance engineers (AMEs) -- represented by the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) -- continues, WestJet has been forced to cancel more flights across its network today (June 30). In a statement, the airline said that it has now cancelled a total of 407 flights to maintain stability across its remaining operation, adding that it is continuing to “seek intervention, while exploring every possible avenue for resolution.” In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Canada’s Minister of Labour, Seamus O’Reagan said: “Met with...
WestJet’s AMEs strike after CIRB ruling, Labour minister looks at next steps
WestJet’s Aircraft Maintenance Engineers (AMEs) -- represented by the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) -- began strike action last night (June 28, 2024 at 7:30 pm ET) after the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) ruled that Labour Minister Seamus O’Reagan’s referral of WestJet’s and AMFA’s negotiations for a first collective agreement to binding arbitration “does not have the effect of suspending the right to strike or lockout.” [CLICK HERE to see CIRB’s letter to WestJet and AMFA] This afternoon, in an updated statement on X, formerly Twitter,...