Airlines
Sabre signs long-term deal with Delta Air Lines
Sabre Corporation has finalized a multi-year renewal of its distribution agreement with Delta Air Lines. The long-term deal enables Sabre-connected travel agents to access both traditional EDIFACT and New Distribution Capability (NDC) content, enhancing their ability to provide comprehensive travel offers to their customers. Earlier this year, Delta announced details of its selling and servicing transformation, which includes NDC. Sabre and the airline will collaborate on the integration of NDC content into Sabre’s travel marketplace to support this strategy. The renewed...
UPDATED: Air Canada pilots vote overwhelmingly to give union leaders a strike mandate
Air Canada pilots have voted overwhelmingly to give their union leaders a strike mandate. Represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), 98 per cent of Air Canada pilots voted in favour of authorizing their union leaders to call a strike if necessary, in order to achieve a new contractual agreement with Air Canada. In a statement following the vote, ALPA said that Air Canada pilots are working under pay rates and quality-of-life provisions negotiated in 2014. Negotiations for a new agreement began in June 2023. Talks entered private mediation in January 2024 and...
Air France invites TIFF attendees to experience sophisticated lounge
Through nine years of partnership, Air France and Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) have embarked on a remarkable cinematic journey together. This year, as Air France celebrates 90 years of elegance, they are inspiring Canadians to experience the ultimate lounge experience. The Air France x TIFF Founder's Lounge will host festival goers in a sophisticated lounge, allowing them to enter a cinema related contest to win a pair of Air France’s new Business Class tickets departing from Toronto to Europe. Located on the second floor of the TIFF Bell Lightbox, this elegant...
PriceTravel Holding & Arajet partner to streamline Americas packages
PriceTravel Holding, one of Latin America's largest B2B and B2C travel companies, announces a new strategic alliance with Arajet, the Caribbean's low-fare airline. PriceTravel Holding will make available to Arajet an advanced booking engine, which will allow travelers to easily book flights plus hotel packages in all destinations where Arajet operates, 24 cities in 16 countries, including Canada, Mexico, Brazil, among others. This agreement aims to strengthen the package holiday offering and provide greater choice and benefits on flights and hotels. The key components considered for...
Lufthansa Group’s Edelweiss starting Halifax-Zurich route in 2025
The upcoming summer 2025 schedule will see robust expansion and a bolstered network for the Lufthansa Group, Europe’s largest aviation company, in the United States and Canada. In June and July, Edelweiss, Switzerland’s leading leisure airline and part of the Lufthansa Group, will begin direct flights from its Zurich hub to both Seattle, WA and Halifax, Nova Scotia, respectively. With North America being the top foreign market for Lufthansa Group, the additional frequencies that the new Edelweiss flights will provide will be a welcome capacity increase for these two...
Virgin Atlantic: ‘Let’s challenge the market’
Virgin Atlantic is setting a course to Canada. The carrier will inaugurate service from Toronto to London Heathrow on March 30, 2025 and Simon Hawkins, head of Americas for Virgin Atlantic, was in Toronto last week to meet with partners and talk about plans for the new daily, A330-900neo service. “We’re really excited to come back to Canada,” Hawkins told a briefing at Visit Britain’s offices in Toronto, noting that the carrier had “a brief stint [in Toronto] back in the early 2000s” that was “curtailed due to 9/11” and it also operated a seasonal service from...
TICO issues advice on Canada Jetlines shutdown
The Travel Industry Council of Ontario (TICO) has issued an advisory on the shutdown of Canada Jetlines. On Aug. 15, the carrier announced it was temporarily ceasing operations and TICO advises that it is now in the process of obtaining additional information related to Canada Jetlines and their reported plans to enter creditor protection. TICO said that: “As soon as we have additional information, it will be shared on TICO’s website, including potential eligibility for claims under the Ontario Travel Industry Compensation Fund (Compensation Fund).” However, it did...
Canada Jetlines confirms it will cease operations, effective immediately
Following earlier reports of a possible closure, Canada Jetlines has confirmed in a statement that it is temporarily ceasing airline operations effective Aug. 15, 2024. The continuing operations of the Company have been dependent upon the Company's ability to raise adequate financing and to grow the airline to the point where it can commence profitable operations. The Company has historically financed its future requirements through a combination of debt, equity or other facilities. The Company, overseen by an independent Board committee and advised by external advisors, pursued all...