Category: Canada Travel News
Canada is a country in the northern part of North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering 9.98 million square kilometres, making it the world's second-largest country by total area.
WestJet introduces its Boeing 787 Dreamliner to Vancouver
Harry S. Johnson- October 5, 2020Today, WestJet and the Vancouver International Airport (YVR) announced WestJet's newest aircraft, the 787 Dreamliner, is now operating five-times weekly ... Read More
Air Canada announces longer-term refinancing to replace short-term facilities
Harry S. Johnson- September 23, 2020Air Canada today announced that it recently completed two longer-term refinancing transactions for a total amount of approximately $1.52 billion, ... Read More
Homeland Security chief: US land borders will remain shut through October 21
Harry S. Johnson- September 21, 2020According to Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Chad Wolf, the United States borders with Canada and ... Read More
Air Canada offers free COVID-19 insurance to international travelers
Harry S. Johnson- September 18, 2020Air Canada today announced that it is including complimentary COVID-19 emergency medical & quarantine insurance for eligible customers booking round-trip ... Read More
IATA: Canada needs to consider safe options and re-open borders
Harry S. Johnson- September 14, 2020The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urges the Canadian government to support the COVID-19 testing initiatives of Air Canada and ... Read More
WestJet offers passengers free COVID-19 travel insurance
Harry S. Johnson- September 11, 2020Today, WestJet is announcing no-charge COVID-19 travel insurance coverage for eligible guests booking travel to Mexico, the Caribbean and European ... Read More
Canada improves process of notifying air travelers potentially exposed to COVID-19
Harry S. Johnson- September 11, 2020The COVID-19 pandemic is having a significant impact on the air industry and how Canadians travel across Canada. The Government ... Read More
Visiting Canada comes with arrest and a fine for Americans
Juergen T Steinmetz- September 6, 2020Americans were the largest group of visitors to Canada in normal times. This is history. Americans are no longer welcome ... Read More
Airbus Canada transfers A220 material management services to Satair
Harry S. Johnson- September 3, 2020Airbus Canada Limited Partnership has officially transferred the overall A220 material management services offer to Satair, as part of the ... Read More
Enterprise Takes Over Discount Car and Truck Rentals
editor- September 3, 2020Enterprise Holdings Inc., which owns Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental, and Alamo Rent A Car, announced today its Canadian subsidiary ... Read More
WestJet: Third-party charges undermining Canada’s economic recovery
Harry S. Johnson- September 2, 2020WestJet today announced an increase to domestic traveler surcharges to account for NAV CANADA rate increases of almost 30 percent ... Read More
Aéroports de Montréal announces exceptional measures to maintain operations
Harry S. Johnson- August 27, 2020With the closure of Canada's air borders continuing for nearly six months now, and in the absence of specific government ... Read More
Swoop takes off with recovery strategy at Toronto Pearson Airport
Harry S. Johnson- August 26, 2020As part of its continued recovery plans, Swoop is announcing the start of operations at Toronto Pearson Airport beginning on ... Read More
PAL Airlines announces new service to Moncton and Ottawa
Harry S. Johnson- August 21, 2020PAL Airlines announced that on September 21, 2020, the carrier will be launching a new five days a week service ... Read More
Quebec COVID-19 situation weekly update
Juergen T Steinmetz- August 16, 2020The most recent data on the evolution of COVID-19 in Quebec show 67 new cases, bringing the total number of ... Read More
Canada has COVID-19 under control but remains on high alert
Juergen T Steinmetz- August 16, 2020In lieu of an in-person update to the media, Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada's Chief Public Health Officer, issued the following ... Read More
Canada’s largest airlines and airports support Flight Plan for Navigating COVID-19
Harry S. Johnson- August 15, 2020Canada's two largest airlines and two largest airports today welcomed Transport Canada's long-awaited Flight Plan for Navigating COVID-19 as a ... Read More
Air Canada overhauls its Aeroplan loyalty program
Harry S. Johnson- August 11, 2020Air Canada today revealed the details of its transformed Aeroplan loyalty program, outlining the program attributes and credit card benefits ... Read More
Dubai to Toronto again on Emirates A380
Chief Assignment Editor- August 6, 2020The iconic Emirates A380 will begin serving travelers on flights to Toronto starting 16 August. The airline has so far ... Read More
Air Canada resumes scheduled service to Grenada
Harry S. Johnson- August 4, 2020With the opening of Grenada’s Maurice Bishop International Airport on July 15, as part of the Government of Grenada’s phased ... Read More
TAP Air Portugal launches nonstop service from Montreal to Lisbon
Harry S. Johnson- July 31, 2020TAP Air Portugal is continuing to expand its presence in Canada, despite the global travel downturn due to the COVID-19 ... Read More
A new COVID-19 test with results in seconds developed in Canada
Juergen T Steinmetz- July 30, 2020Graphene Leaders Canada Inc. incorporated GLC Medical Inc. just developed a Covid-19 solution. GLC Medical Inc. has identified a rapid ... Read More
Air Canada begins re-opening its Maple Leaf Lounges
Harry S. Johnson- July 23, 2020Air Canada today announced the gradual re-opening of its Maple Leaf Lounges, featuring new biosafety protocols for the well-being of ... Read More
Air Transat is making its first commercial flights today
Chief Assignment Editor- July 23, 2020Canada's Transat, one of the largest integrated tourism companies in the world, is making its first commercial flights today, the ... Read More
Canada’s WestJet expands August schedule, updates July flying
Harry S. Johnson- July 13, 2020WestJet today released its updated August schedule featuring more than 200 daily flights to 48 destinations across Canada, the United ... Read More
Canada: The Minister of Culture and Communications makes two announcements
Dmytro Makarov- July 13, 2020Minister of Culture and Communications?Nathalie Roy?today visited the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ) to make two important announcements ... Read More
Air Canada explores rapid COVID-19 testing
Harry S. Johnson- July 10, 2020Air Canada has engaged Spartan Bioscience Inc., an Ottawa-based biotechnology leader in portable DNA testing technology, to assess how best ... Read More
Canada joins Global Ocean Alliance
Harry S. Johnson- July 10, 2020Canada is an ocean nation with the longest coastline in the world. Canadians rely on healthy marine ecosystems to sustain ... Read More
VIA Rail Canada re-launches Québec City-Montréal-Ottawa service
Harry S. Johnson- July 9, 2020Due to an increase in demand resulting from the progressive deconfinement implemented by public health authorities in Québec and Ontario, ... Read More
Air Canada axes 30 domestic routes, closes eight stations in Canada
Harry S. Johnson- June 30, 2020Air Canada announced today that it is indefinitely suspending service on 30 domestic regional routes and closing eight stations at ... Read More
Corporate travel in Europe expected to rebound faster than in North America
Harry S. Johnson- June 30, 2020A global survey of Uniglobe Travel corporate clients finds that companies in Europe are almost twice as likely as those ... Read More
Air Canada announces election of Directors
Harry S. Johnson- June 27, 2020Air Canada announced that all of the nominees listed in the management proxy circular dated May 4, 2020 were elected ... Read More
WestJet announces organizational changes to secure its future
Chief Assignment Editor- June 25, 2020Today, WestJet announced organizational changes that will see the company consolidate call center activity in Alberta, contract out?airport operations in?all ... Read More
New health measures announced at Montréal-Trudeau International Airport
Harry S. Johnson- June 20, 2020Since the very beginning of the crisis, ADM Aéroports de Montréal has been working closely with federal and provincial public ... Read More
US and Canada extend border closure until July 21
Harry S. Johnson- June 16, 2020Canada and the US have agreed to extend their deal to keep the border closed to non-essential travel during the ... Read More
Canada’s Transport Minister addresses ICAO on Ukraine International Airlines flight shot down in Iran
Harry S. Johnson- June 10, 2020On January 8, 2020, Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 was shot down near Tehran by an Iranian surface-to-air missile, killing ... Read More