WestJet celebrated its 27th birthday at the end of February having taken to the sky on 29 February 1996 (yes, a leap day!). The carrier has undertaken a huge network transformation. Most recently, it ended all long-haul routes except from Calgary, its original and biggest airport – a real retreat-to-core. Over the past few years, […]
March 9, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Renowned for being a Dash-8-Q400 operator from Toronto YTZ, the close-to-downtown Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, Porter has now entered a new era of growth and network change. On 1 February, the carrier introduced its first jet service with its new Porter Airlines (Canada) Limited AOC. Using the Embraer E195-E2, it started two routes: Toronto […]
February 9, 2023 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Canada’s third-largest carrier by seats, Flair Airlines’ first scheduled flight took off in September 2017. In 1H 2023, Flair has just about three million seats, according to Cirium schedules information data. It uses 27 Boeing 737s, 24 of which are MAX 8s. Some 2.3 million (77%) of its capacity is deployed domestically. Despite the entry […]
January 26, 2023 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Canada Jetlines (IATA code AU) is the latest airline to launch low-cost, leisure flights in the Canadian domestic market. On Thursday 22 September the carrier launched its inaugural service between Toronto YYZ and Calgary. The 2,700-kilometre route will be flown just 2-weekly initially (Thursdays and Sundays), increasing to 3-weekly in October and November. The airline’s […]
September 23, 2022 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Canadian carrier WestJet launched domestic operations way back on 29 February 1996. Yes, 1996 was a leap year. It would be 18 years before it started flying to Europe. The first such route, started on 15 June 2014, was between St. John’s in Newfoundland and Dublin in Ireland, a sector length of ‘just’ 3,300 kilometres. […]
May 12, 2022 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story