Air France has become the only carrier to currently offer non-stop service between Europe and the Canadian capital of Ottawa with the recent introduction of flights from Paris CDG. The 5,675-kilometre route will be flown 5-weekly, departing the French capital daily except for Wednesdays and Fridays using the airline’s 224-seat A330-200s according to Cirium data. […]
July 6, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Ottawa ended 2022 with just shy of three million passengers, according to the airport’s own statistics. Traffic at Canada’s capital airport was 41% lower than in 2019, with US and non-US international down by 72% and 79% respectively. It was not helped by the exit of American and Delta, nor the loss of eight US, […]
February 15, 2023 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Swoop (IATA code WO) launched its first service to Ottawa (in Ontario) on Monday 25 April. The Canadian capital is now being served 3-weekly (Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays) from Edmonton (in Alberta) by WestJet’s low-cost subsidiary. The 2,860-kilometre route is already served 3-weekly by low-cost rival Flair Airlines (who launched the route last June). Swoop […]
May 4, 2022 | Latest Route News +
Passenger demand in Canada is finally starting to recover. Latest passenger figures collected by CATSA at Canada’s eight busiest airports shows a rapid improvement since early June. At that time demand was only at 10% of the 2019 figure. However, by the end of August, demand was up to around 45% of the pre-pandemic figure, […]
September 17, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America