WestJet commenced seasonal operations between Winnipeg and Nashville on Monday 16 September. The 1,750-kilometre service will be maintained 2-weekly, on Mondays and Fridays, with the 737 MAX 8 aircraft. The carrier faces no competition between the two cities. Flights will run until 15 November. To mark the occasion, Winnipeg Airport presented a delicious celebratory cake, […]
September 18, 2024 | Latest Route News +
With World Routes on our doorstep signalling the last quarter of 2024 we caught up with Paul Forde Director Air Service Development at Winnipeg Airports Authority. To find out more about the airports successes, the hurdles it has overcome since the pandemic and what we can expect moving forward. And as always being Air […]
September 10, 2024 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Porter Airlines introduced a new domestic service between its Toronto YYZ hub and Winnipeg on Thursday 7 September. The 1,505-kilometre service will be maintained 2-daily with the 132-seat E195E2 aircraft. Winnipeg joins Porter Airlines’ network for the first time. What they said Kevin Jackson, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer at Porter Airlines, said: […]
September 12, 2023 | Latest Route News +
WestJet on 31 October began 3-weekly service between Winnipeg and Los Angeles using its 737-800s. Flights on the 2,480-kilometre route will operate on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays. The two airports have not been connected with non-stop service since at least 2000. According to the airport this is the first new major destination out of Winnipeg […]
November 14, 2022 | Latest Route News +
The skies of Canada welcomed a new airline last week when Calgary-based Lynx Air (IATA code Y9) launched its first route between Calgary and Vancouver on Thursday 7 April. However, the airline is not quite as new as it seems as it has evolved out of Enerjet, which received its Canadian AOC as long ago […]
April 14, 2022 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America
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