PLAY has entered the Canadian market with the launch of its new daily service between Reykjavik and Hamilton near Toronto on Thursday 22 June. The 4,240-kilometre route will be maintained with the 214-seat A321neo. The LCC faces no competition between the two cities. Flight OG201 departs from Reykjavik’s Keflavik Airport at 15:20 local time, arriving in […]
June 29, 2023 | Latest Route News +
Icelandic carrier PLAY has announced its first destination in Canada, Hamilton. The airport is 85 kilometres from central Toronto and 115 kilometres from Buffalo, New York. It is also the closest Canadian airport to Niagara Falls and is nearer to other big Ontario cities, like London and Kitchener, than Toronto YYZ. Keflavik-Hamilton will operate daily […]
January 18, 2023 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Swoop continues to grow its international network from Canada. On 11 January the lower-cost subsidiary of WestJet began weekly (Wednesday) service from Hamilton to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. The 2,935-kilometre route is also served weekly by both Air Transat and Sunwing Airlines. Swoop plans to fly the route year-round with its 737-800s. This […]
January 16, 2023 | Latest Route News +
WestJet’s ultra low-cost subsidiary Swoop (IATA code WO), celebrated its third anniversary on Sunday 20 June 2021 with the introduction of a new route between Hamilton in Ontario and Kelowna in British Columbia. The 3,080-kilometre route is currently served weekly using the airline’s fleet of 189-seat 737-800s, of which it currently has nine. No other […]
June 23, 2021 | Airlines, Airports, North America