Air Transat

The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.

Juneyao Air, Philippine Airlines and Air Transat are entering new international markets this summer, expanding their long-haul networks.

The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.

Air Transat and Porter Airlines are pushing forward with their new joint business venture

Although Canada often takes a backseat to the U.S. in North America’s market, the reality is Canada was dynamic before the COVID-19 pandemic.

This week’s staff movements in the commercial aviation industry highlight two Canadian carriers.

New routes from and within the Americas region are being opened by Emirates, Air Transat and Alaska Airlines.

Negotiators from Air Transat and the union representing its 2,100 flight attendants have forged a second tentative agreement.

Insufficient wage increases in relation to the cost of living and stagnant compensation from previous years were the major reasons they rejected the agreement.

For the airline and aerospace industries, many questions about pandemic recovery remain unanswered.

The Montreal-based airline currently has three aircraft affected, and the total number should reach five or six by the end of its fiscal 2024.

The partnership has the potential to transform the competitive landscape in Canada with a strong third option for consumers in the Canadian market.

Canadian carrier Porter Airlines has increased its order for Embraer E2s and announced a joint venture with leisure airline Air Transat.

Under the Canadian Labor Code, a strike would be legal as of Jan. 3, 2024, the Canadian Union of Public Employees says.

The joint venture is an enhanced partnership Porter’s top executive describes as having “the potential to transform the competitive landscape in Canada.”

Canada’s Air Transat plans to open a route to Marrakesh, Morocco, during the northern summer 2024 season.

Flights are being added in the Caribbean/Latin America as well as in Europe.

Canadian leisure carrier Air Transat is adding flights to Peru for the first time, with Montreal-Lima becoming the farthest Airbus A321LR route in its network.

The agreement allows the Canadian airline’s passengers more destination options in Colombia.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

The carrier will resume flying to the ‘Entertainment Capital of the World’ in November for the first time since 2015.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

Routes selects 50 new air services set to start around the world in May 2022, looking at the planned frequency, start date and aircraft to be used.

The Canadian carriers’ new codeshare accord also includes Air Transat placing its code on a host of WestJet’s North America routes.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.