It did not take long for Turkish Airlines to announce their new service after Canada and Turkey signed a new air service agreement earlier this month. Starting on Jul 11, Turkish will fly 3 times weekly between Toronto and Istanbul using their A330 aircraft. Schedule is as follows: TK17 Monday, Thursday, Saturday Istanbul 11:30 Toronto […]
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Porter announce service to Boston
Porter announced today that they will begin service to Boston on Sep 14, 2009. They will offer up to 3 daily non-stops from Toronto Island Airport aboard their Dash8-Q400 Aircraft. Boston is the third U.S. city that Porter will fly to after Newark and Chicago. Source: Porter Press Release
WestJet expands service to Mexico
WestJet has announced quite a major expansion to Mexico for the upcoming winter season. It appears one of the reasons behind this expansion was the termination of the contract between Air Transat and WestJet. These flights will continue to allow WestJet to maximize the utilization of its fleet during the winter months and provides many […]
Northwest/Delta to suspend service to Waterloo
From the Waterloo International Airport Website: “Effective June 1, 2009 Delta / Northwest Airlines service from the Region of Waterloo International Airport (YKF) will be suspended. If you are booked on a flight, departing from the Region of Waterloo International Airport after the June 1, 2009 suspension date please contact Delta / Northwest Airlines customer […]
Italy is popular this year, Air Canada adding more flights
Air Canada is increasing service between Toronto and Rome to 10x weekly from 7x weekly for the summer season. Demand is obviously up and this route must now be proving popular as in the past this route was started, stopped, started etc. by Air Canada. The extra three flights will run from Jul 16 to […]
WestJet to cut Winnipeg to Regina and Saskatoon
According to this post on FlyerTalk, WestJet spokesman Robert Palmer confirmed the direct flights between Manitoba and Saskatchewan’s 2 big cities are being cut. Passengers must now fly via Calgary to connect between the three cities. One person noted however that the flights seem to resume for the winter schedule but that can always change.
Air Canada not code sharing on TAP Trans Atlantic Flights
Apparently Air Canada has not placed their code on the TAP Trans-Atlantic flights as was originally planned http://airlineroute.blogspot.com/2009/04/air-canada-cancel-codeshare-on-tap.html