The Quebec government on Tuesday said it will cap the cost of round-trip plane tickets for all travel within the province to the regions, as a way to increase tourism to rural areas located far from the big cities. Canadian Press and Global News report that, starting June 1, both residents and visitors travelling within Quebec won’t have to pay more than $500 out of pocket for round-trip tickets to places such as the Gaspé peninsula, Transport Minister Francois Bonnardel told reporters. Reports didn’t make it clear if the program includes Les Iles de la Madeleine, a group of Read more
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Thousands of Sunwing passengers have been stranded across Canada and outside of the country as the airline deals with a cyberattack. CP24 reports that Sunwing president Mark Williams apologized Tuesday to passengers who have been stranded for days and said the network outage affecting its flights is the result of a cyberattack on a third-party provider. “Obviously, this is a terrible situation and one that we didn’t expect,” Williams told CP24 in an interview. “Certainly apologize to everyone for the inconvenience this has caused. “Our goal is to get people on vacation on time with a new airplane and with Read more
Canada isn’t ditching its mask rules for airplane and train passengers, at least not yet. A U.S. federal court judge on Monday quashed the U.S. masking law. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in the States then announced it would no longer enforce masking rules on airlines. Canadian Transport Minister Omar Alghabra on Tuesday gave no indication that the Trudeau government plans to drop its masking requirement for air and train passengers in Canada in the near future, according to the CBC. “We constantly consult our experts and whenever the advice that we receive changes because the circumstances change, we will Read more
A new study says Niagara Falls remains king of the tourism castle in Canada, and that Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta hold the top spots. An online travel company called My Baggage ranked the top locations to visit in Canada in spring 2022 by analyzing popularity, weather, cost of activity, Tripadvisor review score, and TikTok views. Niagara Falls, Ontario was the leader by a vast margin, totalling 47.9 million views. Next was Lake Louise in Alberta followed by the Bruce Peninsula in southern Ontario. Here’s the full top 10 list along with the Trip Advisor rating and total Tik Tok Read more
The new head of discount Swoop Airlines says higher fuel prices have to be passed on to passengers. Bob Cummings, who was named head of Calgary-based Swoop last week, told Canadian Press on Easter Monday that his airline, a subsidiary of WestJet, can’t ignore market forces. “We’re always adjusting, almost real time, to those market forces when input costs to go up. And they really do need to be passed through in order for the company to be financially healthy,” he said. “We’ll be doing everything we can to minimize that and have affordable fares.” Citing information from the flight Read more
