Swoop, Canada’s leading ultra-low-cost airline, is setting its sights south with newly added flights to Mexico and the Caribbean from Hamilton, Toronto, Winnipeg, Edmonton, and Abbotsford, B.C. “As Canada’s leading ultra-low fare airline, we are thrilled to be expanding sun-flying this winter,” said Bob Cummings, President of Swoop. “With winter weather upon us, demand for leisure travel down south is reaching new heights and we’re proud to meet that demand with this added capacity.” The “ultra-not-expensive airline” recently completed a significant fleet expansion, inducting six new Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft to meet demand for ultra-low-cost leisure travel. Beginning in Read more

Almost one in ten Americans admit to sleeping with strangers on vacation. And roughly one in five hate going on holidays with their in-laws. A study by Play USA looked at American travel habits for trips to Las Vegas and other destinations, and found U.S. residents can get a little rowdy when they’re away from home. Nearly one in 10 said they slept with a stranger in Vegas, and 17% regretted it. Twenty per cent of respondents admitted they behaved worse than they would have at home, with 10% saying they were embarrassed by their behavior. Half of the respondents Read more

WestJet today released its annual Christmas Miracle video. This year’s spot introduces WestJet’s newest community investment program Miracle Miles, transforming ordinary flights with WestJet into an opportunity for guests to give back to their communities. The initiative grants anyone onboard select flights with $1 for every mile flown to give to an eligible charity or non-profit organization of their choice. “At WestJet we are proud to serve a diverse array of communities all year long. In the holiday season we know there is joy to be found in both giving and receiving, so for this year’s Christmas Miracle, we wanted Read more

A new global study conducted by JourneyWoman shows that women over 50 feel ignored and undervalued by the travel industry. Journeywoman surveyed more than 1,000 seasoned women travelers, almost all of them aged 55 or older, and found that 70% of them feel that the travel industry doesn’t understand the needs of mature solo women over 50. Women also expressed concern about the lack of age-appropriate and diverse photography, a desire to see more appropriate terminology to describe older women and more emphasis on mobility and accessibility requirements. Journeywoman, the world’s original solo women’s travel publication, said 96% of the Read more

The Toronto-Vancouver air route is getting more crowded. Canada Jetlines, Canada’s new leisure airline, today confirmed the inaugural flight for its new, nonstop service out of its travel hub at Toronto Pearson to Vancouver International Airport. Porter Airlines on Thursday revealed that it will begin flying between Toronto and Vancouver on Feb. 7, 2023. Porter said it plans to have three flights a day by March 21 of next year. Canada Jetlines will commence direct roundtrip Airbus A320 service from Toronto to Vancouver, with the inaugural flight event taking place both at the Toronto departure and Vancouver arrival gates today, Read more

Porter Airlines has revealed its first destinations for its new Embraer long-range jets. The Toronto-based airline says it will begin operations at Toronto Pearson on Feb. 1, 2023, with flights to Ottawa and Montreal Trudeau airports. Six days later, Feb. 7, will see their first flight to the west coast, a Toronto-Vancouver trip. That gives Ontario residents a new way to fly to B.C., and British Columbia flyers a new way to head east. Flights between Toronto-Montreal and Toronto-Ottawa start at an introductory fare of $225 round-trip. Introductory fares for Vancouver-Toronto start at just $248 round-trip. Porter is starting with Read more