Starting this November, vacationers from Alberta’s capital city of Edmonton can trade below freezing temperatures for sunshine when they head to some of the most popular vacation spots in Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America this snowy season. With returning Sunwing flights to eight sought-after destinations, customers can explore, celebrate and do more in paradise this winter. “We are thrilled to bring more southern routes to Edmonton International Airport this winter with multiple weekly direct flights on board Sunwing Airlines,” said Andrew Dawson, President of Tour Operations for Sunwing. “As a key market for us that has provided consistent support Read more
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Things don’t seem to be improving a whole lot at Toronto Pearson. With the summer travel season winding down and kids heading back to school, it seems Canadians are still flying a great deal. And still getting delayed. Using stats from flightaware.com, I tracked outbound delays at Toronto Pearson for five consecutive days, August 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28. I found cancellations are quite low, which is good news. But delays remain stubbornly high. Here’s what I found for OUTBOUND flights, courtesy of Flight Aware. August 24: 12 cancelled (1%). 168 delayed (27%) August 25: 7 cancelled (1%), 223 Read more
As airline passengers continue to struggle with baggage issues, delays and cancellations, stay close to home this August and hit the open road with Marriott Bonvoy. Take advantage of special end of summer savings that include perks such as food and beverage credits, parking, attraction passes and complimentary gas cards up to $100 in value. So pack up the kids, curate your own playlist and explore all that Canada has to offer at these participating hotels*: Toronto Delta Hotels by Marriott Toronto (I especially love the Delta on Bremner Boulevard; a relatively new and very stylish hotel just a few Read more
It looked like things might be improving at Canadian airports, but Sunday was not at all good. A glance at Flight Aware stats shows Toronto Pearson on Sunday (July 31) had 25 cancelled outbound flights (4%) and 238 delays (40%). Last week’s stats were generally around 38% or 39% delays for outbound Pearson flights. It was pretty much the same on Sunday at Montreal Trudeau, which had eight cancellations (2%) but 119 delays (40%). In Calgary, seven outbound flights were cancelled (2%) and 96 delayed (33%). For Edmonton, there were five cancellations (3%) and 36 delays (25%). Toronto Pearson has Read more
The Trudeau government says the passport situation is improving, but there’s still work to do. “Canadians deserve access to timely, efficient, and transparent passport delivery services,” said Karina Gould, federal minister for Families, Children and Social Development. “We’re continuing to tackle big challenges in the passport program, and as the summer progresses, thanks to the hard work of Service Canada staff, we continue to see improvements in service delivery. “We are starting to put a dent in the backlog,” Gould said. “Last week, the number of passports issued was higher than at any point since before the pandemic, at 54,312. Read more
