WestJet today celebrated the completion of its inaugural flight from Calgary International Airport to London’s Heathrow Airport with the arrival of flight WS18 in England. This new service complements WestJet’s already existing flights to London-Gatwick, with up to nine flights a week between Calgary and London this summer. “We are pleased to provide our guests travelling to London for business and leisure with greater choice and convenience as we celebrate our inaugural flight to Heathrow Airport,” said Chris Hedlin, WestJet Vice-President, Network & Alliances. “This new route not only strengthens Alberta’s travel and tourism pipeline but creates new opportunities for Read more
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Apple Maps are bigger, bolder and better than ever. As of today, Apple Mapls delivers new, beautifully detailed experiences to explore great Canadian cities. Maps adds a three-dimensional city view with rich detail, enhanced navigation, immersive walking directions, and more for Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver The Apple Maps city experience is now available in Canada, offering users rich three-dimensional details for Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver. The newly enhanced city experience —which expands on the new map that Apple spent years building from the ground up —includes enhanced navigation and amazing details for road markings, land cover, trees, elevation, and public Read more
Lynx Air, Canada’s new ultra-affordable airline, takes to the skies in just two weeks and today the airline is providing a sneak preview of its crew uniforms. The uniforms will feature the signature red and white colour scheme of the airline’s bold but friendly brand. The distinctive Lynx paw print makes a cameo appearance in sky blue, roaming across a snow-white neck scarf. To celebrate the upcoming launch, the airline is announcing a competition to win a weekend away from Vancouver to Calgary, Toronto, or Kelowna. Each weekend getaway package includes two return Lynx flights, flying on the airline’s brand-new Boeing 737 Read more
Canadians are booking trips to Europe and the U.S.. Cruise companies are expanding rapidly. And new hotels are being built in Canada around the world. The latest RBC consumer tracking figures for Canada finds that travel spending recently touched pre-COVID levels for the first time as pandemic restrictions eased. “The domestic tourism recovery continues to outpace international travel but Canadian spending on restaurants and hotels abroad has also been rising,” RBC said. Meanwhile, the American Automobile Association this week said cruise bookings during the past four weeks are twice as high as this time last year. Just 612 Canadians visited Read more
From the 70th anniversary for Queen Elizabeth on the throne to the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, there’s plenty to celebrate in Great Britain this year. On top of all that, they’ve eliminated all travel restrictions, so there’s no form to fill out, no test to take and no quarantine to fret over. “It’s like the gold old days,” I said in a chat this morning with Dame Judith Macgregor, chair of the British Tourism Authority. “Yes,” she replied with a laugh. “We just value it more, don’t we?” Amen to that. Macgregor, an engaging interview, said travel trends are very Read more
