WestJet

WestJet director of commercial strategy Frank Satusky wants to 'own the west' of Canada.

The codeshare announcement comes after WestJet said all of its long-haul flying will be based at Calgary.

The carrier will make YYC, its home airport, the locus of its international network.

The country once had among the strictest COVID-19 travel rules in the world.

It is hoped the new service will help to strengthen Winnipeg’s growing film and TV industry.

The Canadian carrier intends to increase capacity of sun and leisure flights by 45% compared with the previous winter season.

The German airline plans to increase connectivity to Canada from next spring and has selected the Airbus A320neo family to modernize its short and medium-haul fleet.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

Routes selects 50 new air services set to start around the world in May 2022, looking at the planned frequency, start date and aircraft to be used.

The Canadian carriers’ new codeshare accord also includes Air Transat placing its code on a host of WestJet’s North America routes.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

As the carrier prepares to reinstate more routes to its network, it is also adding new flights between Toronto and Chicago.

The acquisition of Toronto-headquartered Sunwing will increase WestJet’s footprint in leisure markets as demand continues to rebound.

Routes selects 50 new air services set to start around the world in March 2022, looking at the planned frequency, start date and aircraft to be used.

Air Canada has resumed its seasonal route between Montreal and Sao Paolo, which will operate throughout the winter until March 2022.

If approved, the routes will become the first international services from Spokane in more than a decade.

The UK’s busiest airport will join the Canadian carrier’s network from next year.

The network additions include the launch of a new international destination from the ULCC’s Western Canadian base.

The services are part of a winter schedule that will see the Calgary-based carrier’s network grow to more than 95 destinations.

A pair of new domestic services will launch during the summer 2022 season.

The carrier already operates to Dublin from Halifax and its Calgary base.

Virgin Australia’s new seasonal flights to Launceston, Wizz Air adding connections from Hungary and Romania and Saudia returning to Manchester are among the latest new route announcements and services resuming.

CEO Ed Sims says the carrier will proceed with 'caution' when building back its European network.

The Canadian carrier will return to the Scottish market during the summer 2022 season with two new routes from Toronto and the resumption of flights to Glasgow from Nova Scotia.

The carrier will also extend its Calgary-SFO summer service to year-round.