How little would you pay to fly from Vancouver to Asia? Right now, it’s a small fortune, but hope is on the horizon for budget-conscious travellers. Both Air Canada and Air Transat […]
Airport Improvement Fee here to stay: YVR chief
The tax bite you pay to fly out of Vancouver won’t be going down any time soon – and it’s all because the airport wants to be the key hub for airlines […]
Tracking Western flight movements
New data from Statistics Canada shows what we reported earlier on this blog; increasing passenger numbers in Edmonton (and, we’re learning, in Calgary and Vancouver) are not translating into new flights. The […]
WestJet buys Canadian
WestJet Selects Bombardier Q400 NextGen Airliner, a photo by Bombardier Aerospace on Flickr. Westjet announced Tuesday, that it would buy up to 45 Bombardier Q400 aircraft for its proposed regional air line. […]
Winnipeg reports strong growth
Winnipeg International Airport released its quarterly results, Wednesday, showing almost eight per cent more passengers in the first three months of the year than during the same period last year. Growth was […]
Ho-hum another record month at YEG
With growth returning to Canada’s airports, can a more widespread economic recovery be far behind? It’s generally accepted that airlines are a leading indicator of economic health. When things are going badly, […]