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British Airways to bring the Boeing 787-8 to Toronto on September 1, issues a new video

British Airways (London) has confirmed it will introduce the new Boeing 787 to both Toronto (Pearson) and Newark as the first two 787 routes. The 787 will debut on the London (Heathrow)-Toronto (Pearson) route on September 1 and the Heathrow-Newark route a month later. The new 787s and Airbus A380s will replace the 30 older Boeing 747-400s between 2017 and 2023.

Copyright Photo: Nick Dean/AirlinersGallery.com. Boeing 787-8 G-ZBJB (msn 38610) was handed over by Boeing on June 25 followed by the pictured G-ZBJA (msn 38609) on June 29. Crews are currently undergoing training with both aircraft.

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Philippine Airlines to continue Toronto flights

Philippine Airlines (Philippines) (Manila) was planning to drop all service to Toronto (Pearson) on September 18 per Airline Route. The flag carrier was serving YYZ via an extension of the Manila-Vancouver route three days a week.

Update: According to Airline Route, PAL appears to have reversed its decision and has re-opened reservations for Toronto flights after September 18.

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Air Canada to serve Red Deer, Alberta starting on September 3

Air Canada (Montreal) announced today it will commence scheduled service to Red Deer, Alberta on September 3, 2013 with three daily flights from Red Deer Airport to Calgary. Flights will be operated by Air Georgian (Toronto-Pearson) under the Air Canada Express brand, using 18-seat Beechcraft 1900D aircraft.

Flight #	Depart Red Deer (YQF)	Arrive Calgary (YYC)	Flight #	Depart Calgary (YYC)	Arrive Red Deer (YQF)
AC7205	05:30	05:57	AC7206	08:45	09:12
AC7207	09:35	10:00	AC7208	13:20	13:47
AC7209	14:10	14:37	AC7210	21:30	21:57

Copyrigth Photo: Keith Burton/AirlinersGallery.com. Beech (Raytheon) 1900D C-GAAR (msn UE-207) prepares to land at the Toronto (Pearson) hub.

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Route Map: Air Georgian operates from three far-flung Air Canada hubs.

Aer Lingus to fly to both San Francisco and Toronto

Aer Lingus (Dublin) has announced it will reinstate the Dublin-San Francisco route on April 2, 2014. The Irish carrier is also planning to open a new route to Toronto (Pearson) on April 21, 2014 in competition with Air Canada rouge.

As previously reported, Aer Lingus is adding three leased Boeing 757-200s to supplement its Airbus fleet, allowing for some expansion.

Aer Lingus issued this statement:

Aer Lingus today (July 3) announced significant expansion to its trans-Atlantic route offering for 2014. In addition to its existing services from Boston, Chicago (O’Hare), New York (JFK) and Orlando, the airline will commence year round direct service between San Francisco and Dublin from April 2014 with 5 services per week being operated by Airbus A330 wide-body aircraft.

Aer Lingus will also commence direct year-round service from Canada from April 2014. A daily direct Boeing 757 service between Toronto (Pearson) and Dublin will operate during the summer season, with up to four weekly services operating during the winter. Two Boeing 757 aircraft will be based in Shannon and will be used to deliver increased frequency on existing services from Boston and New York. Year-round connections from the east-coast to Shannon will be introduced. This expansion will directly support more than 200 new jobs.

In addition Aer Lingus customers from sixteen cities across the U.S. (including Seattle/Tacoma, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and San Diego) will benefit from convenient connections to Ireland via San Francisco, as well as a number of UK and European cities via Dublin. The new San Francisco route also represents a business opportunity for Aer Lingus Cargo.

Further to the direct service to Ireland from Toronto, Aer Lingus will provide connections from eight Canadian cities including Vancouver, Montreal and Calgary. Once in Dublin, flights will connect to over twenty UK and European cities.

This growth plan will bring the Aer Lingus long haul schedule to 10 daily trans-Atlantic services, connecting North America with Ireland and Europe.

Copyright Photo: SM Fitzwilliams Collection/AirlinersGallery.com. Airbus A330-302X EI-ELA (msn 1106) prepares to depart from the Dublin hub.

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Sunwing Airlines to fly Toronto-Curacao weekly winter flights

Sunwing Airlines (flysunwing.com) (Toronto-Pearson) has announced new nonstop service from Toronto (Pearson) to Curaçao. The weekly flights will operate from December 15, 2013 to March 30, 2014.

Copyright Photo: Keith Burton/AirlinersGallery.com. Boeing 737-8HX C-FTOH (msn 29647) arrives back at the Toronto (Pearson) base.

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The founder, CEO and owner of Sunwing, Colin Hunter, at night, is a singer:

Route Map: Sunwing serves basically strong winter vacation destinations from Toronto to the Caribbean, Las Vegas, Florida, the Bahamas, Central America, Mexico and now South America as well as strong summer vacation destinations to Europe.

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Sunwing Airlines reaches a tentative agreement with its flight attendants union, averting a strike

Sunwing Airlines (Toronto-Pearson) has reached a tentative agreement with its flight attendants represented by the CUPE union.

The agreement will be submitted to members of the union for a vote following a round of general meetings in March. If accepted, this will be the first collective agreement for Sunwing flight attendants, who voted to join the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) in March 2012.

In early February, the union had raised the possibility of a strike at the end of March. With this tentative agreement, that scenario has been avoided.

The union will not comment on the details of the agreement until the conclusion of the voting period towards the end of March.

Copyright Photo: TMK Photography. Boeing 737-8K5 C-FRZJ (msn 34690) in the 2012 “Oasis Loves U” promotional scheme taxies past the camera at the Toronto (Pearson) home.

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WestJet is coming to Dallas/Fort Worth and Myrtle Beach, Encore to launch on June 24

WestJet Airlines (Calgary) will add Dallas/Fort Worth on April 29 with daily service from the Calgary hub per Airline Route. Additionally the fast-growing carrier will also add Myrtle Beach, SC and the Toronto (Pearson)-Myrtle Beach route with twice-weekly service on May 2.

The carrier is also expected to launch its new WestJet Enclore Bombardier Q400 turboprop operation on June 24 initially with two bases at Calgary and Vancouver. Initially Calgary will connect Edmonton, Fort St. John, Nanaimo and Saskatoon. From Vancouver Encore will serve Fort S. John and Victoria.

This morning the airline the released this statement:

WestJet today announced the launch of new nonstop service between Toronto and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and between Calgary and Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, beginning this spring. Flights on both routes will be operated using the airline’s fleet of Boeing Next-Generation 737 aircraft.

Starting May 2, 2013, WestJet will introduce twice-weekly service on Thursdays and Sundays between Toronto and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Daily service between Calgary and Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, will begin on April 29, 2013. Flights for both services, featuring great introductory fares, will be available for purchase on February 11, 2013.

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport is the fourth-largest airport in the United States, as well as a major hub for WestJet’s partner, American Airlines. WestJet’s relationship with American Airlines will enable guests to access three round-trip flights a day between Calgary and Dallas, a key Western business route, as well as American’s extensive network beyond Dallas.

Details of WestJet’s new non-stop twice-weekly (Thursday and Sunday) service between Toronto and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, are as follows:

Flight	Departing	Arriving	Effective
1154	Toronto at 9:30 a.m.	Myrtle Beach at 11:35 a.m.	May 2, 2013
1155	Myrtle Beach at 12:20 p.m.	Toronto at 2:14 p.m.	May 2, 2013

Details of WestJet’s new nonstop daily service between Calgary and Dallas-Fort Worth are:

Flight	Departing	Arriving	Effective
1554	Calgary at 10:25 a.m.	Dallas-Fort Worth at 2:58 p.m.	April 29, 2013
1555	Dallas-Fort Worth at 3:45 p.m.	Calgary at 6:29 p.m.	April 29, 2013

Introductory one-way fares are:

Departing	Arriving	Air transportation charges (ATC)		Taxes, fees and charges	Total one-way price from
Departing	Arriving	Base fare from	Other ATC	Taxes, fees and charges	Total one-way price from
Calgary	Dallas-Fort Worth	$139	$7.50	$81.89	$228.39*CAD
Toronto	Myrtle Beach	$79	$7.50	$80.89	$167.39*CAD

*Some restrictions apply. Please see westjet.com for full details.

Within Canada, WestJet is also increasing the number of flights between Toronto and Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon and Regina, and will introduce new non-stop service between Toronto and Fort McMurray. The airline will also increase to two flights daily from one between Calgary and Los Angeles, and to 11 from seven flights weekly between Toronto and Orlando.

WestJet also released this statement about Encore:

WestJet announced the launch of new nonstop daily service to Fort St. John and Nanaimo, British Columbia. The service will be operated by WestJet Encore’s fleet of Bombardier Q400 NextGen aircraft, and includes new daily service between Vancouver and Victoria.

“The announcement of the first two cities to be served by WestJet Encore is an historic moment for this new airline,” said Ferio Pugliese, Executive Vice-President, WestJet, and President, WestJet Encore. “As Canada’s low-fare leader, we look forward to introducing our award-winning guest experience to Canadians in smaller communities while connecting to our network of 85 destinations in 18 countries.”

In June 2012 , representatives from more than 30 Canadian cities came to WestJet’s Calgary campus to convey their interest in WestJet Encore. Fort St. John and Nanaimo are the first two cities, and others will be added in the future.

“We are just getting started,” said Ferio Pugliese. “The communities that are not part of today’s announcement continue to be under consideration as we take delivery of additional aircraft later this year and in the years to come.”

Details of the new daily service between Calgary , Fort St. John, Vancouver and Victoria are:

Flight	Departing	Arriving	Effective
3101	Calgary at 4 p.m.	Fort St. John at 4:39 p.m.	June 24, 2013
3103	Fort St. John at 5:10 p.m.	Vancouver at 6:55 p.m.	June 24, 2013
3103	Vancouver at 7:25 p.m.	Victoria at 7:55 p.m.	June 24, 2013
3102	Victoria at 7:15 a.m.	Vancouver at 7:44 a.m.	June 25, 2013
3102	Vancouver at 8:15 a.m.	Fort St. John at 9:59 a.m.	June 25, 2013
3100	Fort St. John at 10:30 a.m.	Calgary at 1 p.m.	June 25, 2013

Introductory one-way fares are:

Departing	Arriving	Air transportation charges (ATC)		Taxes, fees & charges	Total one-way price from
Departing	Arriving	Base fare from	Other ATC	Taxes, fees & charges	Total one-way price from
Calgary	Fort St. John	$109	$18	$45.33	*$172.33 CAD**
Fort St. John	Vancouver	$109	$18	$43.37	*$170.37 CAD**
Vancouver	Victoria	$49	$12	$20.89	*$81.89CAD**
Victoria	Vancouver	$49	$12	$26.49	*$87.49CAD**
Vancouver	Fort St. John	$109	$18	$28.81	*$155.81CAD**
Fort St. John	Calgary	$109	$18	$43.37	*$170.37CAD**

*Some restrictions apply. Please see westjet.com for full details.

Details of the new daily service between Calgary and Nanaimo are:

Flight	Departing	Arriving	Effective
3109	Calgary at 11 a.m.	Nanaimo at 11:43 a.m.	June 24, 2013
3108	Nanaimo at 12:30 p.m.	Calgary at 2:57 p.m.	June 24, 2013

Introductory one-way fares are:

Departing	Arriving	Air transportation charges (ATC)		Taxes, fees & charges	Total one-way price from
Departing	Arriving	Base fare from	Other ATC	Taxes, fees & charges	Total one-way price from
Calgary	Nanaimo	$79	$18	$43.83	*$140.83CAD**
Nanaimo	Calgary	$79	$18	$30.81	*$127.81CAD**

*Some restrictions apply.

WestJet Encore will take delivery of its first two Canadian-built, 78-seat Bombardier Q400 turboprop aircraft in June 2013 and add five more by the end of the year. WestJet has firm orders for a total of 20 Q400s and options for an additional 25 over the next six years.

Image: WestJet.

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United Airlines to drop San Francisco-Toronto service on April 1

United Airlines (Chicago) is dropping the nonstop San Francisco-Toronto (Pearson) route on April 1 per Airline Route. Additionally the carrier is reintroducing the Cleveland-Seattle/Tacoma daily route for the summer season on June 13.

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United Domestic 1:2013 Route Map-1

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Air Georgian and Air Canada partner to offer a career path for aspiring pilots

Air Georgian (Toronto-Pearson) and Air Canada (Montreal) have jointly announced the creation of a unique cadet pilot hiring program for high-achieving Canadian youth. The program is designed to encourage young men and women to consider careers in commercial aviation by assisting them with pilot training and offering them a clearer path to rewarding employment opportunities. Candidates must be high school graduates with a strong academic record and have demonstrated leadership ability at school and in their community.

Eligible candidates will be selected by Air Georgian with the assistance of Air Canada. They will then receive two conditional offers of employment: The first offer, from Air Georgian, will be conditional upon successful completion of both a 50-week, student-funded, pilot training program at Flight Safety Academy in Vero Beach, Florida culminating in obtaining a Commercial Pilot Licence and a Multi-Engine Instrument Rating from Flight Safety Academy and Air Georgian-funded training at Flight Safety International in Toronto. The second offer of employment, from Air Canada, is contingent upon successful training and employment as a pilot with Air Georgian for a minimum of four years as well as on meeting certain employment standards at Air Canada.

“We are very excited about our Cadet Program partnership with Air Canada,” said Eric Edmondson, President of Air Georgian. “This program will help both Air Georgian and Air Canada attract, train and employ the best and the brightest youth in Canada in a very challenging and rewarding career. This is an innovative program designed to address our need for highly skilled labour, while offering some bright and enthusiastic young Canadians a clear school-to-work transition option. This partnership with Air Canada is the result of a number of years of working closely together transitioning pilots and specifically Captains from their first airline job at Air Georgian into a career position at Air Canada. This partnership represents a single stream of recruitment and retention programs offered under Air Georgian’s “One Regional” program. Other streams include a highly successful mentorship program through a partnership with Seneca College, as well as other retention programs.”

“Air Canada is pleased to partner with Air Georgian on this innovative program. This program gives high achieving young Canadians an opportunity to develop their skills and find fulfilling careers in the challenging world of commercial aviation,” said Captain Rick Allen, Senior Director Flight Operations at Air Canada. “Both carriers will benefit from the ability to attract top talent while customers will gain assurance from the knowledge our pilots are selected from among the best candidates who will receive intensive preparation through the program’s carefully-guided training regime with its emphasis on safety.”

Flight Safety International was chosen by Air Canada and Air Georgian to provide the initial training because it is the world’s leading aviation training company. The Flight Safety Academy at Vero Beach is a world class facility where the instruction and equipment used are second to none.

Copyright Photo: Keith Burton. Air Georgian operates as an Air Canada Express operator feeding AC hubs across the country (see the route map below).

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Philippines to fly to Toronto starting on November 30

Philippines (Philippines Airlines) (Manila) has announced it will add Toronto (Pearson) and the nonstop Manila-Toronto route on November 30. The return routing will stop at Vancouver.

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