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Air Canada strike news update!
On top of the airline’s current impasse with their baggage handlers, mechanics and cargo agents – who were poised to strike Monday – Air Canada threatened to lock out their pilots as of Monday after their union rejected their final contract offer. But fear not spring break travellers Canada’s labour minister Lisa Raitt has referred both disputes to Canada’s industrial relations board meaning neither the strike or lockout can go ahead while the board is reviewing the disputes. The airline and its pilots [Read more...]
Continue reading...Air Canada’s baggage handlers, mechanics and cargo agents has issued strike notice to the airline.
7. March 2012
The union representing Air Canada’s baggage handlers, mechanics and cargo agents has issued strike notice to the airline. Union members voted 78 per cent in favour of the strike mandate after turning down the airlines latest offer. The union will be in strike position March 12 “The lines of communication remain open and we are hopeful that there remains sufficient time to avoid a work disruption,” Air Canada Chief Operating Officer Duncan Dee said in a statement. We’ll keep you up to [Read more...]
Continue reading...Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner made its Canadian debut…
6. March 2012
this past weekend but the massive airliner will soon be a familiar site in the country. Air Canada has ordered 37 B787 Dreamliners which will enter the airlines’ fleet in 2014. The Dreamliner’s first Canadian stop was Toronto but when it enters service with Air Canada it won’t just be serving Canada’s biggest city. Ben Smith, the airline’s chief financial officer says the 787s will begin flying out of Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal gradually expanding to serve Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa and Halifax. [Read more...]
Continue reading...WestJet expanding with addition of regional airline
11. February 2012
WestJet is expanding. The Calgary based airline is going ahead with plans to start a regional airline that will serve smaller Canadian cities. Currently WestJet’s fleet is made up exclusively of Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft which are too big to serve smaller cities.
Continue reading...Riu to open fourth resort in Cancun this summer
7. February 2012
Did you think accommodations in Cancun couldn't get any better? Well you were wrong, Riueally wrong. This summer Riu will open their fourth resort in Cancun, the Riu Palace Peninsula. The 562 room Peninsula will join the Riu Caribe, Riu Cancun and Riu Palace Las Americas in the tourist hotspot.
Continue reading...YVR’s airport improvement fee increasing
30. January 2012
Vancouver International Airport plans to spend $1.8 billion over the next decade to spruce itself up so it can remain competitive in the marketplace. What does this mean for the travelling public? It means that the airport improvement fee will jump from $15 to $20 come May 1 for those travelling outside of B.C. For those travelling within B.C. or the Yukon it will remain $5.
Continue reading...San Fran airport unveils its yoga room
26. January 2012
can't believe Vancouver International Airport didn't think of this first. Today San Francisco International Airport opened its yoga room. Yeah, a yoga room.
Continue reading...Cruising still a safe vacation option
24. January 2012
With the image of the stricken Costa Concordia sitting half-engulfed off the Italian coast still fresh in many minds the thought of a cruise vacation may seem a little unnerving. But cruise ships have stringent safeguards and regulations in place designed to keep passengers safe. The International Maritime Organization, a UN body that overseas the design and operation of cruise ships, regulates the cruise industry. The IMO mandates global standards for the safety and operation of cruise ships through the adoption of treaties, regulations and resolutions.
Continue reading...Travellers left over 400k in change at American airports in 2010
18. January 2012
Beep beep beep beep beep beep. Yeah you forgot to take that spare change out of your pocket. Okay go back to the tub and throw it in. But now you're behind schedule and in a rush and what oh no you forgot to take that $0.20 with you. It might not seem like a lot but the spare change that travellers leave behind going through airport security adds up.
Continue reading...Pedestrian walkway coming to Toronto’s Billy Bishop Airport
11. January 2012
The Billy Bishop Airport on Toronto City Island is beloved by business travellers. Both Porter and Air Canada operate short haul flights out of the airport to a range of destinations including Montreal, Toronto and beginning in April Washington D.C.
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Paris' iconic Eifel Tower. Photo Credit Wikipedia.
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9. March 2012
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