Source: Air Canada Air Canada three new U.S. routes, including service from Toronto and Montreal to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, and Toronto to Sacramento as part of its trans-border summer schedule. For summer 2023, Air Canada will also restore 13 trans-border services and increase frequencies on more than a dozen popular routes to the U.S. in rebuilding its global network following the pandemic. "Air Canada is very pleased to offer customers the most choice of any carrier flying to the U.S. for Summer 2023, where we will operate more than 400 daily flights on 95 routes to 47 destinations. We are getting an early start with new routes to JFK from both Toronto and Montreal beginning March 26, and Toronto-Sacramento in June. As well, we will restore previously suspended routes and increase frequencies on existing routes as we [...]

Source: Canadian North Canadian North, Canada’s Arctic Airline, announced it will add daily nonstop Boeing 737 jet service between Yellowknife and Calgary. The new jet route between Calgary and Yellowknife provides easier and faster access to Northern destinations out of Canadian North’s Yellowknife hub. The flights begin Tuesday, February 14, just in time for Valentine’s Day.  Canadian North will also increase its jet service between Edmonton and Yellowknife. The new Calgary to Yellowknife 737 jet flights will operate daily, Monday through Sunday, on Canadian North’s Boeing 737 jet aircraft allowing travelers quick, comfortable and smooth jet service.  Passengers will be treated to  complimentary fresh, never frozen, hot inflight meals and beverage service, topped off with its signature warm cookie and specialty [...]

Source: American Airlines American Airlines also unveils planned summer 2023 international routes American Airlines and JetBlue Airways are further increasing competition for travelers in the Northeast. The airlines announced they are adding a variety of new nonstop destinations from New York’s LaGuardia Airport (LGA), Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) and Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) in 2023. The new service — which includes many routes currently only flown by one other carrier — is made possible through JetBlue and American’s innovative and effective Northeast Alliance (NEA). The NEA will offer nearly 300 daily departures from New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) and will serve 49 of the top 50 global markets in 2023. Across New York’s three major airports, [...]

Source: Viva Aerobus Viva Aerobus announced today its November 2022 preliminary traffic results. Viva Aerobus’ passenger traffic increased 28.1% to 1.93 million passengers compared to November 2021, driven by an increase of 31.5% and 4.6% in domestic and international traffic, respectively. Load factors reached 85.9% compared to 88.0% in 2021, reflecting an 86.9% and 80.9% load factor in domestic and international, respectively. Viva Aerobus grew its total capacity in available seat miles (ASMs) by 31.5% compared to November 2021, reflecting an increase of 34.3% and 19.9% in domestic and international, respectively. Year-to-date (January-November), Viva’s traffic reached 18.68 million passengers, a 37.3% increase compared to 2021, with load factors increasing 2.5 p.p. to 86.0%. “Demand remained strong in November, allowing us [...]