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By Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press
Air Canada and WestJet Airlines Ltd. are joining a growing wave of companies that have cut ties to SeaWorld, in sync with the spirit of a bill to ban whale and dolphin captivity and in the wake of concerns raised by animal rights advocates.
The Senate passed legislation last Tuesday that would make keeping and breeding cetaceans such as dolphins and whales a criminal offence.
By The Canadian Press
CALGARY – Swoop is resuming all scheduled flights to the U.S. after receiving its final operating approval.
The discount subsidiary of WestJet Airlines says flights that have been cancelled will resume starting Saturday.
Swoop airlines is launching a new Winnipeg to Edmonton route four times weekly beginning this fall.
WestJet‘s discount carrier says service will run from October 11 to April 27, 2019.
By The Canadian Press
MONTREAL — Air Canada and WestJet Airlines Ltd. are raising fees for passengers to check their bags.
The country’s two largest airlines are raising the fee for the first checked bag to $30 from $25, and for the second bag to $50 from $30.
Discount airline Swoop has launched its fourth aircraft with a seasonal summer route between Abbotsford, B.C. and Winnipeg.
Flights will be offered daily until Labour Day, which will then shift to five times per week until the end of the summer schedule on October 27.
Swoop, the discount offshoot of WestJet, has revealed its domestic winter schedule as the company’s third aircraft prepares for takeoff.
The airline began operations on June 20 and says bookings have been steady with noticeably full flights.
Travellers at 12 Canadian airports have been gifted the joy of Christmas magic over the last several weeks as WestJet surprised guests as part of its annual Christmas Miracle celebration.
The Calgary-based airline’s 12 Flights of Christmas made a pitstop in Winnipeg on November 21, where members of Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet performed an abbreviated version of Nutcracker.
WINNIPEG — Unsuspecting airline passengers were surprised Tuesday with a Christmas miracle at Winnipeg’s James Richardson International Airport.
WATCH:
WestJet transformed the arrivals hall for an impromptu abbreviated performance of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s Nutcracker.
