Still, with competition among Canadian carriers mostly focused on North American routes, deals may not be quite as impressive on longer international flights, Mr. The new airplanes will be deployed to destinations throughout Canada, the U.S., Mexico and the Caribbean, the company said.
Porter Airlines, which has ordered 50 E195-E2 passenger jets from Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer S.A., said in July it expected the first of the new planes to be delivered and start service in the second half of 2022. The airline said it added 11 new destinations across Canada and the U.S. Swoop’s plans for the fall and winter include ramping up flight frequencies to its most popular routes beginning in November, the company said. 18 it had received final licensing approval from Transport Canada, is expected to soon join the country’s swelling ranks of ultra-low-cost carriers servicing destinations including Toronto, Moncton, N.B., and Prince Edward Island. Lynx, which made its maiden flight in April, currently flies to 10 Canadian destinations. The result is a “North American seat sale” that will likely last through the end of November or the beginning of December, he added. “There’s a lot more seats available in the Canadian market this fall than there has been for the last few years,” he said. In Canada, though, cheap fall airfares also reflect a growing supply of flights and routes to domestic and U.S. destinations in September and October will cost travellers US$238 per ticket on average, down US$142 on average from the summer and 3-per-cent cheaper compared to 2019, according to data from travel booking app Hopper.Ī chaotic summer marred by airport delays and flight cancellations likely means many leisure travellers aren’t eager to board a plane again this fall, which may be forcing airlines to stimulate demand with aggressive discounts, Mr. airlines are also slashing their ticket prices for the shoulder season between the summer and the holidays. The same route was priced at $867.93 with a departure on Aug. 18 was advertised for $161.26, including taxes and fees, on Aug. A Toronto-Vancouver round-trip flight departing from Pearson airport on Nov. Take Calgary-based budget carrier Lynx Air, for example. Some price comparisons between summer highs and fall lows are especially stark. and Swoop Inc., a subsidiary of WestJet Group of Companies, were offering discounts of 35 per cent and 30 per cent, respectively, on base fares for fall travel for bookings made during the week of Aug. Some special offers have already come and gone. Toronto to Montreal? That’s $124 one-way if you fly on Oct. 19, for example, Air Canada AC-T was advertising $86 one-way tickets to fly from Vancouver to Calgary in October. The discounting is already well under way. How did Pearson airport’s delays get so bad? Inside the patchwork system that failed to stop the crisis routes and a likely steeper-than-usual seasonal drop in demand for leisure travel mean airlines are slashing prices to fill planes, according to John Gradek, co-ordinator of McGill University’s aviation management program. Growing competition on domestic and Canada-U.S.
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