Iconic Goodyear Blimp returns to Canada
As part of a North American summer tour the Goodyear Blimp returned to Canadian airspace in July, successfully touching down at the Abbotsford Airport after a few weather delays. The visit to B.C.’s Lower Mainland by the Spirit of Innovation GZ-20A blimp was part of a continuing initiative by Goodyear to reinforce its brand with […]
Five travel apps guaranteed to save you money
Five travel apps guaranteed to save you money There are few possessions as valuable to the modern traveller as a smartphone. Not only does this compact, easy-to-carry device offer value through a wealth of information, it can also help travellers save money via a huge array of inexpensive—and often even free—apps. Whether you’re planning a […]
Website allows passengers to make A380 a booking choice
Airbus has launched a website for travellers who want to experience flight on its A380 double deck aircraft. The iflyA380.com website is the only place where all 13 A380 operators present the on-board services they offer and the destinations they serve. Inspirational information about each city also helps travellers choose their next vacation. Once at […]
Points Travel powers Air Miles Program’s new web-based booking platform
Points, a powering loyalty commerce platform, has entered into an agreement with Canada’s Air Miles Reward Program to launch Air Miles Travel Hub, a new web-based booking platform that allows Air Miles Collectors to book stays at more than 150,000 hotels and all-inclusive resorts around the world. Air Miles becomes the first Canadian loyalty program […]
Win an Instant Take-Off to Paris via Air France
Air France has launched a contest that will allow two people to fly to Paris from Vancouver for a 4-day getaway September 9 to 14, 2016. British Columbians have until August 31st to enter online on instanttakeoff.ca and obtain a boarding pass. Afterwards, they need to simply present themselves with their boarding pass, a travelling […]
Aeroterm donates to Fort Murray Fire Relief campaign
Aeroterm’s Vancouver office, a provider of capital, expertise and facility-related services to airports throughout North America, has donated $10,000 to its partners at the Edmonton Airport for the Fort McMurray Fire Relief campaign. The Edmonton Airport was one of the command centers during the evacuation. Aeroterm’s donation will be matched by both provincial and federal […]
Research shows billions of loyal points remain unused
New research shows travellers are leaving over 70% of their loyalty points unused. In 2016 so far, that means over 195 billion points. This data comes from Switchfly, the travel-commerce and loyalty platform that powers airlines like American Airlines, Emirates and JetBlue, and loyalty programs such as United MileagePlus, InterContinental Hotels Group, Starwood Hotels and Expedia. […]
HondaJet receives Mexican certification
The HondaJet, Honda’s first commercial aircraft, has received type certification from the Civil Aviation Safety Authority of Mexico, the Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil. Honda’s light jet will make its debut at the 2016 Aero Expo, Mexico’s most prominent business aviation event, which is being held from March 16-18, 2016. “Receiving aircraft validation in Mexico […]
Shakespeare’s New Place to open July 2016
To mark the 400th anniversary of his death, the Stratford-upon-Avon home where William Shakespeare lived for the last 19 years of his life and wrote some of his greatest works has been re-imagined as a new heritage destination that will open publicly in July 2016. When William Shakespeare was a small boy growing up in Stratford-upon-Avon […]
Cathay Pacific gives Vancouver high school students opportunity for aviation industry career experience
Applications are now open for the Cathay Pacific’s I Can Fly Vancouver program. The eight-week course gives Grade 11 students with a passion for aviation the opportunity to learn about the inner workings of the airline industry with Skytrax 2015 World Airline Awards Best Trans-Pacific Airline, Cathay Pacific Airways. Students of the program have access […]
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From Lodestarts to Jets: Photo history of AC/TCA airline
