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"not sure where you getting info, Canadian airlines are flying.. they wanted get rid of non essential travel vacation travel .."
Lobo:
Where are Canadian airlines flying to at the moment? Give us the list.
No flights to the DR.
Canadian travel pertains to DR arrivals and departures.
Much of this travel is for business and family reasons, asides from the AI vacation segment.
WS has been the best provider for flights to POP throughout the whole year, prior to covid with continuous regular service.
AC is focused on tourist segment.
The info pertaining to the lack of Canadian air travel is available in print and TV media and well documented, as well as the decline of flight volumes.
Canadian air travel is down right now 90% from 2019 levels, destinations and flights are very limited.
US air travel is back to 70-80% of 2019 travel.
The Canadian government has no plan at the moment to re-start air travel.
The government hope is the arrivals of more vaccines and more vaccinations to facilitate a re-start of Canadian air travel.
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"The NACC notes that Canada’s aviation sector has called on the federal government for months to develop a safe restart strategy that outlines the metrics that must be met to begin addressing border and travel restrictions.
Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau called on the federal government to put an end to the hotel quarantine requirement, and to develop a reopening plan for international travel.
“The current mandatory hotel quarantine for arrivals has proven ineffective. It should be eliminated,” said Rousseau.
He said Air Canada expects domestic travel will lead its recovery.
Rousseau and Guillemette said Air Canada is seeing strong demand through next winter to Mexico, the D.R., Hawaii and Florida as Canadians anticipate their first post-pandemic holiday.
Air Canada isn’t the only airline to call for the end of the hotel quarantine rule.
WestJet has also made the same request to the federal government.
Air Canada announced its
$5.9 billion deal with the federal government for federal aid last month. Demand for refunds is slower than expected despite reaching out to customers proactively, says the airline.
Last week Air Canada
reported a Q1 loss of $1.3 billion. Revenue in the quarter totalled $729 million, down from $3.7 billion in the first three months of 2020.
Capacity was down 82.1% compared with a year ago, while traffic was down 89.5%. Air Canada plans to almost double its Q2 capacity from the same quarter in 2020, but says compared with the same period in 2019 that Q2 capacity is expected to be down 84%.
Earlier this year the federal government secured agreements from Air Canada as well as WestJet, Sunwing and Transat to cancel winter sun flights until April 30. Air Canada stuck with its plan to offer just three sun destinations in May 2021 (Bridgetown, Kingston and Mexico City), and those flights are geared to essential workers and cargo.
The federal government has extended Canada’s travel restrictions until at least May 21. Last month
Air Canada spokesperson Peter Fitzpatrick told Travelweek: “Air Canada will extend its suspension of Sun flying throughout May. We will continue to operate some flights to Mexico City, Barbados, and Kingston, but these would not carry passengers south. Instead, they will provide essential services, for example carrying cargo and in some cases on northbound flights, temporary foreign workers and Canadians currently abroad. We will continue to monitor the situation and adjust our network as appropriate, as well as work with the government to develop a safe reopening plan and restore travel.”
With files from The Canadian Press and The Associated Press
TORONTO — No one really expected Canada to be included on England’s list of approved travel destinations, not yet anyway.
www.travelweek.ca
