09.08.2021 - 10:27 UTC
OWG (Montréal Trudeau) has taken delivery of its first B737-800 as it prepares for the reopening of international travel from Canada to leisure destinations in the Caribbean.
The airline did not disclose the identity of the aircraft. However, it will most likely be C-FMBO (msn 30631), a 19.6-year-old jet added by OWG's parent company Nolinor Aviation (N5, Montréal Trudeau) in early July 2021. The aircraft remains in storage at Marana and will enter service in 2022, post cabin modifications and repainting. It will be configured in a single-class layout for up to 189 passengers.
The aircraft was briefly registered to, but never operated by, Chrono Jet (MBK, Québec). Other operators include Air Transat and Shanghai Airlines, the ch-aviation fleets history module shows.
"Our team has spent the last year preparing and we can't wait to get back to flying when sanitary conditions allow,” President of Nolinor Aviation Marco Prud'Homme said.
OWG, the leisure division of Nolinor Aviation with no separate AOC, launched...
05.08.2021 - 04:23 UTC
Air Transat (TS, Montréal Trudeau) has resumed domestic and international commercial flights following a six-month hiatus due to COVID-19 travel restrictions imposed by the Canadian Federal Government.
Its first flights between Montréal Trudeau and Punta Cana (Dominican Republic), and Montreal-Vancouver Int'l took off on July 30, kicking off the airline’s summer programme that will include, at the height of the season, 24 routes to 16 destinations in Canada, the US, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, and Europe, the company announced in a statement.
"It is with great joy and excitement that we return to the skies after these long months of suspension," commented president and chief executive, Annick Guérard.
As reported, the airline on January 29, 2021, had suspended its regular operations amid tough COVID-19 restrictions in Canada at the time. The country on August 9 re-opened for fully-vaccinated Americans and intends to extend this to any fully vaccinated travellers on September 7, 2021.
As part of an extensive domestic flight schedule this summer, the airline will, for...
22.07.2021 - 12:50 UTC
WestJet (WS, Calgary) has confirmed it is no longer pursuing Canadian government financial support to help weather the COVID-19 crisis but instead is gearing up for the announced reopening of borders to fully vaccinated travellers.
“The WestJet Group confirms it is not actively pursuing financial support from the federal government. Given encouraging vaccination rates across the country, both parties have mutually agreed to shift focus from these negotiations, and away from taxpayer-funded support, to leading the safe restart of the travel and tourism sector,” the airline said in a statement. This follows after Ottawa announced that Canadian borders would open to fully vaccinated US travellers from August and other international travellers from September.
The airline said it had had “constructive discussions” over the last several months with the government and that both parties remained open to resuming financial support discussions in the future.
The decision sets WestJet apart from Canadian airlines such as Air Canada (AC, Montréal Trudeau), Air Transat (TS, Montréal Trudeau), and Porter Airlines (PD, Toronto City...
15.07.2021 - 11:58 UTC
Nolinor Aviation (N5, Montréal Trudeau) has taken over its first B737NG, specifically a B737-800 that was previously registered to, but never operated by, Chrono Jet (MBK, Québec).
C-FMBO (msn 30631) was registered by Chrono Jet in April 2021 as its first B737NG. The 19.6-year-old aircraft, previously operated by Air Transat and owned by Carlyle Aviation Partners, was never ferried out of storage at Marana and remains in Arizona. On July 6, 2021, the aircraft was deregistered by Chrono Jet and subsequently registered, under the same marks, by Nolinor Aviation.
Nolinor declined to comment on its plans for the type when contacted by ch-aviation.
According to the ch-aviation fleets advanced module, Nolinor Aviation operates two B737-200s, six B737-200(C)s, one B737-200(QC), one B737-300(QC), and two B737-400s. The -400s operate under the OWG brand, launched in 2020 as Nolinor's new division for leisure operations mainly to the Caribbean.
