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More air-travel links between Canada, Mexico to be unveiled during Harper visit
MEXICO CITY – Prime Minister Stephen Harper is leaving for Mexico today with a plan that could pave the way for getting rid of his host’s biggest complaint about Canada — the onerous visa on Mexican travellers.
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Icelandair adds a Tuesday flight from Edmonton to Reykjavik in response to demand
Due to the high demand, Icelandair will be adding an additional flight between Edmonton and Reykjavik on Tuesdays throughout their 2014 summer schedule.
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WestJet’s passenger traffic up 8% in June
Despite reservation cancellations and a drop in advance bookings caused by floods in Alberta, WestJet reported an eight per cent increase in passenger traffic for the month of June over the same period last year.
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WestJet reports record February load factor
CALGARY — WestJet announced Tuesday that its February 2013 traffic resulted in a record load factor of 86.1 per cent, up 3.4 percentage points from the year before.
Revenue passenger miles, or traffic, increased 7.3 per cent year over year, and capacity, measured in available seat miles, grew 3.1 per cent over the same period. The airline flew 1.4 million guests in February, a year-over-year increase of 5.5 per cent or approximately 74,300 customers.
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Flights from Red Deer to Abbotsford start in March
Scheduled passenger service between the Red Deer Airport and Abbotsford International Airport will commence on March 3.
Northwestern Air Lease Ltd. announced late last year that it had received Transport Canada approval to extend its existing Red Deer-Kelowna, B.C. route to Abbotsford, B.C. It released details on Friday, including the anticipated start-up, frequency and fares for the service.
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Town makes itself known to Air Canada
The Town of Peace River continues to seek a major airline carrier to operate out of the Peace River Airport, with the acting CAO and a councillor recently attending an Air Canada conference.
Councillor Colin Needham and Acting CAO Paresh Dhariya, met with representatives from Air Canada on December 12 in Montreal aiming to make Peace River a known prospect to the company.
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