Air Transat

• Air Transat dropping free carry-on baggage on its cheapest flights

  Air Transat is joining its Canadian counterparts in ending free carry-on baggage on some of its cheapest flight options.

  Consumer

  Feb 9
  
• Canadian airline executives appear before parliamentary committee to defend carry-on bag fees

  Executives from Canada's largest airlines were summoned to appear before a Parliamentary committee on Friday to defend recent fee increases for carry-on bags.

  Consumer

  Dec 13, 2024
  
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• Air Transat flight dispatchers vote to strike. Will it affect flights?

  All Air Transat flight dispatchers have voted in favour of a strike mandate. While the airline says salary demands remain "unreasonable," both sides say they're committed to talks.

  Canada

  Apr 30, 2024
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• Air Transat flight attendants reject tentative deal for a second time

  The union representing 2,100 Air Transat flight attendants says the compensation for hours worked before landing and after takeoff remained a key sticking point.

  Canada

  Feb 1, 2024
• Air Transat, union agree on new tentative deal for flight attendants 

  The proposed contract between the airline and the Canadian Union of Public Employees comes after the flight attendants rejected an earlier agreement reached in December.

  Canada

  Jan 8, 2024
• Air Transat flight attendants reject tentative deal, will return to bargaining table

  In November, Air Transat flight attendants voted to approve a strike mandate if a new contract cannot be reached, but there is currently no timetable for a strike.

  Canada

  Jan 2, 2024
• Flying Air Transat? What to know about a possible flight attendant strike

  The union representing 2,100 Air Transat flight attendants says that workers voted in favour for a strike mandate as they negotiate their wages and working conditions.

  Canada

  Nov 27, 2023
• Direct departures doubling to sun and sand as Air Transat expands at London, Ont. airport

  Non-stop flights to Cancun, Mexico and Punta Canada, Dominican Republic out of the London International Airport will each depart twice weekly starting late December.

  Canada

  Nov 6, 2023
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• London, Ont. airport to see daily WestJet service to Calgary starting Sunday

  The Calgary-based airline plans to increase the number of flights between the two cities to twice-daily starting in June, airport officials say.

  Canada

  Apr 28, 2023
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• Canada’s pilot shortage made worse by surge of ‘discount airlines’, aviation experts say

  Start-up discount airlines - such as Flair Airlines, Lynx, and WestJet subsidiary Swoop - have been rapidly expanding across Canada since the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Canada

  Jan 19, 2023