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New Embraer jets will allow Porter Airlines to expand across North America

July 12, 2021 Mark Stachiew

Toronto-based Porter Airlines has ambitions to expand beyond its current regional routes in eastern North America to become a bigger player across the continent. It’s

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Flight Aware lets you map airline flights around the world

June 29, 2021January 31, 2025 Mark Stachiew

There are numerous flight trackers online which let #avgeeks track flights on every speck of the globe. I’m a fan of Flight Aware, although am

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Travel Trivia Quiz #6: Which airline tail is that?

June 17, 2021June 17, 2021 Mark Stachiew

How good are you at identifying airlines from the tails on their airplanes? If you’ve spent enough time around airports, chances are good that you

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Let Airwander help you find stopover destinations when you fly

June 15, 2021January 31, 2025 Mark Stachiew

Stopovers are an underappreciated way to discover new places. Most of the time, we think of them as inconvenient stops on the way to the

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Harbour Air moves closer to being the world’s first all-electric airline

April 20, 2021April 20, 2021 Mark Stachiew

If all goes according to plan, the world’s first electrically-powered commuter airplane to fly regularly-scheduled commercial flights will be Canadian. It will be a while

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WestJet extends suspension of sun-destination flights until June

April 13, 2021 Mark Stachiew

WestJet announced Tuesday that it will extend its temporary suspension of international sun flights to destinations in Mexico and the Caribbean until June 4, 2021.

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Air Canada begins refunding passengers grounded by the pandemic

April 13, 2021April 13, 2021 Mark Stachiew

As a condition for Air Canada’s financial assistance package from the federal government, the airline said that customers who purchased a non-refundable ticket for travel

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Boston-based Connect Airlines set to fly out of Toronto’s Billy Bishop Airport

April 8, 2021April 8, 2021 Mark Stachiew

It’s not every day that a new airline launches, and it’s especially rare during the pandemic-induced travel slowdown, but  Waltzing Matilda Aviation (WMA) is set

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