News

Air Canada Rouge Adding Caribbean Flights From Toronto, Montreal

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - January 27, 2014 - 1:49 pm

Above: an Air Canada Rouge plane

By the Caribbean Journal staff

Air Canada’s leisure carrier, Air Canada Rouge, is adding several new Caribbean destinations out of Montreal and Toronto, it announced Monday.

The new destinations include Cuba, the Dominican Republic, the Bahamas, Barbados, Haiti and Cancun.

The move is a shift for the destinations from Air Canada to Air Canada Rouge service.

The company said the shift to Rouge represented an increase of 22 percent more seats on the routes compared to last summer, with the greatest jump out of Montreal, with a 36 percent increase.

“Customer response to Air Canada rouge for vacation travel has been very positive since it started flying just last summer,” said Ben Smith, Air Canada’s Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer.  “The addition of more year-round Caribbean destinations to Air Canada rouge’s network is the next logical step as our leisure carrier enables us to compete on a more cost effective basis on these routes while leveraging the strength of Air Canada Vacations.”

Air Canada Rouge plans to have a fleet of four Boeing 767-300ER planes and 13 Airbus A319 planes transferred from Air Canada before the end of March.

Several destinations, including Haiti, will be converted to Route on what the company called a “phased-in basis” from March to May 2014 “as additional aircraft are released by the mainline airline for operation by its leisure carrier.”

Popular Posts antigua long bay

25 Perfect Caribbean Beaches to Add to Your Summer Bucket List

There’s nothing like a Caribbean beach in summer. The crowds thin out, the winds relax, and the islands start breathing in a different way. The beaches you thought you knew feel new again— stretches of sand once packed with winter […]


Royal Caribbean’s New Cruise Ship Has a Rooftop Bar, a Waterpark and the Largest Pool at Sea

star of the seas

You step into a glass dome floating high above the ocean. To your right, divers plunge from platforms. Above, aerialists twist through light. Somewhere behind you, a DJ is spinning beside a suspended infinity pool. This isn’t a dream — […]


The 15 Best Hotels in Trinidad and Tobago, From Hidden Eco-Retreats to Luxury Towers

trinidad and tobago hotels where to stay

From Port of Spain to Tobago’s quiet coasts, these are the places to check in now No two Caribbean islands are quite like Trinidad and Tobago—and no two hotels here feel the same. This is a destination of contrast: Carnival […]


Related Posts casa colonial

The 10 Best Caribbean Hotels You Can Book With Hilton Honors Points

There’s something deeply satisfying about unlocking a luxury Caribbean vacation using nothing but your Hilton Honors points. It’s a bit like knowing a secret — the kind of secret that smells like sea salt and sunscreen, and sounds like waves […]


A New Plan to “Reimagine” Caribbean Tourism

caribbean tourism remagining

The Caribbean has long been a mosaic of sun, sea, and culture — but now it wants to be something more. With a bold new roadmap unveiled in New York last month, the Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization is charting a […]


Marriott’s Smallest Caribbean All-Inclusive Resort Is An Adults-Only Hideaway With an “Art Crawl” and Beach Ambassadors

all-inclusive caribbean marriott smallest

A quiet road breaks away from the more familiar western coast here and winds past village shops, and salt-blown sea grape trees. There are no mega-resorts. No throngs. No day trippers on quick-shore missions. Just you, the island, and a […]