Juneyao Airlines and Star Alliance have formally sealed a strategic partnership which will see the Shanghai-based carrier become a connecting partner in 2017. (source ATW Daily October 10, 2016)
Jazz Aviation has extended its Smart Parts agreement with Bombardier, which will see the Canadian OEM provide the carrier with long-term support on its Q400 aircraft fleet, which it flies under the Air Canada Express banner. The contract which was originally scheduled to conclude in 2020 has been extended to December 2025. (source MRO Network daily September 30, 2016)
Air Canada will extend its international reach to North Africa in 2017, the airline announced on September 28, 2016. The airline’s leisure travel subsidiary Air Canada Rouge will operate the routes, utilizing Boeing 767-300ER aircraft configured with 282 seats.Air Canada Rouge will resume its direct nonstop Montreal–Casablanca, Morocco, route on April 19, 2017, with 3X-weekly service, increasing to daily service in June 2017 before returning to 3X-weekly flights during the winter season. The 2017 start up of the direct Casablanca route will be an expansion of Rouge’s present seasonal service to full-year service.Additionally, Air Canada will start seasonal service between Montreal and Algiers, Algeria, on June 26, 2017 (subject to government approvals) and Montreal–Marseille, France, on June 9, 2017. Montreal–Algiers will be 4X-weekly nonstop service, running through October 27, 2017. Montreal–Marseille will be 3X-weekly nonstop service, running through October 13, 2017. (source ATW Daily news September 30, 2016)
AIR CANADA completed previously announced C$1.25b refinancing to result in expected C$60m savings in interest annually. (source SpeedNews October 7, 2016)