New connecting flights provide more flexibility to passengers in Western Canada, Quebec and the Maritimes
MONTREAL, Feb. 12, 2015 /CNW Telbec/ - Air Transat, Canada's leading leisure airline, is proud to introduce new destinations from Vancouver, Quebec City and Halifax. Travellers gain access to more destinations and flight frequencies for their holidays in Europe, thanks to the new flights connecting in Montreal from Quebec City and Halifax, and in Toronto from Vancouver.
Residents of Western Canada can add Dublin, Rome and Barcelona to their vacation options by connecting in Toronto. From Quebec City, additional destinations including Rome, Brussels and Bordeaux will be available when connecting in Montreal. From Halifax, this wider offering includes Rome, Brussels and Paris via domestic flight to Montreal.
From June to September 2015, travellers will be able to choose from more European destinations when it comes time to planning their vacation. They can also benefit from the many advantages of Air Transat's multi-destination flight option, which lets passengers land in one European city and return from another at no extra charge.
"We are very pleased to provide more travellers with access to our rich Europe program," highlights Jean-François Lemay, General Manager, Air Transat. "Adding new connecting segments allows us to improve our current transatlantic program and offer maximum flexibility to our clients, who also benefit from the superior experience Air Transat has been providing for over 25 years."
The new connecting flight segments will also be sold separately, catering to travellers who want to enjoy the Air Transat experience when flying domestically.
For all the details on Air Transat's European destinations and flight frequencies, visit www.airtransat.ca.
About Air Transat
Air Transat is Canada's leading holiday travel airline. Every year, it carries some 3 million passengers to nearly 60 destinations in 30 countries aboard its fleet of Boeing narrow-body and Airbus wide-body jets. The company employs approximately 2,000 people. Air Transat is a business unit of Transat A.T. Inc., an integrated international tour operator with more than 60 destination countries and that distributes products in over 50 countries. Air Transat was named Best North American Leisure Airline at the Skytrax annual World Airline Awards, held in July 2014.
SOURCE Transat A.T. Inc.
Debbie Cabana, Marketing Director, Social Media and Public Relations, Transat Tours Canada, 514-987-1616, ext. 4662