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Sunwing resumes service to sun destinations


August 3, 2021  By Wings Staff

Sunwing is now providing weekly service from Toronto and Montreal, with additional routes expected to follow. (Photo: Sunwing Airlines)

The first Sunwing Airlines flights to sun destinations since January took off on July 30 from Toronto Pearson International Airport and Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport. The inaugural flights mark Sunwing’s partial return to service, which will initially be offered weekly from Toronto and Montreal, with additional routes expected to follow.

“After a long seven months, we’re thrilled to be returning to the skies and bringing our customers back to the tropics,” said Mark Williams, President of Sunwing Airlines. “Our team has been working hard to prepare for our partial return to service and we’re looking forward to making even more vacation dreams come true over the coming months with flights to some of our most popular destinations.”

Initial service is being offered from Toronto to Cancun, Punta Cana and Montego Bay, and from Montreal to Cancun and Punta Cana. Sunwing will be operating additional gateways and destinations for the fall and winter season, with departures from numerous other Canadian cities beginning in October 2021.

“With vaccination rates continuing to climb nationwide, we’re seeing more pent-up demand for travel as Canadians plan their much-anticipated getaways,” said Andrew Dawson, President of Tour Operations at Sunwing. “Following more than a year of uncertainty and stress, customers are seeking out the kind of seamless vacation experiences that we provide more than ever before, and we’re already seeing unprecedented bookings for the most popular resorts.”

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The resumption of flights follows on the heels of a recent survey commissioned by Sunwing, which uncovered that more than half of Canadians (58 per cent) expressing a desire to plan an all-inclusive vacation.

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