MONTREAL, March 19,
2024 /CNW/ - Air Transat, voted World's
Best Leisure Airline for the fifth time at the 2023
Skytrax World Airline Awards, is pleased to announce the expansion
of its virtual interlining service with the addition of two new
airline partners. Its innovative connectair by Air Transat
platform now enables travellers to combine Air Transat flights with
those of Pegasus Airlines and Volotea, bringing the total to 14
collaborating airlines and offering unprecedented access to over
275 additional destinations worldwide.
The association with Pegasus Airlines opens up exciting travel
opportunities to multiple Turkish coastal hotspots such as
Istanbul and Antalya. In addition,
the partnership with Spanish carrier Volotea offers gateways to an
array of destinations across Europe and Africa, such as Olbia in Italy, Oran in Algeria, and Strasbourg in France, enriching Air Transat's network with
diverse cultural and scenic landscapes.
Connections are available through the search engine
on airtransat.com and through some flight aggregators.
The booking also includes an assistance service in case of flight
delay or cancellation, ensuring that travellers arrive at their
destination as quickly as possible.
To learn more about connectair by Air Transat, travellers are
invited to visit airtransat.com or watch this short
video.
About Air Transat
Founded in Montreal 36 years ago, Air Transat is a
leading travel brand voted World's Best Leisure Airline by
passengers at the 2023 Skytrax World Airline Awards. Its program
offers access to international destinations, mainly in Europe, the Caribbean, the East and West coasts of the
U.S, South America and
North Africa. Air Transat is
recognized for its excellent customer service. By renewing its
fleet with the most energy-efficient aircraft in their category,
Air Transat is committed to a more sustainable travel industry.
Based in Montreal with major hubs
in YUL Montréal-Trudeau International Airport and Toronto Pearson
Airport (YYZ), it has near 5,000 employees with a common purpose to
bring people closer together. Air Transat is a business unit of
Transat A.T. Inc. (TSX: TRZ). www.airtransat.com
About Pegasus Airlines
Incorporated in 1990, Pegasus
was acquired by ESAS Holding in 2005 and adopted the low-cost
business model. As Türkiye's leading low-cost airline, Pegasus
believes that everyone has the right to fly and offers its guests
the opportunity to travel with good-value fares and young aircraft
through its low-cost model. In 2018, Pegasus adopted the motto Your
Digital Airline and carries its guests to 136 destinations in 51
countries, 36 in Turkey and 100
international. Pegasus operates connecting flights between Türkiye
and Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia via Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen and
Antalya. Pegasus offers digital technologies and unique innovations
that enhances the guest experience and makes comprehensive efforts
for a cleaner, more equal, and harmonious future together, with the
mission of Moving Towards a Sustainable Future. For further
information on why sustainability is important to Pegasus and its
activities in this area, please see the Pegasus Airlines
Sustainability Hub.
About Volotea
Volotea is one of the fastest-growing
independent airlines in Europe in
the last decade, increasing its fleet, routes served, and seats
offered year-on-year. This year, the airline will celebrate a
milestone of carrying 60 million passengers throughout its
network.
This year, Volotea will operate nearly 450 routes (with over
half exclusive), offer between 12.5M
and 13M seats, and fly approximately
80,000 flights with an expanded fleet of 44 Airbus A319 and
A320.
Volotea is working towards achieving a more sustainable future
in aviation and is on track to reduce direct CO2 emissions per
passenger-kilometer by 50% by 2025, five years ahead of schedule,
setting a new and even more ambitious goal to decrease emissions by
58% by 2030. Volotea has launched over 50 sustainability
initiatives to date, reducing its carbon footprint per
passenger-kilometer by more than 45%. The airline is dedicated to
developing emission-free technologies and collaborating with
manufacturers and the industry to expand the use of sustainable
aviation fuel.
Reaching a project workforce of approximately 2,000 employees
this year, Volotea enhances connectivity and contributes to its
region's economic and cultural development. The airline was
recognized by Skytrax as the "Best Low-Cost Airline in Europe" at the 2023 World Airline Awards.
Contact:
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Air Transat
Marie-Christine Pouliot
Manager, Public Relations and content
marie-christine.pouliot@transat.com
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Pegasus Airlines
Serra Celikkan
Senior PR Consultant
serra@redmintcomms.co.uk
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Volotea
press@volotea.com
Tel.: 93 117 17 77
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