With the “Blizzard Warning” in effect from Environment and Climate Change Canada, the city of Regina is making sure its ready for the onslaught. Manager of of Seasonal Roadway Operations Tyler Bien says crews are scheduled 24 hours a day seven days a week. The first priority is keeping the major routes, and emergency routes […]
WestJet customers say they were rebooked on a seven-and-a-half-hour bus trip from Calgary to Regina after their afternoon flight was cancelled Sunday. Passengers say they were informed less than three hours before boarding that the one-hour flight between the two cities had been cancelled and that they could reach their destination via “ground transportation” that […]
Sunwing Airlines is annoucing its trimming the number of flights out of Saskatoon. It amounts to almost half of the flights planned in the coming months. This is part of a “restructuring” of its schedule as it recovers from a disasterous holiday season where a series of strorms swept across north america bringing air travel […]
Sunwing has issued an apology to passengers left stranded after winter storms upended operations but says “most of our customers enjoyed their holidays with minimal disruption.” In a joint statement on Thursday, Sunwing Travel Group CEO Stephen Hunter and Sunwing Airlines president Len Corrado said they are “incredibly sorry for letting our customers down.” “We […]
Kelly Klassen was driving to central Alberta with her family to visit her brother for the holidays when the emails started filling her inbox. The travel agent from Rosthern, Sask., says she had dozens of bookings affected by Sunwing’s decision last week to cancel service to Regina and Saskatoon for a month. The airline announced […]
Sunwing says it has completed all of its scheduled recovery flights to bring home passengers stranded in Mexico after winter storms disrupted its operations during the holidays. The travel company says in a statement that its teams have worked around the clock to return its affected customers home. Some travellers from Saskatchewan say the airline […]
Sunwing is getting shade from some travelers in Saskatchewan who claim the airline is leaving them stranded at airports in other provinces.Sunwing has been scrambling to bring hundreds of passengers home from sunny destinations after winter storms disrupted its operations over the holiday. On Friday, Sunwing Vacations announced it was suspending its flights from the Saskatoon […]
Canada and Australia have joined a growing list of countries requiring travellers from China to take a COVID-19 test prior to boarding their flight as China battles a nationwide outbreak of the coronavirus after abruptly easing restrictions that were in place for much of the pandemic. Australian health authorities said Sunday that from January 5, […]
Its usually a gateway to a hot holiday somewhere, but right now Sunwing Airlines is in deep trouble. It announced it was discontinuing service to Regina and Saskatoon until at least February. Anyone booked on flights in the coming weeks will be given an automatic refund. The airline says it could take up to 30 […]
One person is dead and nine others have been injured after more than a dozen vehicles crashed in poor weather conditions north of Calgary. RCMP say they responded Tuesday night to reports of a collision involving several vehicles. A preliminary investigation has found five sedans, four pickups, three SUVs, a van and a commercial vehicle […]
