MONTREAL — Summer 2022 can’t come soon enough for Air Transat, which has just unveiled its summer flight program featuring more than 250 flights each week to 44 destinations.
According Annice Guérard, President and Chief Executive Officer of Transat, the summer 2022 program will gradually increase the airline’s service to Europe, strengthen its position in the United States, offer a selection of its most popular South destinations as well as enhance its domestic flight program.
“We are actively rebuilding our network with a modern and versatile fleet that will enable us to meet the increased demand expected in 2022,” says Guérard. “We will be returning to almost all of the destinations served before the pandemic, in addition to offering Canadian travellers major new destinations.”
Last month, the airline announced four new routes for next summer, including San Francisco, Los Angeles and Amsterdam from Montreal as well as a direct flight between Quebec City and London.
Here are the new highlights…
EXPANDED EUROPE
From Montreal, the airline will offer 7 direct flights weekly to London-Gatwick and 14 to Paris. It also plans to restart operations to the French provinces, with service to Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Nice and Toulouse. A total of 19 European destinations will be accessible via direct service from Montreal, including a new route to Amsterdam.
Air Transat will offer exclusive non-stop flights from Jean Lesage Airport in Quebec City to two European capitals: Paris and, for the first time, London.
From Toronto, in addition to 14 weekly flights to London, travellers will also be able to fly to 13 other key European destinations in Croatia, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the U.K.
Weekly direct, peak-season flights to Europe are as follows:
Destination | From Montreal | From Quebec City | From Toronto |
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands | 3 | 4 | |
ATHENS, Greece | 3 | 3 | |
BASEL-MULHOUSE, Switzerland | 1 | ||
BARCELONA, Spain | 3 | 2 | |
BORDEAUX, France | 4 | ||
BRUSSELS, Belgium | 3 | ||
DUBLIN, Ireland | 5 | ||
GLASGOW, United Kingdom | 4 | ||
LAMEZIA, Italy | 1 | ||
LISBON, Portugal | 5 | 5 | |
LONDON, United Kingdom | 7 | 1 | 14 |
LYON, France | 4 | ||
MADRID, Spain | 3 | ||
MALAGA, Spain | 2 | ||
MANCHESTER, United Kingdom | 4 | ||
MARSEILLE, France | 5 | ||
NANTES, France | 3 | ||
NICE, France | 2 | ||
PARIS, France | 14 | 3 | 4 |
PORTO, Portugal | 2 | 3 | |
ROME, Italy | 4 | 5 | |
TOULOUSE, France | 4 | ||
VENICE, Italy | 2 | 1 | |
ZAGREB, Croatia | 2 |
UNITED STATES
From Montreal, Air Transat will introduce a new direct service to California with two flights a week to San Francisco and three to Los Angeles. It will also intensify its service to Florida by operating flights between Montreal and Miami throughout the year, in addition to flying to Fort Lauderdale and Orlando from both Montreal and Toronto.
Finally, travellers from Quebec City will now be able to enjoy direct flights to Fort Lauderdale year-round.
Weekly direct, peak-season flights to the U.S. are as follows:
Destination | From Montreal | From Quebec City | From Toronto |
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida | 4 | 1 | 4 |
LOS ANGELES, California | 3 | ||
MIAMI, Florida | 3 | ||
ORLANDO, Florida | 2 | 3 | |
SAN FRANCISCO, California | 2 |
THE SOUTH
Air Transat will offer a selection of its most popular destinations in Mexico and the Caribbean out of Montreal, Quebec City and Toronto.
Weekly direct, peak-season flights to Sun destinations are as follows:
Destination | From Montreal | From Quebec City | From Toronto |
CANCÚN, Mexico | 4 | 1 | 5 |
CAYO COCO, Cuba | 2 | 2 | |
HOLGUIN, Cuba | 1 | 1 | |
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica | 1 | ||
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti | 2 | ||
PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic | 2 | 1 | |
PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic | 5 | 1 | 5 |
SAMANA, Dominican Republic | 1 | ||
SANTA CLARA, Cuba | 2 | 2 | |
VARADERO, Cuba | 2 | 2 |
DOMESTIC FLIGHTS & CONNECTIONS
By closely observing the market and emerging travel trends, Air Transat is convinced that the popularity of travel within Canada will still be strong in the summer of 2022, which is why it will continue to enhance its domestic flight program.
These flights will also provide many Canadians with access to international destinations via connections in Toronto and Montreal.
Weekly peak-season domestic flights include:
City-pair | Number of flights |
MONTREAL–CALGARY | 8 |
MONTREAL–QUEBEC CITY | 5 |
MONTRÉAL–TORONTO | 15 |
MONTRÉAL–VANCOUVER | 10 |
TORONTO–CALGARY | 8 |
TORONTO–VANCOUVER | 10 |