Sunwing Airlines

2022 - 12 - 29

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Sunwing sending recovery flights to bring home passengers ... (Globalnews.ca)

Sunwing Vacations Inc. says it is sending out dozens of recovery flights this week to bring home thousands of passengers stranded in Mexico after winter ...

Transportation Minister Omar Alghabra said in a statement Wednesday that he was very concerned with the situation at Sunwing and that airlines need to keep passengers informed. Sunwing said the delays, which began to pile up as it issued widespread flight cancellations because of winter storms, have been difficult to sort out because of displaced crews and airplanes. The airline said Thursday that it has 40 recovery flights planned this week with 24 expected to be completed by the end of the day.

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'Passengers have rights and they must be respected': Transport ... (CTV News)

After storm conditions left thousands of passengers stranded in Mexico this week, the Ministry of Transportation says it will continue to 'monitor the ...

[Entertainment](https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment) [Nick Cannon welcomes baby No. to reinstate mask mandate days before schools reopen](https://bc.ctvnews.ca/teachers-parents-pressure-b-c-to-reinstate-mask-mandate-days-before-schools-reopen-1.6212442) [Atlantic](https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/) ['It was a different beast': P.E.I. Each province and territory has resources to check and contact regarding road conditions so that you can complete your trip safely, or be aware of possible issues before you travel. [Kitchener](https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/) ['We just did this two years ago': OPP officer killed near Hagersville, Ont. A group of FTX customers from outside the United States have asked a U.S. After only a year since its launch, the James Webb Space telescope has released spectacular images of galaxies, stars and planets in ways previous telescopes have taken years to capture. on Friday, police say a man was walking away from his car in the 500 block of Mornington Ave near Mornington Park when three men he didn’t know approached him. The countdown is on to New Year's Eve. An emotional airport reunion took place in a special pre-arrivals area of Toronto Pearson International Airport, as the two flight attendants, pilot, co-pilot and mechanic were greeted by family. "The current situation with @VIA_Rail is unacceptable and we are in contact with them to resolve all issues safely and efficiently," Alghabra said in a statement on Twitter Saturday. “Transport Canada will continue to work with all airports to do everything in its power to ensure that Canadians can travel safely and securely during the holiday season.

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From $600 to $2K: Sunwing nearly quadruples baggage ... (Globalnews.ca)

Sunwing said it would compensate up to roughly CAD$600 for what is spent to replace necessary items in missing luggage -- then nearly quadrupled the amount ...

4, 2023, with “immediate effect.” The company said in a statement it had no choice but to pause all operations out of the Regina and Saskatchewan airports and that all travellers would receive a refund within 30 days. “The maximum for necessities purchase at destination (for delayed or lost luggage) has been revised to $2000CAD per person. “There was none of that.” [Sunwing responded Thursday](https://twitter.com/SunwingVacay/status/1608498114117390336). Julian Rizhanovsky is one traveller who had no idea that airlines are legally obligated to compensate for up to $2,300. [Canadian Sunwing passengers stranded in Mexico for 5 days with ‘no communication’](https://globalnews.ca/news/9374506/sunwing-passengers-stranded-mexico/)

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'I don't trust Sunwing': Some Sask. residents driving home amid flight ... (CTV Toronto)

WATCH: Sunwing Airlines has announced it will be cancelling flights to Saskatoon and Regina until 02:19. Sunwing cancels Sask. flights. Some Sunwing passengers ...

[Atlantic](https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/) ['It was a different beast': P.E.I. to reinstate mask mandate days before schools reopen](https://bc.ctvnews.ca/teachers-parents-pressure-b-c-to-reinstate-mask-mandate-days-before-schools-reopen-1.6212442) on Friday, police say a man was walking away from his car in the 500 block of Mornington Ave near Mornington Park when three men he didn’t know approached him. The countdown is on to New Year's Eve. ['We really try to not go there. 'The Masked Singer' host and the model had daughter Halo Marie Cannon, on Dec. 23 following a bail hearing by video link from the facility. In the meantime, the company said it’s doing “everything possible” to repatriate customers currently in destination. Quebec's public safety ministry confirmed that Nicous D'Andre Spring was illegally detained in the Montreal jail since he was supposed to be released on Dec. Corrine Fiddler is stranded in Winnipeg with her family, a group of 10 people. Travelling with a baby, all of our luggage, it’s just not possible,” Fiddler. “When they said we had a flight today at 10:30 and I was like ‘I don’t trust Sunwing anymore, I can’t fly with Sunwing …

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'It was hell': Stranded air passengers outraged by Sunwing (Toronto Star)

Distrust in low-cost airline erupts as hundreds of passengers are left stuck in Mexico without, they say, any communication from the airline.

Heglin said she lost a couple days of work due to the delay and her son is now “absolutely terrified” to travel with Sunwing again. Like Cody, she dealt with NexusTours and was unable to get in touch with Sunwing — and found that the airline’s app showed flights taking off and landing on schedule. Curiously, the airplane was empty — “There were maybe four passengers and three off-duty flight attendants,” Heglin said. 18 onwards are “unable to be processed at this time due to operational challenges.” 27, staying overnight at a hotel there — the first “real night’s sleep” in days — before heading to B.C. The airline added that “we continue to work around the clock to overcome operational challenges brought on by recent, severe weather disruptions and return (passengers) home in the next few days.” She finally got on a flight back home on Dec. She and her 12-year-old son’s flight from Cancun to Calgary on Dec. Hoping to be back in time for Christmas, the children were devastated when they learned it wasn’t to be, he said. Cody’s original return flight with his wife and two children, aged five and seven, from Cancun to Edmonton was booked for Dec. They all created a WhatsApp group, feeding each other any updates from the airlines. Five days, three hotels, and dozens of phone calls later, Jesse Cody finally arrived home on Tuesday in Prince George, B.C.

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Sunwing still working to bring stranded passengers home from Mexico (CP24 Toronto's Breaking News)

Sunwing Vacations Inc. says it is sending out dozens of recovery flights this week to bring home passengers stranded in Mexico after winter storms disrupted ...

The airline said this week's delays, which began to pile up as it issued widespread flight cancellations because of winter storms, have been difficult to sort out because of displaced crews and airplanes. The airline said Thursday that it has 40 recovery flights planned this week with 24 expected to be completed by the end of the day. is sending out dozens of recovery flights this week to bring home thousands of passengers stranded in Mexico after winter storms disrupted its operations.

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Sunwing Comes Under Fire for Recent Operational Issues (Airways Magazine)

DALLAS – Canadian leisure carrier Sunwing Airlines (WG) has come under fire from the Canadian government after thousands of passengers were left stranded due to ...

In a statement, WG said they “Sincerely regret the impact to travel plans over the holidays and thank our customers for their understanding.” However, in October, Canadian competition authorities expressed concern over the merger and its “substantial lessening” of competition in the leisure market. We expect all airlines to keep their passengers informed when it comes to delivering a service that they were paid to do.”

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'Get us home!': B.C. travellers stranded in Mexico after Sunwing flight ... (Prince George Citizen)

Hundreds of Canadians are stranded at various Mexican resort cities after Sunwing cancelled their flights home.

Must be cheaper to get us the hell out of here. “It would be an immense relief to everyone, I think, if we just had information. It has made two “recovery” flights so far this week and has planned another eight of these which are scheduled to depart up to and on Dec. One Facebook message to Singh’s sister from Sunwing Vacations said: “I know this must be crushing to hear and I’m so sorry. so they could catch a bus to the airport. It said it is arranging alternate hotels and transfers for those with overnight delays, and working with several airline partners to “subservice” aircraft.

Amid mass delays and cancellations, Sunwing suspends operations ... (Saskatoon StarPhoenix)

Sunwing Airlines will cancel its operations from Saskatoon and Regina effective immediately, up to and including Feb. 3, 2023, “due to extenuating ...

The Saskatoon Airport, Skyxe, confirmed in an email that Sunwing informed it of its plans to cancel flights through Feb. He said Sunwing told them Thursday’s news is meant to help shore up its capacity to get people repatriated. Typically, Sunwing would peak at about eight frequencies a week spread over six sun destinations during January, he said. The widespread delays and cancellations have left Canadians stranded in destinations including Mexico and the Dominican Republic, thousands of kilometres from home. 3, 2023, “due to extenuating circumstances,” the company announced on Twitter. Article content

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Sunwing cancels all flights out of Regina and Saskatoon until Feb. 3 ... (CBC.ca)

The airline said it is still working to repatriate travellers stranded by cancelled return flights.

Bogusz said a travel advisory from the airline would be on the airport website as soon as possible. Passengers affected by the announcement will get a full refund on their original form of payment, according to the airline. The airline said it is still working to repatriate travellers stranded by cancelled return flights.

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Sask couple stranded in Mexico calls Sunwing lack of ... (moosejawtoday.com)

Jamie and Shauna Lowe, originally from Moose Jaw and now living in Saskatoon, have been stuck in Mazatlán in the Mexican state of Sinaloa since Dec.

“We keep hearing that people are stranded all over, they’re doing the best they can, they’re trying to accommodate the people who ‘really have to get home,’” Shauna Lowe said. “The lack of communication is very disturbing from Sunwing,” Jamie Lowe said. “We’ve run out of money, we’ve run out of medications, we’ve run out of clean clothes, we’re stressed to the gills. “It’s like, ‘Well, look, we all have to get home,’ you know? The bus did not arrive, and they were told to check back in. That way, the manager told them, you don’t have to keep changing rooms every day. “Every year for the last seven years, we’ve been on holiday with Sunwing,” Jamie Lowe said. The Lowes reported that they, and the other vacationers they have spoken with, are not even specifically upset about the cascading series of delays. “So, we checked back, and our room was re-booked, we just had to wait for it to be cleaned,” Jamie Lowe recounted. The Lowes have travelled with Sunwing before — many times, as it happens. Since their news so far in their ordeal has all come from any source other than the airline, it is difficult for the couple to feel confident in this latest assurance. 16 — they were meant to be home on the 23rd.

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