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Sunwing Travel Group became a subsidiary of the WestJet Group on May 1, 2023, following an acquisition announced in March 2022. This merger aimed to: Consolidate market share: By combining two major players in the Canadian travel industry, the acquisition significantly strengthens WestJet's position, particularly in vacation packages and sun destinations.
That year, a former Skyservice employee named Mark Williams approached the CEO of Sunwing Travel Group, Colin Hunter, and asked if he wanted to start an airline. [ 8 ] In November 2005, a Boeing 737-800 departing from Toronto to Santiago de Cuba was the airline's inaugural flight. [ 9 ]
Vacation Express was founded in 1989 by Kevin Hernandez, Gantt Cookson and Meg Deeb. [4] The company's initial offering was air/land vacation packages to Jamaica. [5] In 1992, the company began a charter flight from Atlanta to Cancun and eventually became known as a charter operator in the Southeast and Midwest. [2]
The flight was chartered by a private Montreal club for a 6-day excursion. The aircraft involved was at the time a 6-year old Boeing 737-800, registration C-FYJD carrying 130 people and was operated by Sunwing Airlines, a low-cost carrier specializing in flights to Mexico, the Caribbean, Europe, and within Canada.
Vacation is the second studio album by American rock band the Go-Go's, released on July 20, 1982, by I.R.S. Records. The album reached number eight on the Billboard 200, [2] and has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). [3] The title track reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100. [4]
Sunwing was first released in Canada in August 1999. It was followed with its release in the United Kingdom and the United States in January 2000 and February 2000 respectively. Below is the release details for the first edition hardback and paperback copies in these three publication regions.
The Last Vacation (French: Les dernières vacances) is a 1948 French drama film directed by Roger Leenhardt and starring Odile Versois, Michel François, and Jean Lara. [1] It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris and on location in Languedoc. The film's sets were designed by the art director Léon Barsacq.
A Boeing 737-500 with the SmartWings colors painted on it. SmartWings was the low-cost Brand of the Czech charter airline Travel Service. [1] Travel Service operated scheduled flights to several European metropolitan and leisure destinations under the brand from its base at Václav Havel Airport Prague. [2]