Air Transat plans to cancel all flights from Western Canada to sun destinations and the United States this winter, with refunds en route to customers - a policy 180 in the COVID-19 era.

The current refund policy applies to flights and packages booked by April 29. Going forward, affected customers would be eligible for a refund if Transat makes changes to a flight.

Transat A.T. announced Thursday it is tapping into the federal government’s Large Employer Emergency Financing Facility – the same program used to loan money to Air Canada – for $700 million.

Under the Transat and Air Transat banners, the Corporation offers vacation packages, hotel stays and air travel to some 60 destinations in over 25 countries in the Americas and Europe.

Eight airlines have informed ARC that they will manage refunds directly and not allow them to be processed via GDSs or ARC’s Interactive Agent Reporting (IAR) system. The carriers are Air France ...

Canada’s Air Transat resumed flying on 30 July after a six-month pandemic-driven pause. The Montreal-based leisure carrier, a unit of Transat AT, says on 30 July that three flights are scheduled ...

The current refund policy applies to flights and packages booked by April 29, 2021. Going forward, affected customers would be eligible for a refund if Transat makes changes to a flight.