No. H 144/08
For release - June 9, 2008
OTTAWA — The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, today announced that Air Canada, Air Transat, Skyservice Airlines Inc., Sunwing Airlines Inc., and WestJet Airlines Ltd., have been designated to operate additional air services between Canada and Mexico, in accordance with the recently-expanded bilateral air transport agreement between the two countries. In addition, Cargojet has been designated to operate all-cargo air services between Canada and Mexico.
"I am pleased with these increased services, which will provide more options for Canadians travelling and shipping goods to Mexico," said Minister Cannon. "This increase in scheduled air services represents our government's commitment to maintaining strong air links with our international partners, and is a great example of continued growth in the Canadian airline industry."
Under the provisions of Canada's international air transportation policy, all Canadian air carriers may apply to the Minister for designation to operate scheduled international services.
A backgrounder with specific information about the new airline designation allocations between Canada and Mexico is attached.
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The 1961 Canada - Mexico bilateral Air Transport Agreement, as amended in 1999 and 2007, governs scheduled air services between the two countries.
In addition to existing city-pairs for which carriers have already been designated, the following city-pair designations for scheduled air transport services from Canada to Mexico have been granted pursuant to the recently-expanded agreement:
Air Canada:
- Vancouver-Huatulco
- Calgary-Huatulco
- Edmonton-Huatulco
- Edmonton-Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo
- Edmonton-Puerto Vallarta
- Edmonton-San Jose del Cabo*
- Winnipeg-Puerto Vallarta*
- Toronto-Huatulco
- Montreal-Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo
Air Transat:
- Victoria-Cancun
- Vancouver-Huatulco
- Vancouver-San Jose del Cabo
- Kelowna-Puerto Vallarta
- Calgary-Huatulco
- Calgary-Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo
- Calgary-San Jose del Cabo
- Edmonton-Huatulco
- Edmonton-Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo
- Edmonton-San Jose del Cabo
- Regina-Manzanillo
- Saskatoon-Manzanillo
- Winnipeg-Cancun
- Winnipeg-Manzanillo
- London-Cancun
- Kitchener-Cancun
- Hamilton-Cancun
- Toronto-Huatulco
- Ottawa-Cancun
- Québec-Puerto Vallarta
- St. John's-Cancun
WestJet:
- Vancouver-Cancun*
- Vancouver-Mazatlan
- Vancouver-Puerto Vallarta*
- Calgary-Cancun*
- Calgary-Puerto Vallarta
- Edmonton-Cancun
- Edmonton-Puerto Vallarta
- Winnipeg-Cancun*
- Winnipeg-Mazatlan
- Winnipeg-Puerto Vallarta
- Toronto-Cancun*
- Toronto-Puerto Vallarta*
- Montreal-Cancun*
- Halifax-Cancun
Skyservice:
- Edmonton-Cancun*
- Toronto-Cancun*
- Toronto-Puerto Vallarta
- Ottawa-Cancun*
- Halifax-Cancun*
Sunwing:
- Vancouver-Cancun
- Vancouver-Mazatlan
- Vancouver-Puerto Vallarta
- Calgary-Cancun
- Calgary-Puerto Vallarta*
- Edmonton-Puerto Vallarta*
- Winnipeg-Cancun
- Winnipeg-Puerto Vallarta
- Toronto-Cancun
- Toronto-Cozumel
- Toronto-San Jose del Cabo
- Montreal-Cancun
- Montreal-Puerto Vallarta
- Québec-Cancun
- St. John's-Cancun
*Effective December 9, 2009
Cargojet to operate scheduled own-aircraft all-cargo air services on three routes immediately:
- Hamilton-Guadalajara
- Hamilton-Mexico City
- Hamilton-Monterrey
June 2008
