Sunwing Airlines starts five new seasonal winter routes

Sunwing Airlines continued to increase its seasonal offering with the addition of five new links, all of which are served weekly by the airline’s 189-seat 737-800s. With the longest sector being the 3,877-kilometre service from Edmonton (YEG) to Manzanillo (ZLO) in Mexico, and the shortest being inaugurated from Moncton (YQM) to Orlando (MCO) at 2,445 kilometres, Sunwing will face competition on the service to Florida from Air Transat and WestJet, both operating with weekly flights. Commenting on the two new route launches from Moncton, Bernard LeBlanc, CEO, Moncton Airport, said: “We are pleased to welcome our newest destinations offered by our partner Sunwing Airlines with these new seasonal non-stop services, especially the new route to Cayo Coco, Cuba. We are very optimistic that these new services will be successful and are delighted to make these options available to travellers from our region using the GMIA, New Brunswick’s largest and fastest growing airport.”

Launched	From	To	Aircraft (WF)	Competition (WF)
14 Feb	Buffalo, NY (BUF)	Punta Cana (PUJ)	B738 (1)
10 Feb	Edmonton (YEG)	Manzanillo (ZLO)
12 Feb	Moncton (YQM)	Cayo Coco (CCC)
12 Feb	Moncton (YQM)	Orlando, FL (MCO)		Air Transat (1), WestJet (1)
14 Feb	St. John (YSJ)	Varadero (VRA)
Source: Innovata / Diio Mi for 17 February 2015. WF = Weekly frequencies.