Sunwing Airlines

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airline=Sunwing Airlines

logo_size=139
fleet_size=6
destinations=58
IATA=WG
ICAO=SWG
callsign=SUNWING
parent=Sunwing Travel Group
founded=2005
headquarters=Toronto, Ontario
key_people=Colin Hunter, Stephen Hunter, Mark Williams
hubs=Toronto Pearson Int'l Airport
Montréal-Trudeau Int'l Airport
focus_cities=
frequent_flyer=
lounge=
alliance=
website= http://www.flysunwing.com

Sunwing Airlines Inc. is an airline based in Canada. It is a subsidiary of Sunwing Vacations offering charter service to Canada, United States, Mexico and the Caribbean. Sunwing operates under the name RED SEAL VACATIONS.

History

Sunwing Vacations started its own in-house airline in November 2005 using Boeing 737-800s to operate flights from Canada to Mexico, Dominican Republic, Cuba and the Caribbean and also Domestic Flights.

Destinations

Canada

* Alberta
** Calgary (Calgary International Airport)
** Edmonton (Edmonton International Airport)
* British Columbia
** Comox (Comox Airport)
** Vancouver (Vancouver International Airport)
** Victoria (Victoria International Airport)
* Manitoba
** Winnipeg (Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport)
* New Brunswick
** Fredericton (Greater Fredericton Airport)
** Moncton (Greater Moncton International Airport)
** Saint John (Saint John Airport)
* Newfoundland and Labrador
** Deer Lake (Deer Lake Airport)
** Gander (Gander International Airport)
** St. John's (St. John's International Airport)
** Stephenville (Stephenville International Airport)
* Nova Scotia
** Halifax (Halifax Robert L. Stanfield International Airport)
** Sydney (Sydney Airport)
* Ontario
** Hamilton, Ontario (John C. Munro International Airport)
**Kitchener, Ontario (Region of Waterloo International Airport)
** London (London International Airport)
** Ottawa (Macdonald-Cartier International Airport)
** Sault Ste Marie (Sault Ste. Marie Airport) [begins December 17] [ [http://www.sunwing.ca/newsstory.asp?id=148 Sunwing will start flights from Sault Ste. Marie to Cancun] ]
** Sudbury (Sudbury Airport)
** Toronto (Toronto-Lester B. Pearson International Airport) Hub
** Windsor
* Prince Edward Island
** Charlottetown (Charlottetown Airport)
* Quebec
** Bagotville (Bagotville Airport)
** Montreal (Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport) Hub
** Quebec City (Québec/Jean Lesage International Airport)
* Saskatchewan
** Regina (Regina International Airport)
** Saskatoon (Saskatoon/John G. Diefenbaker International Airport)

USA

* Florida
** Fort Lauderdale (Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport)
** Fort Myers (Southwest Florida International Airport)
** Orlando (Orlando International Airport)
** St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport)

* Nevada
** Las Vegas (McCarran International Airport)

International
*Barbados
**Bridgetown (Grantley Adams International Airport)
* Costa Rica
** Liberia (Daniel Oduber International Airport)
* Cuba
** Camaguey (Ignacio Agramonte International Airport)
** Cayo Coco (Jardines del Rey Airport)
** Cienfuegos (Jaime González Airport)
** Holguín (Frank País Airport)
** Manzanillo (Sierra Maestra Airport)
** Santa Clara (Abel Santa María Airport)
** Santiago de Cuba (Antonio Maceo Airport)
** Varadero (Juan Gualberto Gómez Airport)
* Dominican Republic
** La Romana (La Romana International Airport)
** Puerto Plata (Gregorio Luperón International Airport)
** Punta Cana (Punta Cana International Airport)
** Samaná (Samaná El Catey International Airport)
** Santo Domingo (Las Américas International Airport)
* Jamaica
**Montego Bay (Sir Donald Sangster International Airport)
* Mexico
** Acapulco (General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport)
** Cancún (Cancún International Airport)
** Cozumel (Cozumel International Airport)
** Huatulco (Bahías de Huatulco International Airport)
** Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo (Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo International Airport)
** Puerto Vallarta (Lic. Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport)
* Panama
** Panama City (Tocumen International Airport)
* Puerto Rico
** San Juan (Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport)
* Saint Lucia
** Vieux-Fort (Hewanorra International Airport)

Services

Sunwing Airlines flights include features such as:
*A complimentary welcome glass of champagne on ALL International Flights
*Complimentary hot in-flight meals including wine
*Complimentary non-alcoholic beverages and snacks
*In-flight audio and visual entertainment featuring first-run movies and no charge for headphones
*Hot towel service on EVERY FLIGHT
*Leather seating throughout the aircraft

As well, for an optional $49 (return) premium on Florida and Caribbean flights a traveler will receive:

*Free seat selection
*Priority check-in in Canada (no longer offered)
*Priority boarding (no longer offered)
*A guarantee of no currency or fuel surcharges
*Administrative fees and ticket/hotel voucher replacement fees waived
*A $50 Sunwing Travel Voucher for any future flight/vacation within 14 months

Fleet

As of October 10, 2008, the Sunwing Airlines fleet includes [ [http://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/Sunwing%20Airlines-active-b737ng.htm Sunwing Airlines Fleet of B737NG (Active) - Airfleets ] ] :

*6 Boeing 737-800

Winter 2008/2009, the Sunwing Airlines fleet will expand bringing the total number of planes to 15 Boeing 737-800.

References

External links

* [http://www.flysunwing.com/ Sunwing Airlines]
* [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=SWG&al_op=1 Sunwing Airlines Fleet]
* [http://www.sunwing.ca/ Sunwing Vacations]