Sunwing Airlines
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| Founded | 2005 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | November 17, 2005 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 36 | ||||||
| Destinations | 73 | ||||||
| Company slogan | "Fly Better" | ||||||
| Parent company | Sunwing Travel Group | ||||||
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||||||
| Key people | Mark Williams, president | ||||||
| Employees | 1,500 (2015) | ||||||
Sunwing Airlines Inc. is a Canadian low-cost airline headquartered in the Etobicoke district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Sunwing Airlines offers scheduled and charter services from Canada and the United States to destinations within the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, South America. During the summer months, the company offers domestic services across Canada as well as services to European cities. It is a subsidiary of Sunwing Travel Group and its main Canadian bases are Toronto Pearson International Airport and Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport. The company also operates seasonal flight services from over 30 local Canadian gateways including Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport, Calgary International Airport, Vancouver International Airport, and Edmonton International Airport.
By 2004, the Sunwing Vacations had become the second largest tour operator in the Ontario area. That year, a former employee of Skyservice, Mark Williams, approached the CEO of Sunwing Travel Group, Colin Hunter and asked if he wanted to start an airline. A few weeks later official plans to launch the airline were in place. In November 2005, Sunwing Airlines flew its inaugural flight, a Boeing 737-800 that departed from Toronto Pearson airport. In November 2006, the company flew its first flight out of the Montreal-Trudeau airport.
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