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I’ve written many times about Air Transat. Before last year, I had never even heard of the airline, but it was named the World’s Best Leisure Airline in the Skytrax World Airline Awards in 2023, 2024, and 2025. In February, Air Transat announced that it would exit the United States entirely and remove its remaining transborder routes from the schedule and end all US service by June 2026. Now, it’s continuing to add additional sunny destinations for next winter.
The airline will introduce new service to the following from Montréal-Trudeau International Airport (YUL):
- Aruba’s Queen Beatrix International Airport (AUA) (1x weekly; starts on December 12th)
- Barbados’ Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI) (2x weekly; starts on December 13th)
- Los Cabos International Airport (SJD) (1x weekly; starts on December 10th)
The expansion strengthens Air Transat’s presence in the Caribbean and Mexico, two of the most popular winter travel regions for Canadian passengers. By adding these destinations, the airline is broadening its leisure-focused network and catering to strong seasonal demand for beach and resort travel.
Sebastian Ponce, Chief Revenue Officer at Transat, said:
Demand for sun destinations remains strong, and these three new routes from Montreal allow us to meet that demand by expanding our offering. By adding Aruba, Barbados and Los Cabos, we are continuing to execute a strategy focused on diversifying and optimizing our network to the South, for the benefit of our clients.”
Anthony’s Take: This latest expansion reflects continued growth in leisure travel and reinforces Air Transat’s strategy of focusing on sun destinations during the winter season while avoiding the United States given the current political climate.
(Image Credits: Air Transat.)
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