Canada’s national airline Air Canada recorded almost 30 percent growth in demand for tickets for clients going on business trips overseas. Business trips “to Europe and the Pacific are up almost 30%, in part because Canada is looking to diversify trade corridors,” Air Canada Chief Commercial Officer Mark Galardo told analysts on Friday. TASR informs about it based on a Reuters report.
- The number of business trips to Europe and the Pacific has increased significantly.
- Ordinary Canadians prefer vacations in Europe and Latin America to the US.
Air Canada expects better nuclear profit this year than analysts forecast. He expects strong demand for tickets for business trips to destinations outside the United States. The airline said strong demand for first-class travel on long-haul flights is helping it offset a decline on routes between the US and Canada due to trade tensions between the two countries.
In addition, even ordinary Canadians are now avoiding travel to the United States and instead booking vacations in European and Latin American destinationsadded Air Canada.
