Air Transat unveils 2015 Europe program

Air Transat will add Budapest to its transatlantic program for 2015, as well as increasing seats and frequencies on many of its European routes, including Paris, London, Barcelona, Athens, Lisbon, Marseille, Nantes, Rome and Venice. 

The carrier will also be cutting service to Turkey and eliminating flights between Western Canada and Germany.

Weekly direct flights to Budapest will be departing from Montreal and Toronto in the new year, said Jean-François Lemay, general manager, Air Transat, adding that the latest expansion came in response to the success of Air Transat’s Prague connection which began this past June.

Although the airline is eliminating service between Montreal and Istanbul, Transat will continue to market that destination, with land tours sold under the Transat Holidays and Transat Discoveries brands.

Besides service to secondary cities, the carrier is now offering twice-daily flights to Paris from Montreal and six a week from Toronto. In addition, Air Transat announced a new connection between St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador, and London, England, with two weekly flights in high season, in response to strong demand from travellers in the region. Elsewhere in Canada, there will be an increase in flight frequencies on its London routes as well, offering 10 weekly departures from Toronto, two each from Montreal and Halifax, six from Vancouver, and three from Calgary.

Flights will also be added to Athens and Barcelona from Montreal and Toronto, and to Lisbon from Montreal.