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NewLeaf Travel launches...again.
Low-cost airfare ticket seller NewLeaf Travel is back in the travel game five months after it shut down to await a federal regulatory ruling, The Canadian Press (CP) reports.
Travellers will be able to start flying on the low-cost carrier on July 25, reports say.
The airline has also added five more destinations to its service, including Halifax, Moncton, Hamilton, Winnipeg, Regina, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Kelowna, B.C., Kamloops, B.C., Fort St. John, B.C., Abbotsford, B.C. and Victoria.
The company said its flights will still be booked through Flair Airlines, which owns and operates a fleet of Boeing 737-400 jets, and is licensed under the CTA, CP reports.
When it originally launched in January, NewLeaf billed itself as a low-cost alternative to Canada’s major airlines.
"We are glad that we took the extra time to plan our re-launch as we wanted to protect consumers and offer them long-term business stability. It has taken a bit of time to get off the ground, but we are excited to now bring to Canada the ultra-low cost business model that has proven successful around the world,” Jim Young, NewLeaf CEO and president, said in a statement.
Young took questions from media today (June 23) at Winnipeg's James A. Richardson International Airport.
Additionally, the low-cost ticket seller has also set its sights on destinations outside of Canada. NewLeaf's chief commercial officer, Dean Dacko, told CP the airline is looking to possibly spread its wings into U.S. sun destinations in the winter.
For more informtaion on NewLeaf, visit gonewleaf.ca.