A new airline named Canada Jetlines will soon be departing from Toronto Pearson Airport to popular destinations in the U.S., Caribbean, and Mexico. The new airline is targeting summer 2022 to begin operations from Toronto’s busiest airport. Their announcement of a summer start date comes shortly after Canada removed the pre-departure testing requirement for travelers, …

The U.S. Department of State has recently – from 4 April – lowered its travel advisory level for Canada to Level 3 – with the nation previously having been listed at level 4. Although the State Department’s level 3 category states that Americans should ‘reconsider travel’ to the country, Canada had previously been listed at …

The U.S. still requires travelers to present a negative Covid-19 test result to enter – despite their neighbors Canada’s decision to remove the requirement from April 1st. Whereas once Canada had the most restrictive entry requirements of the North American countries, their recent changes will make it easier for travelers to enter – whilst those …

After two long years of some of the strictest entry rules worldwide, Canada is finally removing its testing for entry requirement. As of April 1, 2022, the federal government will get rid of pre-arrival testing requirements for vaccinated travelers to enter Canada.  Up until April 1st, travelers need to show proof of a negative antigen …

WestJet has announced 14 new flights to Europe and 3 new flights to the United States, just in time for Spring and Summer breaks. After two years of poor connectivity in and out of Canada, this is excellent news for all travel-hungry Canucks and anyone transiting through the country. The flight annoucements restores WestJet’s summer …

The Canadian province of British Columbia is set to remove several major Covid-19 related restrictions over the coming weeks. The province, home to the city of Vancouver and several popular national parks and ski resorts, revealed its plans to ease its Covid-19 restrictions in a press conference yesterday, with changes set to have a large …

The federal government of Canada has just announced a new public health plan for cruise ships – with the country’s cruise ship season due to begin next month (April). Most countries reopened for cruising last year and have already dropped most restrictions that Canada is now just announcing. The nation’s Transport Minister, Omar Alghabra, laid …

Canada has just announced that they are dropping PCR testing for International arrivals effective March 1st.  Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos announced that the country will drop the 72-hour pre-flight PCR testing for vaccinated travelers, swapping the slow and expensive PCR-type tests for quick and cheap antigen tests. Instead of showing proof of a negative 72-hour …

Following recent protests and industry demands for the loosening of travel restrictions, Canada seems to be close to lifting the much criticized pre-departure PCR test, which applied even to vaccinated citizens returning home. Although an implementation date has not yet been announced, the change in requirements might be coming sooner than expected. Currently, in order …

In a new chapter of the never-ending Covid saga, protesting truckers have blocked the vital Ambassador Bridge border crossing between the United States and Canada, demanding that strict entry rules on both sides are relaxed and, most pressingly, that vaccination requirements are scrapped. Since the pandemic first started, Canada has enacted one of the strictest …

Eurowings Discover, a long-haul German airline is looking to make a huge expansion to their flight map in the coming months. This new leisure airline associated with the Lufthansa Group, is adding brand new destinations throughout Canada, the Caribbean, and the U.S.  The newly formed airline took to the skies back in July 2021 hoping …

U.S. Requiring Proof Of Vaccination On Land And Sea Borders Non-U.S. citizens entering the United States via land borders and seaports will need proof of full vaccination from today (January 22.)  Although the U.S. made proof of vaccination mandatory for most travelers in November 2021, unless they had a medical exemption or traveled from a …