From the Pacific Business News
The Canadian direct sale carrier Zoom Airlines says it will launch Hawaii service on Dec. 17.
Zoom enters a market already served by Air Canada and Harmony Airways with another discounter, WestJet, also planning to launch Hawaii service in December.
What's different about Ottawa-based Zoom is that all of these other carriers fly to Hawaii from Vancouver. Zoom will fly to Honolulu from Toronto, Canada's largest city.
"Since launching in 2002, Zoom Airlines' passenger rate has grown 650 percent," CEO Kris Dolinki said. "Thanks to our successful trans-Atlantic and Caribbean programs, Zoom is pleased to be able to serve another holiday market."
The Conference Board of Canada says 19 percent of Canadians, or 6.8 million people, plan to travel outside of Canada this winter.
"Canada is a very important market to Hawaiian tourism -- it is our fourth largest -- but the majority of our visitors originate from the United States or Vancouver," said Hawaii Tourism Authority Executive Director Frank Haas. "The introduction of Zoom Airlines' affordable non-stop service will make the beauty and culture of the Hawaiian Islands more accessible to Central Canadians."
Zoom flies wide-bodied Boeing 767-300s
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