ZOOM AIRLINES

;:''For the British sister company, see Zoom Airlines Limited''
'Zoom Airlines Inc.' is a Canadian low-cost scheduled transatlantic airline based in Ottawa, Ontario. Zoom operates year-round scheduled services to the United Kingdom and France, as well as a combination of scheduled and charter services to the Caribbean and Southern United States with selected Canadian tour operators.

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History and growth

Destinations

Fleet

References

External links

History and growth

Zoom Airlines Inc. was founded in May 2002 as a low-fare trans-Atlantic airline. The carrier, based in Canada's capital city, Ottawa, was conceived by two Scottish brothers, John and Hugh Boyle, to fill an opportunity in the Canadian leisure travel market.
The two brothers entered the holiday business in the 1980s with their start up company ''Falcon Holidays'' in their native Scotland, which was later sold for a large profit to a major UK tour operator. Their next venture, Direct Holidays, was started in 1991, and gained strength and market share in Scotland, becoming a household name and the largest 'direct sell' travel company in the United Kingdom. After the sale of Direct Holidays in 1998 to MyTravel Group PLC for £84m (C$200 million), Hugh relocated to Canada. Boyle started GO Travel Direct Vacations, introducing the 'direct sell' method. This business model eliminates the role of travel agents, passing the savings back to the holiday maker. In taking this business model one step further, Boyle launched Zoom Airlines, removing the remaining third parties from the booking process.
In November 2006, Zoom Airlines and FlyGlobespan.com embarked on a code share agreement. Zoom Airlines operated two of three weekly Manchester to Toronto FlyGlobespan.com flights. Zoom flights from Toronto to Belfast, Cardiff, Glasgow, London Gatwick, London Stansted and Manchester were available for booking on the FlyGlobespan website, as well as Ottawa to London Gatwick. This deal was only for the winter 2006/07 period as Flyglobespan commenced their own Canadian program.
Zoom is one of the main sponsors of Motherwell F.C., a Scottish Premier League football club.
In the Summer of 2007, the airlines sister company Zoom Airlines Limited (aka Zoom UK) inaugurated flights from London-Gatwick to Bermuda and New York City-JFK.

Destinations

★ Europe

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★ France

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★ Paris (Charles de Gaulle International Airport)

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★ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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★ England

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★ London (London Gatwick Airport)

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★ Manchester (Manchester Airport)

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★ Northern Ireland

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★ Belfast (Belfast International Airport)

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★ Scotland

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★ Glasgow (Glasgow International Airport)

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★ Wales

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★ Cardiff (Cardiff International Airport)

★ North America

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★ Barbados

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★ Bridgetown (Grantley Adams International Airport)

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★ Canada

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★ Alberta

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★ Calgary (Calgary International Airport)

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★ Edmonton (Edmonton International Airport)

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★ British Columbia

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★ Vancouver (Vancouver International Airport)

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★ Manitoba

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★ Winnipeg (Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport)

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★ Nova Scotia

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★ Halifax Regional Municipality (Halifax International Airport)

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★ Ontario

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★ Ottawa (Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport)

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★ Toronto (Toronto Pearson International Airport)

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★ Québec

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★ Montreal (Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport)

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★ Jamaica

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★ Kingston (Norman Manley International Airport)

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★ Trinidad and Tobago

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★ Port of Spain (Piarco International Airport)

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★ United States of America

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★ Florida

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★ Orlando (Orlando International Airport)

★ South America

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★ Guyana

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★ Georgetown (Cheddi Jagan International Airport)

Fleet

As of May 2007 the fleet^[3] consisted of:

'Zoom Airlines Inc. Fleet'

Aircraft	Total	Passengers (Premium ★ / Economy)	Registration	Name
Boeing 767-300ER	4	269 (62/207) 269 (62/207) 270 (63/207) 270 (63/207)	C-GZMM C-GZUM C-GZNC C-GZNA	City of Halifax City of Ottawa City of Vancouver City of Toronto
Boeing 757-200	1	201 (45/156)	C-GTSN	City of Montreal

^{★ Economy with premium supplement.}

In September 2007, the average age of the Zoom Airlines fleet was 14 years.^[4]

References

1. Transport Canada listing of aircraft owned by "Zoom Airlines" (enter Zoom Airlines in the box titled "Owner Name")
2. Zoom Airlines
3. Transport Canada listing of aircraft owned by "Zoom Airlines" (enter Zoom Airlines in the box titled "Owner Name")
4. Zoom Airlines Fleet Age at www.airfleets.net

External links

★ Zoom Airlines Canada Fleet Age

★ Zoom Airlines

★ Photos of Zoom Aircraft in Britain