AIR JAMAICA resumes flights to Canada next month, following a 14-year absence.
On Monday, April 5, Prime Minister P.J. Patterson will head a list of dignitaries on Air Jamaica's flight into Toronto's Pearson International Airport. Also expected on that flight are Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. Omar Davies, Transport and Works Minister, Robert Pickers-gill and chairman of Air Jamaica, Gordon 'Butch' Stewart.
Prime Minster Patterson will also be Air Jamaica's guest of honour at a celebratory function later that night at the prestigious Royal York Hotel in downtown Toronto.
On Sunday, April 4, a special service of thanksgiving marking the return of the airline will take place at Revivaltime Tabernacle in Toronto. The church, one of the largest in Toronto, is headed by Jamaican-born Rev. Audley James.
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Recently, officials of Air Jamaica were in Toronto to unveil the services that the airline will be providing its Canadian market.
Richard Lue, Regional Manager for Special Markets, said that the airline was there to stay.
Will Rogers, Air Jamaica's Senior Vice President of Industrial Affairs, highlighted some of the changes the airline had experienced since it last flew to Canada in 1990, the most important being its privatisation 10 years ago.
With the birth of the revitalised Air Jamaica, a commitment was made to resume service to gateways where there was a significant Jamaican population and the time was now right for the resumption to Canada, he noted.
On April 5, Air Jamaica flies into Toronto from Kingston with the return flight scheduled for April 6 at 8:30 a.m.
