Zoom Airlines
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| Zoom Airlines Inc. | ||
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| IATA Z4 |
ICAO OOM |
Callsign ZOOM |
| Founded | May 2002 | |
| Hubs | Halifax Stanfield International Airport Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport |
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| Focus cities | Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport Vancouver International Airport Toronto Pearson International Airport |
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| Member lounge | Executive Lounge operated by Servisair [1] | |
| Fleet size | 5[2] | |
| Destinations | 15[3] | |
| Headquarters | Ottawa, Ontario | |
| Key people | Hugh Boyle - Chairman, Kris Dolinki - President and CEO |
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| Website: http://www.flyzoom.com | ||
Zoom Airlines Incorporated is a Canadian low-fare scheduled transatlantic airline based in Ottawa, Ontario. Zoom operates year-round scheduled services to Europe, as well as charter services to South America, Caribbean, and Southern United States destinations with Canadian tour operators.
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[edit] History
Zoom Airlines Inc. was founded in May 2002 as a low-fare transatlantic 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 startup company Falcon Holidays in their native Scotland, which was later sold for a large profit to a major United Kingdom 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 UK. After the sale of Direct Holidays in 1998 to MyTravel Group 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 codeshare agreement. Zoom Airlines operated two of three weekly Manchester to Toronto Flyglobespan 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 agreement was only for the 2006/2007 winter season, as Flyglobespan subsequently commenced their own Canadian program.
In the summer of 2006 John Boyle founded a sister company in the UK known as Zoom Airlines Limited.
In January of 2008, Zoom Airlines Inc received approval from the Canadian Minister of Transport, Lawrence Cannon, to operate flights between Canada and Italy.
[edit] Destinations
[edit] Europe
- United Kingdom
- France
- Italy
- Rome (Leonardo da Vinci Airport) seasonal
[edit] North America
[edit] South America
[edit] Caribbean
^* denotes Charter service
[edit] Fleet
As of January 2008 the fleet[2] consists of:
| Aircraft | Total | Passengers (*W/Y) |
Registration | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing 767-300ER | 3 | 269 (62/207) 269 (62/207) 270 (63/207) |
C-GZMM C-GZUM C-GZNC |
City of Halifax City of Ottawa City of Vancouver |
| Boeing 757-200 | 2 | 205 (45/160) 202 (42/160) |
C-GTSN |
City of Montreal City of Toronto |
*W Premium Economy offered only on select flights.
- As of December 2007, the average age of the Zoom Airlines fleet was 14.9 years.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Executive Lounge
- ^ a b Transport Canada listing of aircraft owned by "Zoom Airlines" (enter Zoom Airlines in the box titled "Owner Name")
- ^ Zoom Airlines
- ^ Zoom Airlines Fleet Age at www.airfleets.net


