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Air Canada Is Launching Direct Flights From Montreal To Hawaii This Winter

Air Canada has announced that it will begin offering direct flights to Hawaii from select Canadian cities this winter — and Montreal is one of them.

The new route represents the airline's first-ever direct flight service from Montreal to Honolulu.

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21 International Flights With Infected Passengers Landed In Montreal In The Last 2 Weeks

Canada recently suspended flights from India and Pakistan to prevent the spread of B.1.617, a COVID-19 virus variant that was first identified in India.

The ban came almost three months after the federal government ordered all travellers flying into Canada to provide a negative COVID-19 test before boarding, but international flights carrying coronavirus-infected passengers are still touching down in Montreal, according to the federal government.

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Air Canada Is Letting Customers Get Refunds For Flights Cancelled Due To COVID-19

Did the pandemic ruin your travel plans? Air Canada is refunding non-refundable plane tickets for flights that were cancelled — by the airline or voluntarily by the passenger — due to COVID-19 since February 2020.

In a press release, Air Canada also announced that, as of today, flyers who purchase non-refundable tickets and whose future flights are cancelled or rescheduled by more than three hours will have the option of a refund.

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33 International Flights With Infected Passengers Landed In Montreal In The Last 2 Weeks

Weeks after the federal government ordered all travellers flying into Canada to provide a negative test before boarding, authorities continue to report flights into Montreal that carried passengers with COVID-19. 

Over 30 international flights carrying infected passengers have landed in Montreal since January 12, according to the government’s online database.

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Legault Is Asking Trudeau To Ban All Nonessential International Flights

Quebec Premier François Legault is calling on Canada's federal government to ban all nonessential international flights, he said in a press conference on January 19.  

The premier said he has already been in private talks with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Canadian government about banning international flights, but "now the time has come to act." 

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4 Montreal Flights Had Passengers Who Tested Positive For COVID-19 In The Past Week

Four Montreal flights since November 18 have been confirmed to have had passengers who tested positive for COVID-19 on them.

The government has a public list on its official website of potential flights, cruises and trains where people could have been exposed to COVID-19.

On the list, which is updated daily, we can see that one domestic flight, namely Air Canada / Jazz AC8956 / QK8956 Ottawa (YOW) to Montreal (YUL), has reported a potential risk for exposure in the past seven days.

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