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Transport Canada Fined 6 Quebec Sunwing Flight Passengers As Much As $5,000 Each

As an investigation continues, Transport Canada announced it has issued penalties to six passengers aboard the now-infamous Quebec Sunwing flight to Cancun on December 30. The penalties could carry fines as high as $5,000.

Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra said the six people were not fully vaccinated when they boarded the charter flight despite a federal vaccination requirement for air travellers.

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The Woman Seen Vaping On The Sunwing Flight Apologized & Said She's Getting Death Threats

The passenger seen on video vaping aboard that infamous Sunwing flight to Cancun has apologized for her actions and said she's ready to face any consequences. The woman, whom the Journal de Montréal has identified as Vanessa Sicotte, took to her Instagram story on Tuesday night to address followers.

She said she had been the target of death threats and insults since the story of the Sunwing flight spread on social media.

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A Mother Of One Of The Sunwing Flight Influencers Apologized For Her Daughter's Choices

During Monday's episode of the Quebec TV show La semaine des 4 Julie, the mother of Rebecca St-Pierre, one of the passengers on the infamous Sunwing flight, came forward to testify and make a public apology.

St-Pierre's mother said she did not agree with her daughter going on the trip organized by 111 Private Club.

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An Influencer From The Sunwing Party Plane Said The Group 'Didn't Kill Anyone'

The Sunwing party flight saga continues. On Sunday evening, James Wiliam Awad, the organizer of the trip, went live on 111 Private Club's Instagram account where he answered all kinds of questions circulating about the event.

The live began with one of the Quebec influencers who was on the flight, Tony Lee, joining in the discussion from Mexico.

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The Sunwing Flight Organizer Called Critics Of His Plane Party 'Sheep' & Said 'Wake Up'

After James William Awad released a public statement about the whole Sunwing flight fiasco, in the midst of releasing other statements on Twitter, the organizer of the trip returned to social networks on January 9 to discuss the events yet again. This time, he referred to anyone who got upset about the partying that took place on their plane to Mexico as "sheep."

"Reality of the story, sheeps are mad because people partied on a private chartered plane where partying was allowed," wrote Awad, the owner of 111 Private Club, on his Twitter account. He then told his critics to "wake up!!"

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This Sunwing Plane Saga Parody By A Quebec Comedian Is Super On Point & Totally Hilarious

If you've been following the Sunwing party plane saga, you've probably also seen the hilarious TikToks and memes it has inspired — and Quebec comedian Arnaud Soly's 51-minute-long parody is up there with the funniest of them.

In a video posted to Instagram, Soly introduces himself as "Devon," an influencer and member of the group that went on the now-infamous trip to Mexico organized by 111 Private Club. Devon is still in Tulum finds the fact that he has to stay in Mexico quite difficult.

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The Sunwing Flight Organizer Might Even Be In Trouble For Not Being A Travel Agent

Quebec's consumer watchdog, the Office de la protection du consommateur (OPC), confirmed that the Sunwing party flight organizer doesn't have a travel agent license.

28-year-old James William Awad is the man behind 111 Private Club, the members-only organization responsible for the trip to Tulum.

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WTF Is 111 Private Club? Here's What To Know About The Plane Party Scandal's Organizer

A group of Quebec influencers and reality TV personalities made headlines this week as footage of them partying maskless while on a plane to Mexico, chartered by 111 Private Club, circulated online, leading to Sunwing, Air Transat and Air Canada refusing to fly them home.

The passengers — who Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called a gang de sans-desseins (purposeless or clueless people) — face fines of up to $5,000 per offence and even jail time for air safety and public health violations, and both the airline as well as multiple federal government departments are investigating. Some of the passengers have also spoken out to tell their sides of the story, as has the flight's organizer: 111 Private Club.

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