Sunshine Flights From Sunwing

Sunwing is launching direct, non-stop flights from Ottawa to St. Petersburg/Clearwater beginning Dec. 18, 2014. The weekly service offers Thursday departures aboard a Boeing 737-800 aircraft that will accommodate 189 passengers. With the addition of the new service, Ottawa becomes the third Canadian city to benefit from a direct, non-stop service to the region after Toronto and Halifax.

Noah Lagos, St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport director commented: “We are excited to add another international destination with Sunwing Airlines and make it easier for Canadians from Ottawa to arrive at our award-winning beach destination.”

David Downing, interim executive director of Visit St. Pete/Clearwater said: “We’re excited to welcome increased service with our partners at Sunwing. This partnership underscores the importance of Canada to our area and keeps St. Pete/Clearwater front-of-mind with Canadian visitors year-round.”

Andrew Dawson, COO of the Sunwing Travel Group, noting that the decision to increase services was linked to overall success across the region, commented: “We are delighted to be able to offer a third gateway from Canada to St. Petersburg/Clearwater. Florida is an ever popular destination amongst our clientele and we receive consistently good feedback from both our customers and travel agent partners.  We are certain this addition to our flight schedule will be well received by our customers.”

For more, go to http://www.sunwing.ca .