WestJet expansion includes Calgary-New York JFK route

WestJet announced five new routes and a number of schedule changes that the Canadian low-cost carrier billed as “its most comprehensive schedule release since the airline took to the skies in 1996.” The highlight for U.S. travelers likely will be WestJet’s new nonstop route between Calgary and New York JFK, a route that will launch April 27. The carrier will…

Gogo Network Goes Live Over Canada

Gogo (NASDAQ: GOGO), the world leader of in-flight connectivity and a pioneer in wireless in-flight digital entertainment solutions, announced today that the first phase of its Canadian air-to-ground Wi-Fi network is live in Canada, with the balance of the network expected to go live in the first quarter of 2014. Gogo’s ATG Canadian network will allow the company to offer…

B.C. judge won’t issue interim order over pharmacy-rewards points and miles

I love to double-dip to get miles or points with my pharmacy purchases. The chief justice of British Columbia’s Supreme Court has refused to issue an interim injunction so two grocery chains can continue to offer rewards points to their pharmacy customers. The college that regulates pharmacists in B.C. began enforcing a bylaw that prohibited incentives programs on Dec. 2,…