OWG
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Founded | July 6, 2020 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | December 18, 2020 | ||||||
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Fleet size | 3 | ||||||
Destinations | 6 | ||||||
Parent company | Nolinor Aviation | ||||||
Headquarters | Mirabel, Quebec, Canada[1] | ||||||
Key people | Marco Prud’Homme (President) | ||||||
Employees | 300[1] | ||||||
Website | owg.com |
OWG, standing for Off We Go, is a Canadian virtual airline and division of charter airline Nolinor Aviation. It operates flights to leisure destinations from Montréal Trudeau and Toronto Pearson airports.
History
On July 6, 2020, Nolinor Aviation announced OWG as its new airline.[2] The airline planned to operate a fleet of Boeing 737-400 aircraft in an all-economy configuration of 158 seats,[3] targeting leisure travel to southern destinations.[4][5] On July 13, 2020, OWG announced that it would partner with Canadian travel operator Hola Sun Holidays to operate dedicated flights to Cuba on behalf of the company.[6][7] Its inaugural flight to Cuba departed on December 18, 2020,[8] having originally been planned for August 31, 2020,[4] while the airline operated charter flights within Canada for an interim period beginning on October 18, 2020.[9]
The company ceased its flights to the Caribbean in 2021 at the request of the Canadian government, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[10] The company planned to restart flights in late 2021 using one Boeing 737-800 aircraft,[10] although the 737-800 did not enter service until 2022.[citation needed]
Destinations
As of July 2022[update], OWG has operated to the following destinations:
Country | City | Airport | Start date | End date | Notes | Ref |
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Canada | Montréal | Montréal–Trudeau International Airport | December 18, 2020 | Present | Hub | [8] |
Toronto | Toronto Pearson International Airport | December 18, 2020 | Present | Hub | [8] | |
Cuba | Cayo Coco | Jardines del Rey Airport | July 3, 2022 | Present | [11] | |
Holguín | Frank País Airport | June 30, 2022 | Present | [12] | ||
Santa Clara | Abel Santamaría Airport | December 18, 2020 | Present | [8] | ||
Varadero | Juan Gualberto Gómez Airport | July 2, 2022 | Present | [13] |
Fleet
The OWG fleet, which is operated by Nolinor Aviation under its air operator's certificate (AOC), comprises the following aircraft as of March 2024[update]:[14][15]
Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | |
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Boeing 737-400 | 2 | — | 158 | ||
Boeing 737-800 | 1 | — | 189 | ||
Total | 3 | — |
References
- ^ a b "About Us". OWG. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
- ^ Gordon, Lisa. "OWG poised for takeoff". Skies Magazine. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
- ^ "Our Fleet". OWG. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- ^ a b "OWG reinvents the travel experience by taking its travellers to heart". OWG. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
- ^ Tomesco, Frédéric (July 7, 2020). "New Quebec airline OWG targets sun destinations". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- ^ Wert, Jacob (July 13, 2020). "New Canadian airline OWG to launch with Cuba flights". International Flight Network. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
- ^ Liu, Jim (July 22, 2020). "OWG Outlines Toronto/Montreal". Routesonline. Informa Markets. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
- ^ a b c d Wolfsteller, Pilar (December 18, 2020). "Canada's OWG launches with initial flight to Cuba". FlightGlobal. DVV Media Group. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
- ^ "Canada's OWG launches operations". ch-aviation. October 20, 2020. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
- ^ a b "OWG Adds 737NG". Canadian Aviator. August 28, 2021. Archived from the original on August 28, 2021. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
- ^ "Aeropuerto Jardines Del Rey recibe el vuelo inaugural de la aerolínea canadiense OWG" [Jardines Del Rey Airport receives the inaugural flight of Canadian airline OWG]. Jardines del Rey Airport (in Spanish). Facebook. July 3, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
- ^ Ruiz Miyares, Jorge (July 1, 2022). "New airline arrived in eastern Cuba". Radio Havana Cuba. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
- ^ Lemus Domínguez, Yenli (July 2, 2022). "Llegó primer vuelo de Off We Go al Aeropuerto de Varadero en 2022" [The first flight Off We Go flight arrived at Varadero Airport in 2022] (in Spanish). Retrieved August 17, 2022.
- ^ "Canadian Civil Aircraft Register: Quick Search Result for Nolinor Inc". Transport Canada. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
- ^ "OWG Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. August 15, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
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