About Us: Company Information
Overview
Founded in 1995, Canadian Affair offers an a la carte menu of services for all types of travel options to, and holiday experiences in, Canada.
Since 1995, the company has grown into a £75m turnover business, with over 80% of sales “direct” to the consumer. and is recognised as the pre-eminent choice for tours to Canada from the UK. Since its inception, Canadian Affair has flown over one million passengers to Canada.
Canadian Affair’s capacity for Summer 2008 will be over 400,000 seats, offering over 60 direct non stop flights to Canada each week and offering departures from 9 UK Airports and 2 Irish airports to 8 exciting Canadian destinations. All flights operate into the major International airports in Canada.
Location
Canadian Affair employs more than 60 people in two offices located in London (Head Office) and Glasgow.
Strategic Alliances
In 2006 Canadian Affair became part of the the Transat A.T inc Group, widely recognised as the leading integrated holiday holiday travel group in Canada.
Canadian Affair maintains strategic alliances with Thomas Cook Airlines (incorporating My Travel Airways) which are exclusive to the company’s Canadian routes.
Ethos and strategy
Canadian Affair believes the bespoke advice from its expert staff, combined with frequent flights at the lowest prices is the optimum offering to UK-Canada travellers.
- Each holiday itinerary and trip is tailor made from a “flight only” to a complex holiday package.
- Over 40 trained, expert staff, offering round-the-clock sales advice
Passenger volumes allow Canadian Affair to be the most competitive UK-Canada tour operator in the market.
Passengers receive the best value for money but also a superior fleet of aircraft providing the most comfortable trans-Atlantic service available on the market in Canada.
Product offering
Canadian Affair’s in flight product offer three unique attributes:
- Lowest cost flights to Canada
- Highest frequency of DIRECT NON STOP flights - over 60 flights a week to Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Halifax and new for 2008 Fredericton from London (Gatwick), Manchester, Exeter, Newcastle, Birmingham, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
- Most comfortable aircraft:
- Boeing 757 – Many flights to Eastern Canada operate on the Thomas Cook Airlines Boeing 757, an exclusive; industry leading in-flight product was created in parnership with Thomas Cook Airlines, offering luxurious leather seats and a 35 inch seat pitch on every seat throughout the cabin. Canadian Affair’s passengers experience the best economy leg room and comfort across the Atlantic.
- Airbus A330/A310 – Are operated by Air Transat, Thomas Cook Airlines (incorporating My Travel Airways) on many of the routes. The state of the art Airbus A330 offers wide bodied aircraft comfort as well as such benefits as: Leather seats throughout the cabin (Air Transat only), Seat Back TV monitors (Thomas Cook and My Travel Airways only), Meals Included, Premium/Club Transat upgrades available along with a host of other leading services and products making your entire journey a pleasure.
- New for Summer 2008: Our Airline partners have removed rows of seats from their Airbus aircraft to improve passenger comfort. On Air Transat Airbus flights passengers will get a 32" seat pitch whilst on Thomas Cook Airlines Airbus aircraft passengers will get a 33" seat pitch as standard.
Canadian Affair with their growing passenger volumes have the widest choice of holiday components to tailor make holidays from short city breaks to complex itineraries. When booking with Canadian Affair customers are guaranteed the best prices as well as the best customer service.
Experienced staff are on hand to recommend and advise on all types of itineraries and excursions across Canada.
Our partners include: Rocky Mountaineer Vacations, National and Hertz car hire, over 150 leading hotels across Canada, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Royal Caribbean Cruise International, CanaDream Campers, Fraserway RV’s, ViaRail as well as a wide range of tailor made self driving tours, day excursions and tours.
Awards
- 2004, 2005 and 2006 - Best Direct Sale Tour Operator for Canada by the Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC).
This accolade is even more prestigious as it is earned through a public vote conducted by the CTC. - Travel Alberta March 2006 - Canadian Affair have been honoured by Travel Alberta with an award in recognition of their contribution to the province of Alberta.
- 2002 and 2003 - Best Canada Web site, also by the CTC.
Travelling from Canada to the UK
Visit the sister site www.canadian-affair.ca
