{"id":140898,"date":"2023-06-23T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=140898"},"modified":"2023-06-23T22:11:11","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T22:11:11","slug":"play-airlines-inaugurates-its-first-route-to-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2023\/06\/play-airlines-inaugurates-its-first-route-to-canada.html","title":{"rendered":"PLAY Airlines inaugurates its first route to Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>PLAY Airlines<\/strong> inaugurated Thursday the new route between Reykjavik (Iceland) and Toronto, its first destination in Canada and the fifth in North America, after Boston, Baltimore, New York and Washington DC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The route will operate daily flights on Airbus A320 family aircraft, allowing travelers to connect to Canada from Iceland and Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2023\/06\/iberia-express-returns-to-connect-madrid-with-crete-bari-and-edinburgh-this-summer.html\">Iberia Express returns to connect Madrid with Crete, Bari and Edinburgh this summer<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Making our first flight to Toronto is a major milestone for PLAY. We have been working on launching this destination for a long time and I am very proud to see that the hard work of my colleagues has paid off,&#8221; says Birgir J\u00f3nsson, CEO of PLAY.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PLAY began operations on June 24, 2021, and over the past two years, the airline has been working on the foundation of its operations and today presents itself as a reliable company that offers consumers the ability to spend less on their airline tickets and more at their destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo: MarcelX42\/<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Berlin_Brandenburg_Airport_Play_Airbus_A320-251N_TF-PPA_%28DSC07346%29.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Wikimedia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"related-topics\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-85ff0bcd     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-2 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