OWG

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OWG
IATA ICAO Call sign
N5 NRL NOLINOR
FoundedJuly 6, 2020; 4 years ago (2020-07-06)
Commenced operationsDecember 18, 2020; 4 years ago (2020-12-18)
Operating bases
Fleet size3
Destinations6
Parent companyNolinor Aviation
HeadquartersMirabel, Quebec, Canada[1]
Key peopleMarco Prud’Homme (President)
Employees300[1]
Websitewww.owg.com/en

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, OWG has operated to the following destinations:

Country City Airport Start date End date Notes Ref
Canada Montréal Montréal–Trudeau International Airport December 18, 2020 Present Base [8]
Toronto Toronto Pearson International Airport December 18, 2020 Present Base [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:[14][15]

OWG fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
Boeing 737-400 2 — 158
Boeing 737-800 1 — 189
Total 3 —

References

  1. ^ a b "About Us". OWG. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  2. ^ Gordon, Lisa. "OWG poised for takeoff". Skies Magazine. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  3. ^ "Our Fleet". OWG. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "OWG reinvents the travel experience by taking its travellers to heart". OWG. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  5. ^ Tomesco, Frédéric (July 7, 2020). "New Quebec airline OWG targets sun destinations". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  6. ^ Wert, Jacob (July 13, 2020). "New Canadian airline OWG to launch with Cuba flights". International Flight Network. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  7. ^ Liu, Jim (July 22, 2020). "OWG Outlines Toronto/Montreal". Routesonline. Informa Markets. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "Canada's OWG launches operations". ch-aviation. October 20, 2020. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  10. ^ a b "OWG Adds 737NG". Canadian Aviator. August 28, 2021. Archived from the original on August 28, 2021. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ Ruiz Miyares, Jorge (July 1, 2022). "New airline arrived in eastern Cuba". Radio Havana Cuba. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ "Canadian Civil Aircraft Register: Quick Search Result for Nolinor Inc". Transport Canada. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  15. ^ "OWG Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. August 15, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2022.