Sunwing announced today that it is boosting its service to the sun from la belle Province, adding new service from Saguenay (Bagotville) to Roatan, Honduras and bringing back flights from Val d’Or to both Punta Cana, Dominican Republic and Holguin, Cuba.

Sunwing is the first tour operator to offer service to Roatan from Saguenay-Bagotville airport (YBG) and with the addition of this flight, Roatan will be the seventh destination offered by Sunwing from this region for the winter of 2018.

Flights will operate weekly each Monday, starting December 18, 2017 and running until April 16, 2018.

“We are looking forward to continuing our long-standing partnership with the Saguenay-Bagotville Airport for a 12th season this winter.” said Sam Char, executive vice-president of Sunwing Travel Group. “Since our first flight in 2006, we have been providing residents of the Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region convenient options for escaping the cold Canadian winters, so we’re quite excited to be adding Roatan to this roster of top vacation destinations to get away to.”

“Promotion Saguenay strongly supports Sunwing's decision to offer a new sunny destination from the Saguenay-Bagotville Airport.” said Jean Tremblay, president of Promotion Saguenay and mayor of the city of Saguenay.  “Sunwing has once more confirmed its exceptional and unique partnership, ongoing for over 10 years now, with the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region with this announcement and which maintains the Saguenay-Bagotville Airport as the most active regional airport in Canada in terms of flights to southern destinations.

Sunwing also announced today that it will once again offer weekly, seasonal, nonstop service to both Punta Cana, Dominican Republic and Holguin, Cuba from Val d’Or.

Service to Punta Cana will operate Mondays from December 11, 2017 through April 16, 2018, while service to Holguin will operate Tuesday from December 12, 2017 until April 17, 2018. Sunwing is the only leisure carrier offering flights to sun destinations from this airport.

“Sunwing is proud to have offered direct leisure flights for travellers from Val d’Or for almost 10 years, and we look forward to continuing this convenient service to two incredibly popular vacation hotspots this winter.” said Andrew Dawson, president of tour operations.

“We are very pleased that Sunwing is offering this flight to our local community. It is a great privilege to have this service here as it provides travellers more convenience in reaching their ideal tropical vacation this winter,” said Louise Beaulieu, general manager for Val d’Or Regional Airport.

Flights and packages to all three destinations are now available for booking. For more details, visit Sunwing.ca or Signature.ca or contact your Sunwing/Signature representative.

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