Sunwing is offering available seats on its repatriation flights from southern destinations to stranded Canadians, free of charge – including for non-Sunwing customers. The travel company will have brought home approximately 11,000 more Canadians Thursday, which will bring the total number of repatriated customers to over 33,000.

“We understand a lot of Canadians are still stranded outside the country and struggling to get home,” said Stephen Hunter, CEO of Sunwing Travel Group. “That’s why we want to open up any extra capacity we have. It’s the Canadian thing to do.”

Canadians looking to return home on a Sunwing flight should check the most up to date flight times at https://www.sunwing.ca/pages/en/flight-status-alerts.

If a northbound flight is operating from their destination, they should make their way to the departure airport and present themselves to the Sunwing Airlines check-in counter. If space remains prior to departure at the closure of check in, any available seats will be offered to Canadians or Canadian permanent residents free of charge.

Given the unprecedented situation, and the focus of on the repatriation of their customers, Sunwing is asking the public to please refrain from calling since availability can only be confirmed at the airport ahead of the closure of check-in for each flight service.

The airline expects to have all their customers home by Monday March 23, estimating that it will be operating almost 400 flights and spending more than $26 million to bring these Canadians home safely, at no extra cost to the customer.