Flying on a Sunwing flight to Cuba

Our first vacation with Sunwing!

After riding on the TTC subway and on the Airport bus for about an hour and half we got off at Terminal 3 where the Sunwing  check in counters located.  

We had never taken any Sunwing flight before; this was our first time. 

Leaving Toronto in the evening for our holiday

The plane took off at 6pm from Toronto and we arrived at Varadero, Cuba  after a two and half hour flight. It took us much longer to travel to the western or eastern part of Canada than it does to Cuba! No wonder there are so many Canadians visiting Cuba!

Toronto from the sky at night

Just two days before we boarded the Sunwing flight, there was a report on CTV national evening news showing a drunk Sunwing pilot going through the customs at the Toronto airport. 

Subsequently, he was fired by the company. 






I don’t think we were the only ones worrying a bit about our Sunwing flight.  After our plane touched the ground on the Varadero Airport making a safe landing, all the passengers on board broke out in a spontaneous applause!

 We have flown numerous times within North America and internationally but applause like this from passengers rarely happens.  It was evident that the safety concern was on a lot of the minds of the Sunwing passengers on the day we traveled to Cuba.

We grabbed a bite to eat and went to bed - Day 1, Cuba

After going through customs, we were met by a Sunwing representative outside the Varadero Airport. He directed us to catch the tour bus waiting to take us to our hotel.  After about two hours we finally arrived at our hotel!

Having checked in and grabbed a bite to eat at the hotel bar, we went to sleep and had a good rest ready for the next day!

R.T.
Cuba