MONTREAL — Low-cost carrier ********** Rouge got a jump on the market back in 2013 and now five years later the ******* is marking its anniversary with more than 25 million passengers flown and 100 routes (up from an initial 14) on five continents.

********** Rouge’s fleet now includes 53 aircraft, with 22 Airbus A319s, six Airbus A321s and 25 Boeing 767s.

“In five short years ********** Rouge has established itself as an integral part of our ********** family by delivering an excellent customer experience in key leisure markets and in helping achieve our strategic business objectives,” says **********’s President, Airlines and Chief Operating Officer, Benjamin Smith.

“It allows us to offer travellers a much greater variety of attractive destinations while enabling us to successfully compete in an evolving industry. In doing so, it has exceeded all our expectations.”

For summer 2018 ********** Rouge has added more international and domestic routes, including: Toronto and Montreal to Bucharest; Toronto to Porto and Zagreb; Toronto to Nanaimo and Kamloops; Montreal to Lisbon and Montreal to Victoria.

Five years after its July 1, 2013 launch ********** Rouge now offers an upgraded streaming in-flight entertainment system, new onboard food options and enhancements to the Premium Rouge cabin. The carrier has also started offering high-speed, satellite Internet aboard its aircraft.