On February 1, 2021, the Canada Enterprise Emergency Funding
Corp. (CEEFC) announced a new loan under the Large Employer
Emergency Financing Facility (LEEFF). The agreement gives Sunwing
Vacations Inc. and Sunwing Airlines Inc. access to $375 million of
liquidity to protect jobs in Canada's airline sector.
Sunwing Airlines Inc. and Sunwing Vacations Inc. together
provide almost 3,000 Canadians with full-time jobs. Sunwing has
agreed to maintain an account with money received from customers
for travel that was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This
account will be maintained until the government's broader
discussions with the airline industry conclude and a policy is
established for the treatment of these prepaid amounts.