Air Canada launched two new international routes from Vancouver today - Nagoya and Frankfurt - and is launching nine more over the next month, including four more in the next seven days. While most routes are seasonal for the summer only, two routes - Vancouver-Taipei and Toronto-Mumbai - will continue to operate year-round.
"Nothing says summer like winging off to an exciting foreign destination, and Air Canada is pleased to offer its customers more options than ever this year." said Benjamin Smith, president, passenger airlines at Air Canada. "Through our ongoing international expansion, we are adding 11 new routes touching three continents beginning this summer. This includes exciting destinations in Asia such as Mumbai, Taipei and Nagoya; new cities in Europe, including Berlin, Marseille and Reykjavik; and our second city in Africa, Algiers"
The 11 new international services will be operated from Vancouver, Toronto or Montreal, either by Air Canada mainline, using Boeing 787-8/9 or Airbus A330-300 aircraft, or by Air Canada Rouge, flying Boeing 767-300ER or A319-100 aircraft.
These international additions to Air Canada's network are in addition to several new transborder routes started this year from Vancouver to Boston, Denver and Dallas; from Toronto to Savannah, San Antonio, and Memphis; and from Montreal to Dallas and Washington Dulles (IAD service commences later in June).
The new international routes starting for summer 2017 include:
From Vancouver:
- seasonal, daily service to Frankfurt (mainline) starting today, June 1, 2017, on Boeing 787-8 aircraft
- seasonal, four-times weekly service to Nagoya (Rouge) starting today, June 1, 2017, on Boeing 767-300ER aircraft
- Year-round, daily service to Taipei (mainline) starting June 8, 2017, on Boeing 787-9 aircraft
- seasonal, three-times weekly service to London-Gatwick (Rouge) starting June 8, 2017, on Boeing 767-300ER aircraft
From Toronto:
- seasonal, four-times weekly service to Berlin (Rouge) starting June 3, 2017, on Boeing 767-300ER aircraft
- seasonal, four-times weekly service to Reykjavik (Rouge) starting June 21, 2017, on Airbus A319-100 aircraft
- year-round, four-times weekly service to Mumbai (mainline) starting July 1, 2017, on Boeing 787-9 aircraft
From Montreal:
- seasonal, three-times weekly service to Marseille (Rouge) starting June 9, 2017, on Boeing 767-300ER aircraft
- seasonal, twice-weekly service to Tel Aviv (mainline) starting June 22, 2017, on Airbus A330-300 aircraft
- seasonal, three-times weekly service to Reykjavik (Rouge) starting June 23, 2017, on Airbus A319-100 aircraft
- seasonal, four-times weekly service to Algiers (Rouge) starting July 1, 2017, on Boeing 767-300ER aircraft
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