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Posted Oct 11, 2018, 11:12 PM
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Quoting from the Canada section, looks like the increases to Melbourne and Zurich are confirmed, as is year round daily service to Delhi! Fantastic news and really incredible Delhi went daily so quickly, must be doing great.
Question for the pros, is Swiss part of the AC/LH joint venture? It would be great to see Swiss take over the Zurich route from AC, freeing up another dreamliner for a new route.
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Originally Posted by zahav
"Air Canada to Increase YVR-Delhi Flights to Daily, Year-round; Expands Dreamliner Service From YVR to Several International Destinations in Summer 2019"
Melbourne service increases to four times weekly, year-round
Summer seasonal service to Zurich increases to five weekly flights
VANCOUVER, Oct. 11, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ - Air Canada announced today enhancements to four international routes from Vancouver, including increasing service to Delhi with daily flights on a year-round basis starting June 2, 2019.
An Air Canada Boeing 787 Dreamliner. (CNW Group/Air Canada)
In addition, Air Canada is increasing its non-stop Melbourne service to four times weekly year-round, and summer seasonal service to Zurich will increase to five flights a week. YVR-Osaka (Kansai) flights will be five times weekly from June to October next summer.
All flights will be operated with Air Canada's flagship Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft.
"We are pleased to increase our capacity to these important markets as we continue to strategically broaden our international network from our Vancouver hub. Customers have responded positively to our increasing service to Delhi and this flight will now operate daily on a year-round basis to meet demand. The addition of a fourth weekly flight to Melbourne, Australia's second largest city, year-round will provide further convenience to business and leisure travellers between North America and Australia, offering seamless connections thanks to the in-transit preclearance facilities at YVR. With Dreamliner service to Osaka and increased frequencies to Zurich, we are further strengthening our convenient network to European and Asian markets from YVR, reflecting demand between Canada and these destinations in the busy summer travel season," said Mark Galardo, Vice President, Network Planning at Air Canada.
"As B.C. expands its trade network into India, this daily, direct service between Vancouver to Delhi will help drive trade and partnerships, and expand the technology sectors in both of our countries," said Bruce Ralston, Minister of Jobs, Trade and Technology. "It will attract more people from India to our province and will open doors for Canadians to visit India for business and for tourism. We're excited for Air Canada and our partners at YVR as we continue to grow and diversify B.C.'s economy."
"It's fantastic to see Air Canada continuing to build out its hub and global network from YVR—especially with the incredible Dreamliner. Since the beginning of 2017 alone, Air Canada has launched five international destinations and four new U.S. destinations at YVR," said Craig Richmond, President and CEO, Vancouver Airport Authority. "The increased flights to Delhi, Melbourne and Zurich speaks to the continued strength of YVR's market and our goal to connect B.C. proudly to the world."
Connectivity:
All routes are timed to optimize connectivity at Air Canada's Vancouver hub to and from the airline's extensive network across North America. All Australia flights are timed to connect to and from Adelaide, Canberra, Perth and to Tasmania with codeshare partner Virgin Australia. Additionally, Air Canada's Vancouver-Zurich flights will connect to and from destinations in Europe and Africa.
Other benefits:
Air Canada's Boeing 787 Dreamliner features three cabins of service with high-definition individual on-demand entertainment offering a wide range of movies, short films, TV programs and audio selections at every seat throughout the aircraft.
All flights provide for Aeroplan accumulation and redemption, Star Alliance reciprocal benefits and, for eligible customers, priority check-in, access to Air Canada's Maple Leaf Lounges, priority boarding and other benefits.
https://aircanada.mediaroom.com/2018-10-...nternational-Destinations-in-Summer-2019
Nothing that wasn't already known, but the issued a formal release for it. The daily year round DEL is really good though, and year-round and increase to MEL. The AC mainline additions have been doing well for AC to boost so much right away. YVR's losses have been all due to Rouge leaving (NGO, ORL). That was no surprise, the redeployment of the Rouge widebodies was common knowloedge and those routes weren't regular or frequent enough to keep.
Interesting still no mention of the mystery around DUB, if it were going mainline I feel like this was the press release to mention in it. But then again if it's going to be an A330 then maybe it will get announced when those planes enter service, along with any other routes those planes will be used on? This release was basically a co-promotion for the Dreamliner, since its used on all the route expansions and mentioned right in the title. Maybe they didn't want to bring up something that wasn't in that grouping. Or maybe it will just stay a Rouge flight and defy all logic!
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