Air Canada Unveils Major US Expansion

Air Canada has unveiled new non-stop services between four key Canadian hubs and 12 US cities beginning in the summer of 2016.

The new transborder routes will introduce new destinations that will include Toronto-Washington-Dulles; Toronto-Salt Lake City and Vancouver-San Jose, and will also create new city-pair routings, like Vancouver-Chicago, Montreal-Houston, Montreal-Denver, Montreal-Philadelphia and Calgary-San Francisco.

The carrier’s president, passenger airlines, Benjamin Smith observed, “Air Canada is the foreign carrier operating the most flights to the US, carrying the most customers and serving the most destinations. As such, we are pleased to strengthen our market presence, particularly as the US is the top destination for Canadian travellers and Canada is one of the most popular destinations for Americans.”

Smith pointed out that, “For those travelling onward in the US these new routes strengthen Air Canada’s connections with major hubs of its partner United Airlines, including Houston, Denver, San Francisco and Washington-Dulles, giving customers more travel options and convenient connections throughout the US and Latin America.”

As well he said that, “These new routes will also support our international expansion by making it easier for international travellers flying to and from the US to connect to Air Canada’s global network through its major Canadian hubs. International travellers are increasingly finding that connecting through Canada on Air Canada is the most convenient way to fly to and from the US and between the US to both Europe and Asia.”

The new routes will be operated by Air Canada mainline, Air Canada rouge and Air Canada Express aircraft.

To promote its new routes, Air Canada is offering special introductory fares and details are available at http://www.aircanada.com.