加航今年六月开通多伦多直飞北京的航线

2005年1月20日21年前

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Air Canada to Introduce Non-Stop Service to Beijing from Toronto; First-Ever Direct Link With Eastern Canada Part of Flag Carrier's Growing China Services
MONTREAL, Jan. 19 /CNW Telbec/ - Air Canada today announced that
effective June 2, 2005 it will introduce non-stop service between Toronto and
Beijing, further building its main Toronto hub with more non-stop flights to
Asia and creating the first-ever direct link between eastern Canada and
mainland China. Air Canada will operate four non-stop flights per week from
Toronto to the Chinese capital, complementing its daily non-stop flights to
Beijing and Shanghai from Vancouver, and twice daily Hong Kong flights
including new non-stop service from Toronto.
In addition, in response to increased demand on its Vancouver-Shanghai
route, Air Canada will replace its 189-seat Boeing 767-300ER service with
larger 282-seat A340-300 aircraft during the peak demand season beginning
June 1, 2005. With these new services, Air Canada is boosting seating capacity
between Canada and China by 16 per cent and providing freight forwarders with
45 per cent more cargo tonnage from one year ago.
"China is the fastest growing aviation market in the world, and Air
Canada's global network is well positioned to meet the needs of international
travellers and freight forwarders. With the introduction of the first non-stop
service to Beijing from our main Toronto hub, Air Canada is bringing the
Americas that much closer to mainland China," said Montie Brewer, President
and Chief Executive Officer. "Growing our non-stop services to China from both
eastern and western North America provides customers more flexibility and
choice. Combined with our major expansion of services throughout Latin
America, also via our Toronto hub, Air Canada offers international travellers
between Asia and South America the added convenience of avoiding U.S. transit
visa requirements."
With an elapsed time of 13 hours 20 minutes westbound and 13 hours
eastbound, Air Canada's new Toronto-Beijing service will save travellers more
than three and a half hours in each direction compared to the Vancouver
routing. Air Canada will operate the new route using 282-seat A340-300
aircraft. With a 10:00 departure from Toronto on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday arriving in Beijing at 11:20 the next day, flight AC031 is timed to
offer convenient morning connections from points throughout Air Canada's
extensive global network, particularly in eastern Canada, the United States
and Latin America. The eastbound flight, AC032, leaves Beijing at 13:20 on
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, and arrives in Toronto at 14:20 the
same day, providing maximum connecting options throughout the Americas.
With the addition of Toronto-Beijing non-stop service, Air Canada will
offer customers up to 13 non-stop flights per day in each direction between
Canada and eight destinations in Asia. From its main hub in Toronto, the
carrier operates non-stop flights to Hong Kong, Tokyo, Seoul and Delhi, the
only non-stop link between North America and India. From its Pacific Asian
gateway in Vancouver, Air Canada serves Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Tokyo,
Osaka, Nagoya and Seoul with daily non-stop flights.
Montréal-based Air Canada provides scheduled and charter air
transportation for passengers and cargo to more than 150 destinations on five
continents. Canada's flag carrier is the 13th largest commercial airline in
the world and serves more than 27 million customers annually. Air Canada is a
founding member of Star Alliance providing the world's most comprehensive air
transportation network.