MONTREAL, July 20 /CNW Telbec/ - Air Canada today announced an expansion
of its network between Canada and Poland. Together with its Star Alliance
partner, LOT Polish Airlines, Air Canada has introduced codeshare services
that improve air service between the two countries. Effective immediately, Air
Canada now offers its customers a choice of flights operated by LOT between
Toronto and Warsaw, as well as to seven additional Polish destinations:
Gdansk, Krakow, Katowice, Poznan, Wroclaw, Rzeszow and Szczecin.
In addition, Air Canada now serves Poland conveniently from across Canada
on a codeshare basis via its European gateway cities, London, Frankfurt and
Munich. In turn, LOT now offers codeshare flights operated by Air Canada
between London, Frankfurt and Munich to Canada, with connecting Air Canada-
operated flights to cities across Canada.
"We are very pleased to extend Air Canada's network to Poland with our
Star Alliance partner, LOT Polish Airlines," said Marc Rosenberg, Vice
President, Sales and Product Distribution. "The introduction of code share
flights with LOT builds on our current transatlantic services from across
Canada to our European gateways and provides our customers with increased
choice and easy access to all major cities in Poland, one of the European
Union's newest members."
Aeroplan members enjoy frequent flyer benefits on these new codeshare
flights including accumulation of Miles that count toward top tier status, and
for eligible ticket holders, lounge access, priority check-in and baggage
service.
Warsaw-based LOT Polish Airlines was founded in 1929. Together with its
regional subsidiary EuroLOT, its network covers 48 cities in Europe and
beyond, in addition to 12 destinations in Poland. It was recently voted "Best
Central and Eastern European Airline" by the readers of British magazine
Business Traveller. LOT became a member of Star Alliance in October 2003.

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 11th 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.