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Air Canada to Serve Delhi Via Zurich with Introduction of Year-Round Daily Service to Switzerland and India
MONTREAL, July 8 /CNW Telbec/ - Air Canada today announced that effective
October 30, 2005, it will serve Delhi via Zurich on a daily year-round basis
from Toronto. The transfer of flights to India via Switzerland will allow Air
Canada to re-introduce year-round service to Zurich while improving its
schedule to India with an increase to daily flights from its current three-
times weekly non-stop service from Toronto. In addition, Air Canada plans to
pursue a codeshare agreement with future Star Alliance member, Swiss
International Air Lines, by which SWISS would sell seats on a codeshare basis
on the Air Canada-operated flights via Zurich.
"By offering same-plane, one-stop service to India via Switzerland, Air
Canada customers will benefit from an expanded choice of year-round daily
flights to both Zurich and Delhi," said Ben Smith, Vice President, Network
Planning. "We look forward to pursuing talks on commercial cooperation with
SWISS, our future Star Alliance partner, to serve the Europe-India market as
well. Moreover, deployment of right-sized Boeing 767-300ER aircraft on the
route will allow us to optimize use of passenger and cargo capacity, and
reintroduce our premium Executive First product in the Zurich market on a year-
round basis."
Flights will be operated using 212-seat Boeing 767-300ER aircraft
offering a choice of Executive First and Hospitality service. Flight
attendants speaking Hindi, Punjabi and German, as well as English and French,
will be available to serve customers in their choice of language. Customers
will be offered a choice of western and Indian meals, and the in-flight
entertainment program will include a number of German-language selections, as
well as Indian "Bollywood" recent releases on the Zurich-Delhi segment.
Air Canada has timed its Zurich/Delhi service to offer excellent
connections to and from cities across Canada via its main hub in Toronto.

Toronto Zurich Zurich Delhi
AC878 18:40 08:35 (+1) 10:10 22:20

Delhi Zurich Zurich Toronto
AC879 02:30 07:00 09:55 13:05