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MONTREAL, Jan. 9 /CNW Telbec/ - Air Canada today announced that effective
June 16, 2006 it will introduce non-stop service between Toronto and Shanghai.
Air Canada will operate three non-stop flights per week between Toronto and
China's largest city, complementing its Toronto-Beijing non-stop service
launched in June 2005, and its daily non-stop flights to both Shanghai and
Beijing from Vancouver. Air Canada also operates twice daily flights to
Hong Kong including non-stop service from Toronto.
"With the introduction of the only non-stop service to Shanghai,
Air Canada continues to expand its services to meet the needs of travellers
and freight forwarders in the fast growing China market," said Ben Smith, Vice
President, Network Planning. "Together with our non-stop Toronto-Beijing
service and daily non-stop flights to China via Vancouver, Air Canada is
improving access to China for customers throughout North and South America via
our main Toronto hub."
Air Canada will be the only carrier offering non-stop service between the
largest commercial cities of Canada and China. With an elapsed time of
14 hours 45 minutes westbound and 13 hours 40 minutes eastbound, Air Canada's
new Toronto-Shanghai service will save travellers more than 3 hours in each
direction compared to the Vancouver routing.
Air Canada will operate the new route using 286-seat A340-300 aircraft.
With a 10:15 departure from Toronto on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday arriving
in Shanghai at 13:00 the next day, flight AC071 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, AC072, leaves Shanghai at 14:45 on Monday, Thursday and
Saturday and arrives in Toronto at 16:25 the same day, providing maximum
connecting options throughout the Americas.
With the addition of Toronto-Shanghai non-stop service, Air Canada will
offer customers up to 13 non-stop flights per day in each direction between
Canada and seven destinations in Asia. From its main hub in Toronto, the
carrier operates non-stop flights to Hong Kong, Tokyo, Beijing and Seoul, and
Delhi via Zurich. From its Asia Pacific gateway in Vancouver, Air Canada
serves Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Tokyo, Osaka, and Seoul with daily non-
stop flights.