MONTREAL, Sept. 10, 2019 /CNW Telbec/
- Air Canada announced today it will upgrade its
non-stop flights from Ottawa to
London-Heathrow to operate the daily service with its
state-of-the-art Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Beginning next spring,
customers travelling between Ottawa and London-Heathrow will have the option to fly
in Air Canada's Signature cabin, featuring fully
lie-flat suites, as well as the added choice of a Premium
Economy cabin.
"Air Canada is pleased to offer
customers travelling between Ottawa and London-Heathrow the added
comfort of service aboard our flagship Boeing 787
Dreamliner. Customers love this aircraft whose revolutionary
design improves the on-board air quality, which, combined with
other features such as our next generation cabin, mood lighting and
other amenities, mitigates jet lag. As a result, customers arrive
better rested to hit the ground running for either business or
pleasure. With the Dreamliner, we are also now offering customers
flying between Ottawa and
London the additional option of
Air Canada's Premium Economy cabin," said Mark Galardo, Vice
President, Network Planning at Air
Canada.
The 255-seat Boeing 787-8, configured in three cabins of
service, will be dedicated year-round to the route beginning
March 29, 2020. It will replace a
211-seat Boeing 767-300ER with two cabins of service.
Also today, Air Canada announced it is suspending its summer
seasonal, Ottawa-Frankfurt service. The last flight on this
route will be operated on October 24,
2019. Customers travelling to Europe from Ottawa next summer will have an additional
option to fly to Frankfurt on a
new seasonal service provided by our Star
Alliance partner Lufthansa, which will begin
operating on May
16th, 2020 and end October
24, 2020.
About Air Canada
Air Canada is Canada's largest domestic and
international airline serving nearly 220 airports on six
continents. Canada's flag carrier is among the 20 largest
airlines in the world and in 2018 served nearly 51 million
customers. Air Canada provides scheduled passenger
service directly to 62 airports in Canada, 54 in the
United States and 101 in Europe, the Middle
East, Africa, Asia, Australia,
the Caribbean, Mexico, Central
America and South America. Air Canada is a
founding member of Star Alliance, the world's most
comprehensive air transportation network serving
1,250 airports in 195 countries. Air Canada is
the only international network carrier in North
America to receive a Four-Star ranking according to
independent U.K. research firm Skytrax, which also named Air Canada
the 2019 Best Airline in North America. For more information,
please visit: aircanada.com/media, follow @AirCanada on
Twitter and join Air Canada on Facebook.
aircanada.com
SOURCE Air Canada