VANCOUVER, July 23, 2014 /PRNewswire/ - Air Canada announced
today that it will introduce a new seasonal non-stop service
operated by Air Canada rouge between Vancouver and Palm
Springs, California this winter. Flights to the 'Golf
Capital of the World' will be operated with Air Canada rouge Airbus
A319 aircraft featuring three customer comfort options: rouge,
rouge Plus with preferred seating offering additional legroom, and
Premium rouge with additional personal space and enhanced service.
To promote this new route, Air Canada is offering savings of 20 per
cent on bookings made by August 7,
2014 by using the promotion code "Palm20". Flights are
available for purchase at www.aircanada.com
"We are pleased to add Palm
Springs to our route network of winter holiday choices,"
said Benjamin Smith, Executive Vice
President and Chief Commercial Officer at Air Canada.
"Offering world class golf, tennis, arts, culture, entertainment
and shopping, Palm Springs joins
Las Vegas and Phoenix as three of the top US leisure desert
playgrounds served by Air Canada rouge this winter. Air
Canada rouge is best suited to
compete more cost effectively in these markets where there is both
a high leisure travel demand and low-cost competition."
Air Canada rouge flights
between Vancouver and Palm Springs, CA will begin December 18, 2014 and will operate three times
weekly until April 12, 2015. Flights
have been timed to connect conveniently at Air Canada's
Vancouver hub to and from our
extensive Western Canada
network.
Flight |
Departs |
Arrives |
Day of Week |
ZX 1824 |
Vancouver 11:10 |
Palm Springs 13:51 |
Thursday, Friday, Sunday |
ZX 1825 |
Palm Springs 14:40 |
Vancouver 17:44 |
Thursday, Friday, Sunday |
Air Canada will continue to
evaluate future market opportunities as new aircraft are introduced
into its mainline fleet and existing aircraft are released for
operation by Air Canada rouge as market demand warrants.
Since the launch in July 2013 of Air
Canada rouge, Air Canada has deployed its leisure carrier to a
growing number of Caribbean,
Mexico, Europe and select sun destinations in
the United States.
Air Canada rouge offers a
unique brand of customer service designed to make every flight a
memorable start and end to a wonderful vacation. Aircraft are
equipped with player, a next generation in-flight
entertainment system that wirelessly streams entertainment to
customers' personal electronic devices. Air Canada rouge's
player system has proven popular as customers increasingly bring
their own personal electronic devices onboard.
Air Canada rouge aircraft have
modern cabin interiors, featuring new Slimline seats with a
streamlined profile. Customers have the ability to earn and redeem
Aeroplan miles on Air Canada rouge flights.
Air Canada rouge operates a
fleet consisting of Boeing 767-300ER and Airbus A319 aircraft
transferred from Air Canada.
Air Canada's mainline fleet
renewal is ongoing with the introduction of new aircraft. In
May, the airline took delivery of its first 787 Dreamliner and is
scheduled to receive a total of six 787 aircraft in 2014 with the
remaining 31 scheduled between 2015 and 2019. In February 2014, Air Canada took delivery of the
last of five new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft to enter its mainline
fleet.
About Air Canada rouge
Air Canada rouge is Air Canada's
new leisure airline, part of the Air Canada Leisure Group, along
with Air Canada Vacations. Together with Air Canada Vacations, Air
Canada rouge offers competitively-priced travel to exciting leisure
destinations in Europe and the
Caribbean, Mexico and the U.S.: Edinburgh, Venice, Athens, Lisbon, Dublin, Nice,
Barcelona, Rome and Manchester and multiple destinations in
Mexico, the U.S. and the
Caribbean such as Cuba, Costa
Rica, Jamaica and the
Dominican Republic.
As a wholly-owned subsidiary, Air Canada rouge is backed by Air
Canada's 75-year reputation for safety and reliability and Air
Canada Vacations' 30-plus year history of vacation travel
excellence. Learn more at www.aircanada.com/rouge or
www.facebook.com/aircanadarouge
About Air Canada
Air Canada is Canada's largest domestic and international
airline serving more than 180 destinations on five
continents. Canada's flag
carrier is among the 20 largest airlines in the world and in 2013
served more than 35 million customers. Air Canada provides
scheduled passenger service directly to 60 Canadian cities, 49
destinations in the United States
and 73 cities in Europe, the
Middle East, Asia, Australia, the Caribbean, Mexico and South
America. Air Canada is a
founding member of Star Alliance,
the world's most comprehensive air transportation network serving
1,269 destinations in 193 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 that ranked Air
Canada in a worldwide survey of more than 18 million airline
passengers as Best Airline in North
America in 2014 for the fifth consecutive year. For
more information, please visit: www.aircanada.com.
SOURCE Air Canada