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Air Canada - Sydney - Vancouver Direct Flights
Air Canada to Launch First Ever Non-Stop Service Between Sydney,
Australia and Vancouver with Introduction of Double Daily Flights MONTREAL, Oct. 26 /CN/ Air Canada today announced that it will launch the first ever non-stop flights between Australia and Canada with the introduction of double daily flights December 16, 2004 in time for the peak travel season in the southern hemisphere. Flights will be operated using 282-seat Airbus A340-300 aircraft enabling Air Canada to offer non-stop service northbound from Sydney to Vancouver. Southbound flights, requiring a brief stopover in Honolulu for refueling, will allow customers to stay on board thus eliminating U.S. customs clearance and transit visas for some travelers including citizens of Australia. With a flight time of 14 hours and 40 minutes, Air Canada's new daily A340 non-stop service will reduce northbound flying time by two hours and 15 minutes compared to the carrier's second daily one stop service and will be almost five hours faster than other carriers' alternate routings. "With the introduction of A340 service to Australia, we are offering customers superior choice and the convenience of non-stop flights for the first time," said Ben Smith, Vice President, Planning. " The addition of direct service means significant added convenience for citizens of Australia and other travellers impacted by U.S. government visa requirements when transiting via the United States. Our new non-stop service also means greatly improved travel times with only one connection to major cities in eastern Canada including Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa." Air Canada will maintain its second daily flight operated via Honolulu with a 212-seat Boeing 767-300ER aircraft. These flights allow passengers to stop over in Hawaii between Canada and Australia and also provide the only daily non-stop flights for local customers traveling between Hawaii and Australia. With the introduction of first-ever double daily service Air Canada is increasing the number of seats on the route by 33 per cent over last year. Flight AC033, an Airbus A340-300, departs Vancouver at 18:10, arrives in Honolulu at 22:25 for refueling and continues on to Sydney for arrival at 07:00, two days later. Flight AC034 departs Sydney at 11:15 and arrives in Vancouver at 06:55 the same day. AC045, a Boeing 767-300, departs Vancouver at 16:50, arrives in Honolulu at 21:00, departs Honolulu at 22:30 and arrives in Sydney at 06:05, two days later. AC046 departs Sydney at 08:30, arrives at Honolulu at 22:25, departs Honolulu at 22:55, and arrives in Vancouver at 06:25 the same day. Source: AIR CANADA; AIR CANADA - ROUTE & NETWORK - FLEET |
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at wrote on 10/26/04 8:11 PM: Air Canada to Launch First Ever Non-Stop Service Between Sydney, Australia and Vancouver with Introduction of Double Daily Flights If they are running Exec. First on that run, it may well be a good trip (have done that on a couple long hauls). Otherwise, AC would probably be one of my last choices for the kangaroo run as they are horrifically bad for lengthy legs - strange for such a big country as this. Have yet to fly with the "new, improved balance sheet, more-surly-than-normal" post-bankruptcy AC. Comments? |
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"Raffi Balmanoukian" a wrote in message news:BDA475F2.27D93%walkabout@TAKEOUTTHETRASHTOREP LY.ns.sympatico.ca... in article , at wrote on 10/26/04 8:11 PM: Air Canada to Launch First Ever Non-Stop Service Between Sydney, Australia and Vancouver with Introduction of Double Daily Flights If they are running Exec. First on that run, it may well be a good trip (have done that on a couple long hauls). Otherwise, AC would probably be one of my last choices for the kangaroo run as they are horrifically bad for lengthy legs - strange for such a big country as this. Have yet to fly with the "new, improved balance sheet, more-surly-than-normal" post-bankruptcy AC. Comments? Flew AC from Paris to Toronto in July. Due to the collapse of part of terminal 2 there we had to use terminal 1. Chaotic!! Mind you it meant that we were almost last in the queue to board and seat allocations were done at the gate. We were upgraded to Exec First Class! Have previousy flown First Class with (the now extint) Ansett and AC was a dissapointment. Everything was Ok and better than normal cattle class and the seat was larger and there was more leg room, but, (a) the seats were not comfortable, (b) the comfort pack was worse than the one in cattle for SIA, (c) the food was not exeptional, and there was not even a personal TV screen. The service was good though and considering we expected to be in economy I guess I am being a little churlish in criticising. I had heard about the surly cabin crew on AC from the kids but must say that I did not come accross this at all. Even when we flew Toronto to Edmonton late September the service anything but surly! If the A340-300s have better seating than the A320 we had from Paris to Tornto then I guess Vancouver to Sydney would be bearable considering the alternative. We flew Vancouver to Singapore via Seoul and then on to Perth earlier this month with SIA and I can assure you that was no joke! Got near your place too Raffi. Spent two weeks travelling by car from Hamilton (On) to Quebec and then to New Brunswick and PEI. Sorry Nova Scotia wouldn't fit into the time frame. Next time perhaps. We can have a wine together. Gerrit - Perth |
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"Raffi Balmanoukian" a wrote in message news:BDA475F2.27D93%walkabout@TAKEOUTTHETRASHTOREP LY.ns.sympatico.ca... in article , at wrote on 10/26/04 8:11 PM: Air Canada to Launch First Ever Non-Stop Service Between Sydney, Australia and Vancouver with Introduction of Double Daily Flights If they are running Exec. First on that run, it may well be a good trip (have done that on a couple long hauls). Otherwise, AC would probably be one of my last choices for the kangaroo run as they are horrifically bad for lengthy legs - strange for such a big country as this. Have yet to fly with the "new, improved balance sheet, more-surly-than-normal" post-bankruptcy AC. Comments? Flew AC from Paris to Toronto in July. Due to the collapse of part of terminal 2 there we had to use terminal 1. Chaotic!! Mind you it meant that we were almost last in the queue to board and seat allocations were done at the gate. We were upgraded to Exec First Class! Have previousy flown First Class with (the now extint) Ansett and AC was a dissapointment. Everything was Ok and better than normal cattle class and the seat was larger and there was more leg room, but, (a) the seats were not comfortable, (b) the comfort pack was worse than the one in cattle for SIA, (c) the food was not exeptional, and there was not even a personal TV screen. The service was good though and considering we expected to be in economy I guess I am being a little churlish in criticising. I had heard about the surly cabin crew on AC from the kids but must say that I did not come accross this at all. Even when we flew Toronto to Edmonton late September the service anything but surly! If the A340-300s have better seating than the A320 we had from Paris to Tornto then I guess Vancouver to Sydney would be bearable considering the alternative. We flew Vancouver to Singapore via Seoul and then on to Perth earlier this month with SIA and I can assure you that was no joke! Got near your place too Raffi. Spent two weeks travelling by car from Hamilton (On) to Quebec and then to New Brunswick and PEI. Sorry Nova Scotia wouldn't fit into the time frame. Next time perhaps. We can have a wine together. Gerrit - Perth |
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Air Canada to Launch First Ever Non-Stop Service Between Sydney, Australia and Vancouver with Introduction of Double Daily Flights MONTREAL, Oct. 26 /CN/ Air Canada today announced ... Southbound flights, requiring a brief stopover in Honolulu for refueling, will allow customers to stay on board thus eliminating U.S. customs clearance and transit visas for some travelers including citizens of Australia. Hmmmm. What does this mean? eliminating U.S. customs clearance and transit visas for some travelers including citizens of Australia. For _some_ travelers? But not all? If everybody stays on board, does that mean that the customs and visa inspectors will come on the plane to check people? cheers, Henry |
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Air Canada to Launch First Ever Non-Stop Service Between Sydney, Australia and Vancouver with Introduction of Double Daily Flights MONTREAL, Oct. 26 /CN/ Air Canada today announced ... Southbound flights, requiring a brief stopover in Honolulu for refueling, will allow customers to stay on board thus eliminating U.S. customs clearance and transit visas for some travelers including citizens of Australia. Hmmmm. What does this mean? eliminating U.S. customs clearance and transit visas for some travelers including citizens of Australia. For _some_ travelers? But not all? If everybody stays on board, does that mean that the customs and visa inspectors will come on the plane to check people? cheers, Henry |
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"Henry" wrote in message ... wrote: Air Canada to Launch First Ever Non-Stop Service Between Sydney, Australia and Vancouver with Introduction of Double Daily Flights MONTREAL, Oct. 26 /CN/ Air Canada today announced ... Southbound flights, requiring a brief stopover in Honolulu for refueling, will allow customers to stay on board thus eliminating U.S. customs clearance and transit visas for some travelers including citizens of Australia. Hmmmm. What does this mean? eliminating U.S. customs clearance and transit visas for some travelers including citizens of Australia. For _some_ travelers? But not all? US citizens (and possibly Canadian citizens, for all I know), don't need transit visas, so the refueling stop doesn't eliminate the need for transit visas for these people (as they never needed them anyway). This is how it used to be for Qantas refueiling in Bahrain on Oz-England - you would spend an hour in your seats staring out the window, waiting, waiting, waiting ... |
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