Air Canada beginning mid-December will “strategically
boost” its Asia-Pacific network capacity for its winter and summer 2024
seasons, the carrier announced Tuesday. This winter, Air Canada will offer 57
flights per week between Canada and Asia, and will offer 64 weekly flights for
the summer.
Capacity to Japan will increase 96 percent this winter
compared with last winter, and seasonal flights between Vancouver and Osaka
will resume sooner, on May 1, operating three times weekly until June 17, when they
will increase to four times weekly, according to the carrier. Air Canada also
will have up to double daily flights to Hong Kong, and its new
Vancouver-Singapore route will launch April 3 and operate four times weekly.
The carrier also is upgauging several of its routes
including between Vancouver and each Shanghai, Seoul and Tokyo’s Narita
International Airport; between Montreal and Narita; between Toronto and Narita;
and between Toronto and Tokyo’s Haneda International Airport. In addition, Air
Canada will extend its winter seasonal service between Vancouver and Bangkok
from Dec. 1 to May 5. Flights will operate daily from Jan. 8 to Feb. 28, and
four time weekly all other times.
