Air Canada fortifies airline's position as the leading transborder carrier.
MONTREAL – Air Canada announced that its current seasonal flights between Montreal and San Francisco will be extended to year-round flights beginning in November 2013. All flights will be operated with Airbus A319 aircraft featuring Executive Service, complimentary seatback entertainment, the ability to collect Aeroplan miles and lounge access for qualified customers. Air Canada’s Montreal-San Francisco flights are timed to offer convenient connections with the carrier’s international flights from Montreal-Trudeau airport to London, Paris, Brussels, Frankfurt, and Geneva, as well as its domestic network including Ottawa, Quebec City, and Halifax.
“Demand for year-round Air Canada flights between Montreal and San Francisco has been strong from business and leisure travelers and we look forward to being able to maintain a year-round schedule with the support of Montreal’s business and tourism communities. With the extension of our San Francisco flights on a year-round basis, in addition to our daily Los Angeles service, Air Canada is solidifying its position as the only airline offering non-stop service between Montreal and California, with up to five flights per day,” said Marcel Forget, Air Canada’s Vice President, Network Planning. “Both our San Francisco and Los Angeles flights have been scheduled to enable easy connections to Air Canada’s extensive domestic and international network via Montreal.”
“This decision to offer the Montreal-San Francisco service all year long should not only please the Montreal community but also travellers connecting through Montreal-Trudeau between Europe and the U.S. West Coast,” said James Cherry, President and Chief Executive Officer of Aeroports de Montreal. “Clearly, we are reaping the benefit of our investments in making Montreal-Trudeau a more efficient hub.”
Flight – Depart – Arrival
AC 781 Montreal at 17:35 San Francisco at 21:00
AC 780 San Francisco at 08:10 Montreal at 16:29
Montreal-Trudeau Airport (YUL) is an important Air Canada hub serving more than 6.2 million of the airline’s customers in 2012. Air Canada, together with regional airlines operating under the Air Canada Express banner, operates more than 100,000 flights to/from YUL and 67 destinations: 21 destinations in Canada, 16 in the United States, 23 in the Caribbean and Mexico, and seven European gateways.
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