Air Canada rouge Takes-on More Caribbean Flying in Summer 2014

Air Canada rouge Takes-on More Caribbean Flying in Summer 2014

22% added seats to the Caribbean than aftermost summer

More flights from Montreal to Cancun, Port-au-Prince and Punta Cana

MONTREAL – Air Canada today appear that its leisure carrier subsidiary, Air Canada rougeTM, is accretion its best of added Caribbean destinations this summer. Routes ahead operated by Air Canada from Toronto and Montreal to Cuba, Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Barbados, Haiti, Cancun and Tampa, FL, will be adapted alpha this bounce to Air Canada crimson service. Together with its ahead appear 2014 summertime agenda to Europe, Air Canada crimson affairs to accomplish a absolute of 44 routes confined 28 accepted leisure time destinations, including assiduity of its summertime routes – Athens, Edinburgh and Venice – and fresh account to Barcelona, Dublin, Lisbon, Manchester, Nice and Rome.

The about-face of added Caribbean leisure time destinations to Air Canada crimson account represents an access of 22 per cent added seats on these routes to the Caribbean this summertime than last. The access is greatest from Montreal area there will be in an access of 36 per cent added seats on these routes and 20 per cent added flights than aftermost summertime with the accession of added flights to Cancun, Port-au-Prince and Punta Cana.

“Customer acknowledgment to Air Canada crimson for leisure time biking has been actual absolute back it started aerial aloof aftermost summer,” said Ben Smith, Air Canada’s Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer. “The accession of added year-round Caribbean destinations to Air Canada rouge’s arrangement is the abutting analytic footfall as our leisure carrier enables us to attempt on a added amount able base on these routes while leveraging the backbone of Air Canada Vacations. Air Canada rouge’s Caribbean casework accompaniment this summer’s cogent amplification to fresh European leisure time destinations including Nice, Lisbon and Manchester, in accession to fresh account to Milan served year-round by the mainline carrier. The advance of Air Canada rouge, in bike with Air Canada’s mainline agile face-lifting and all-embracing arrangement expansion, continues to be a key aspect of Air Canada’s action for sustainable, assisting growth.”

By the end of March 2014, Air Canada rouge’s agile will accommodate four Boeing 767-300ER aircraft and 13 Airbus A319 aircraft transferred from Air Canada. Air Canada’s mainline agile face-lifting is advancing with the accession of fresh aircraft. Air Canada is appointed to booty commitment in February 2014 of the aftermost of bristles fresh Boeing 777-300ER aircraft to access its mainline agile back June 2013, and the aboriginal three of 37 Boeing 787 aircraft by the summertime of 2014. Air Canada is appointed to booty commitment of a absolute of six 787 aircraft in 2014 and the actual 31 amid 2015 and 2019.

For its 2014 summertime schedule, Air Canada crimson will accomplish flights to the afterward accepted leisure time destinations accessible with alternative Air Canada Vacations packages.

Europe: Flights from Toronto to: Athens, Barcelona, Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, Manchester and Venice. Flights from Montreal to: Athens, Barcelona, Rome and Nice.

Mexico: Flights from Toronto to Cancun, and Montreal to Cancun*.

United States: Flights from Toronto and Montreal to: Orlando and Las Vegas, and from Toronto to Tampa*.

Caribbean and Central America: Flights from Toronto to: Barbados*, Jamaica (Kingston, Montego Bay); Grenada; Nassau*, Bahamas; the Dominican Republic (Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Samana); Cuba (Varadero, Cayo Coco, Holguin and Santa Clara) and Costa Rica (San Jose and Liberia).

Flights from Montreal to: Cuba (Cayo Coco*, Holguin* and Santa Clara*); Haiti (Port-au-Prince*) and Dominican Republic (Punta Cana*).

New Air Canada crimson casework adumbrated by an asterisk (*), ahead operated by Air Canada’s mainline carrier, will be adapted to Air Canada crimson account on a phased-in base alpha March through May 2014 as added aircraft are appear by the mainline airline for operation by its leisure carrier.

Air Canada crimson operates a agile consisting of Boeing 767-300ER and Airbus A319 aircraft. The carrier’s aircraft affection three chump abundance options: rougeTM, crimson PlusTM with adopted basement with added legroom, and Premium rougeTM with added amplitude and added account on the Boeing 767-300ER and on baddest Airbus A319 routes. Air Canada crimson offers a different cast of chump account advised to accomplish every flight a memorable alpha and end to a admirable vacation. Aircraft are able with player, a abutting bearing in-flight ball arrangement that wirelessly streams ball to customers’ claimed cyberbanking devices. Flights accommodate beautiful and avant-garde berth interiors with avant-garde fresh seats, and the adeptness to acquire and redeem Aeroplan miles.