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Air Canada is adding to its portfolio of connections with the return of daily year-round service between Montreal and Washington Dulles International Airport, as well as the introduction of daily summer seasonal service between Vancouver and Boston
Daily year-round service between Montreal and Washington Dulless starts May 1, 2017, offering more choice for customers travelling between Montreal and the Washington, D.C., Metro area.
In addition to well-timed connections to Air Canada’s extensive network to Europe and North Africa, flights will also offer one-stop service to and from Quebec and Eastern Canada including Bagotville, Sept-Îles and Quebec City, Que.; Fredericton, Moncton, Bathurst and Saint John, N.B.; and Halifax, N.S.
Special introductory fares start as low as $191 one-way, all in, and tickets are now available for purchase at aircanada.com or through travel agents.
“We are happy to once again operate Montreal-Washington Dulles (IAD) flights that complement our existing twice daily flights to Washington National Airport and strengthen our market presence in the Washington, D.C., Metro area,” said Benjamin Smith, president, Passenger Airlines, at Air Canada.
“We continue to strategically grow our transborder network in support of our commitment to expand our global reach from Montreal-Trudeau, reinforcing it as a hub that offers convenient connections from points throughout Quebec and Eastern Canada and to Air Canada’s extensive international network including Paris, Brussels, Frankfurt and Casablanca.”
The daily non-stop Air Canada Express service will be operated with 50-seat Bombardier CRJ-100 aircraft. All flights provide for Aeroplan accumulation and redemption, Star Alliance reciprocal benefits and, for eligible customers, priority check-in, Maple Leaf Lounge access, priority boarding and other benefits.
Daily summer seasonal service between Vancouver and Boston runs from June 23, 2017 until Sept. 4, 2017. Special introductory fares start as low as $243 one-way, all in, and tickets are now available for purchase at aircanada.com or through travel agents.
“We continue to strategically expand our transborder network and we are excited to link Vancouver and Boston with daily non-stop flights this summer, complementing our existing Boston services from Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and Halifax. These new non-stop flights will shave two hours of travel time for customers travelling between the Canadian West Coast and the U.S. northeastern seaboard. Customers travelling from the Greater Boston area, the sixth most populous area in the U.S., will also enjoy convenient connections at our YVR hub to Western Canada and to our daily flights to both Sydney and Brisbane, Australia, featuring competitive elapsed times,” said Smith.
The new non-stop services will be operated by Air Canada with 120-seat Airbus A319 aircraft offering a choice of business and economy class service. All flights provide for Aeroplan accumulation and redemption, Star Alliance reciprocal benefits and, for eligible customers, priority check-in, Maple Leaf Lounge access at the Vancouver hub, priority boarding and other benefits.
So far in 2017, Air Canada has launched new non-stop U.S. services from Vancouver to Dallas-Fort Worth, Denver and now Boston; Toronto to San Antonio, Memphis and Savannah; Montreal to Dallas-Fort Worth and now Washington Dulles.
