Air Canada has announced it is boosting service to Tokyo by adding a new daily, non-stop flight between Vancouver and Haneda Airport, conveniently located near the Japanese capital. The new route will begin January 29th and will complement existing Air Canada daily flights to Narita International airport, meaning Air Canada is doubling daily service between Vancouver and Tokyo. Flights are now available for purchase.
"With Canada's only service to Haneda Airport, Air Canada is offering travellers to Japan the best of both worlds and twice as many flights to get there from Vancouver. Customers will be able to choose between flying non-stop to Haneda, which is only 30 minutes from downtown Tokyo, or they can continue to fly non-stop to Narita International Airport for onward domestic or international connections on our Star Alliance partners," said Ben Smith, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer. "We are confident our newest international flight will meet the growing demand for travel in the strong Pacific market, which saw Air Canada introduce a non-stop Calgary-Narita flight this year. Air Canada continues to focus on its global route expansion and we have added eight new international routes and destinations in 2010."
Beginning January 29, 2011, Air Canada's Haneda flights will operate as follows:
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Days of week Depart Arrive Depart Arrive
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Monday, Vancouver Haneda at 23:00 Haneda at 00:30 Vancouver at
Wednesday, at 19:30 the next night (beginning 16:25 the
Friday, January 31) previous day
Saturday
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Tuesday, Vancouver Haneda at 22:30 Haneda at 00:30 Vancouver at
Thursday, at 19:00 the next night (beginning 16:25 the
Sunday January 31) previous day
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Flights are timed to offer connections in Haneda to and from Bangkok and Singapore, and connections in Vancouver to and from various points across Western Canada and U.S. west coast served by Air Canada.
The airline's new flights to Haneda will be operated onboard 211 seat Boeing 767-300 ER aircraft offering a choice of Executive First and Economy service. With these new flights to Haneda, Air Canada offers the most number of flights between Canada and Japan with up to 24 weekly, non-stop flights from Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto to Narita or Haneda.
