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Air Canada builds seasonal capacity to Asia
November 16th 2023
Air Canada is adding flights and operating larger aircraft to Asian destinations in response to demand. Read More » The Star Alliance member's schedule changes will be up to 11 flights a week between Vancouver and Hong Kong from December to February 2024 and a doubling in capacity to Japan during the northern hemisphere winter scheduling season. The flag carrier also will extend its winter seasonal Vancouver-Bangkok Suvarnabhumi service to May, including an increase to daily flights in January and February. In China, Vancouver-Shanghai will be up gauged from 787-9s to 777-300ERs when demand warrants it. “Air Canada's Asia services continue to reflect strong demand so we are boosting capacity to this geographic region as we deploy our international diversification strategy,” Air Canada executive vice president for revenue and network planning, Mark Galardo, said. “This winter we are pleased to offer up to 57 flights a week between Canada and Asia and up to 64 flights weekly next [northern hemisphere) summer.”
