Air Canada today is launching daily 787 Dreamliner service on its Vancouver-Newark route. The carrier’s 787 Dreamliners offer the choice of three cabins of service including its new Business Class – Transcontinental option.
“We look forward to welcoming onboard customers travelling between the New York area and Vancouver, Air Canada’s Pacific hub, and experiencing our 787 Dreamliner service that features our new Business Class – Transcontinental product. Our Newark-Vancouver flights offer easy connections to both our daily 787 Dreamliner flights to Brisbane and our daily non-stop, 777 flights to Sydney,” said Benjamin Smith, President, Passenger Airlines at Air Canada. “Our aircraft featuring new international products and award-winning service, together with the seamless connections through in-transit preclearance facilities and competitive elapsed travel times, make Air Canada and YVR a preferred trans-Pacific option for travel.”
Air Canada’s state-of-the-art 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft feature 20 International Business Class lie-flat seat suites, 21 Premium Economy and 210 Economy Class seats featuring upgraded in-flight entertainment at every seat throughout the aircraft. With the carrier’s introduction of its new international onboard product standard across its Boeing 777 and 787 fleets, the 777-200LR aircraft operating to Sydney feature the same international onboard product standards across 40 International Business Class suites, 24 Premium Economy and 236 Economy Class seats.
Flight | From | To | Connects to | Departs YVR | Arrives |
AC549 | Newark 19:00 | Vancouver 21:45 | AC035 – Brisbane (BNE) | 23:45 | BNE – 07:15 +2 days |
AC549 | Newark 19:00 | Vancouver 21:45 | AC033 – Sydney (SYD) | 23:40 | SYD – 08:15 +2 days |
AC036 | Brisbane 10:40 | Vancouver 07:15 | AC548 – Newark (EWR) | 09:05 | EWR – 17:05 |
AC034 | Sydney 10:10 | Vancouver 07:30 | AC548 – Newark (EWR) | 09:05 | EWR – 17:05 |
This summer, Air Canada has launched new international services between Vancouver-Brisbane, Vancouver-Dublin, Toronto-Glasgow, Toronto-Budapest, Toronto-London-Gatwick, Toronto-Prague, Toronto-Warsaw, Toronto-Seoul, Montreal-Casablanca, and Montreal-Lyon, with Vancouver-Delhi to launch this fall. Last year, Air Canada launched new international services between Toronto-Delhi, Toronto-Amsterdam, Toronto-Dubai, Montreal-Venice, Montreal-Mexico City and Vancouver-Osaka.
