MONTREAL, July 12, 2022 /CNW Telbec/ – Air Canada and Emirates right now introduced the signing of a strategic partnership settlement that may create extra choices for purchasers when travelling on the carriers’ networks whereas additionally enhancing the client expertise all through the journey.
Air Canada and Emirates intend to ascertain a codeshare relationship later in 2022 that may provide enhanced client journey decisions for Air Canada clients to journey to the United Arab Emirates and to locations past Dubai. Emirates clients will even get pleasure from an enhanced journey expertise when travelling to Toronto or to key locations throughout the Air Canada community. Clients may have the power to e-book connecting journey between each airways’ networks with the convenience of a single ticket, seamless connectivity on the carriers’ respective world hubs and baggage transfers to their closing locations.
“As we proceed pursuing our technique of increasing our world attain in response to rising alternatives in VFR markets (Visiting Pals and Kinfolk) that serve Canada’s giant multicultural communities, we’re more than happy to kind a strategic partnership with Emirates, a extremely revered flag service of the United Arab Emirates with a hub within the vibrant metropolis of Dubai. This strategic settlement will create community synergies, and Air Canada clients may have further, handy choices when travelling between Canada and the United Arab Emirates in addition to locations past Dubai” stated Michael Rousseau, President and Chief Govt Officer at Air Canada. “We sit up for introducing Air Canada codeshare service on key Emirates flights, in addition to including the EK code on choose Air Canada flights, and welcoming Emirates clients on our companies later this yr.”
Sir Tim Clark, President Emirates Airline stated: “This can be a important partnership that may allow our clients entry to much more locations in Canada and the Americas, through our Toronto and US gateways. It additionally opens up many new route combos for vacationers throughout Emirates’ and Air Canada’s in depth networks within the Americas, the Center East, Africa and Asia. We’re happy to associate with Air Canada, certainly one of North America’s most established airways and Canada’s flag service and we sit up for collectively progressing on varied areas to supply even higher buyer flight decisions and experiences.”
To additional improve the client expertise, the carriers will even set up reciprocal frequent flyer advantages and reciprocal lounge entry for qualifying clients. Additional particulars of the partnership and particular codeshare routes will likely be introduced when finalized and will likely be topic to regulatory approvals and closing documentation.
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Air Canada is Canada’s largest airline, the nation’s flag service and a founding member of Star Alliance, the world’s most complete air transportation community celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2022. Air Canada offers scheduled passenger service on to 51 airports in Canada, 51 in america and 86 internationally. It’s the solely worldwide community service in North America to obtain a 4-Star rating from Skytrax, which in 2021 gave Air Canada awards for the Greatest Airline Employees in North America, Greatest Airline Employees in Canada, Greatest Enterprise Class Lounge in North America, and an excellence award for managing COVID-19. By way of its main journey loyalty Aeroplan program, Air Canada provides the power to earn or redeem factors on the world’s largest airline associate community of 45 airways, plus by an in depth vary of merchandise, resort and automobile rental rewards. Its freight division, Air Canada Cargo, offers air freight carry and connectivity to lots of of locations throughout six continents utilizing Air Canada’s passenger flights and cargo-only flights with its fleet of Boeing 767-300 freighters. Air Canada has dedicated to a internet zero emissions purpose from all world operations by 2050.
About Emirates
Emirates is the award-winning world airline that serves over 130 cities on six continents by its environment friendly hub in Dubai. It operates the world’s largest fleet of contemporary wide-body Airbus A380 and Boeing 777 plane which can be fitted out with the newest comforts within the sky. Emirates has received quite a few accolades for excellence throughout its operations, together with being named World Class Airline at The APEX Official Airline Scores™ awards, which stands on the pinnacle of all APEX Passenger Alternative awards, and being rated 5 Star Airline by APEX.
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