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Newsroom
By Air Canada
August 19, 2009
Air Canada today announced the expansion of new U.S. transborder service from Montréal. Effective November 30, 2009, Air Canada will offer the only daily non-stop year-round service to Houston, Texas, hub of future Star Alliance partner Continental Airlines. Flights are timed to allow connections to Continental's vast network across the Southern United States, Mexico, Central and South America. In Montréal this new service will offer convenient connections to Air Canada's network across Canada.
"With addition of Montréal-Houston service, we are pleased to announce the expansion of our transborder network the same day as operations begin at Montréal-Trudeau's new U.S. departure hall," said Marcel Forget, Vice President, Network Planning. "We expect our new Houston service to be popular with business travellers as well as travellers seeking convenient access to the vast array of Mexican, Central and South American destinations offered by our future Star Alliance partner Continental Airlines."
"With our brand new United States departures hall opening today, this announcement is extremely timely and encouraging," said James C. Cherry, President and CEO, Aéroports de Montréal. "The new Montréal-Houston service fits in with Montréal-Trudeau's objective of becoming a more active hub in the Americas."
Air Canada flight AC7997 will depart Montréal at 09:00 arriving in Houston at 11:55; and Air Canada flight AC7998 will depart Houston at 12:25 arriving back in Montréal at 16:40. Flights are operated by Air Canada Jazz onboard 75-seat CRJ-705 aircraft offering a choice of Executive or Economy Class service, featuring individual seatback entertainment throughout the aircraft.
With the addition of Montréal-Houston service, Air Canada serves 17 U.S. destinations with non-stop flights from Montréal.
Montréal-based Air Canada provides scheduled and charter air transportation for passengers and cargo to more than 170 destinations on five continents. Canada's flag carrier is the 13th largest commercial airline in the world and serves 33 million customers annually. Air Canada is a founding member of Star Alliance, providing the world's most comprehensive air transportation network for Canadian domestic, transborder and international travel. Air Canada aircraft offer customers individualized seatback in-flight entertainment systems with hundreds of hours of digital audio-visual entertainment. Further details and a virtual tour of Air Canada's new cabin amenities, including personal seatback entertainment at every seat, are available at: http://www.aircanada.com/en/travelinfo/onboard/cabincomfort.html. As well, customers can collect Aeroplan miles for future rewards through Canada's leading loyalty program.
In 2008, the readers of Business Traveler magazine voted Air Canada "Best In-Flight Services in North America," "Best Airline for Business Class Service in North America" and "Best North American Airline for International Travel."
Backgrounder:
AIR CANADA AT MONTREAL-TRUDEAU AIRPORT
Montréal-Trudeau Airport (YUL) is a strategic hub for Air Canada connecting its Québec and Atlantic Canada domestic network, its U.S. transborder routes and as an international gateway for Air Canada's services to and from the Caribbean, Mexico and Europe.
Air Canada provides service in both of Canada's official languages. As a fully bilingual operation, YUL plays a special role in connecting Canada with many French-speaking communities in the world, known as la francophonie, with service to points throughout Québec and New Brunswick among other, as well as to and from France (Paris CDG), Switzerland (Geneva), Martinique, Guadeloupe and Haiti.
On August 19, 2009, Montréal-Trudeau International Airport (YUL) inaugurated a new sector for transborder departures to the United States, completing the terminal's transformation which began in 2000. The new U.S. transborder facilities are larger and more customer-friendly, and provide travellers with a smoother, faster check-in and security clearance experience. The new two-storey facility is located adjacent to the existing transborder jetty.
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