Posted at 11 a.m., Wednesday, August 15, 2001

Air Canada expanding service through Honolulu

Advertiser Staff

Air Canada today announced it will expand its South Pacific network by introducing "same plane" Toronto-Honolulu-Melbourne service and by increasing capacity on its Vancouver-Honolulu-Sydney route effective Nov. 30.

The Montreal-based airline will operate three times weekly service from Toronto to Melbourne via Honolulu using 212-seat Boeing 767-300 aircraft and will increase capacity on daily Vancouver-Honolulu-Sydney service replacing the current 212-seat Boeing 767-300 aircraft with 284-seat Airbus A340.

"We are responding to new market growth opportunities in the South Pacific by increasing capacity from Vancouver to Sydney and expanding Honolulu as a strategic connecting hub for Air Canada's network," said Bill Bredt, Vice President, International.