For the first time since 1991, Air Canada has returned to Singapore, with flights to and from Vancouver in western Canada starting on April 4. The Canadian national carrier’s launch of the non-stop service comes six months after Singapore Airlines (SIA) stopped services...
For the first time since 1991, Air Canada has returned to Singapore, with flights to and from Vancouver in western Canada starting on April 4.
The route, operated with Boeing 787-9 aircraft, spans nearly 13,000km and is Air Canada’s longest flight by distance. The flight from Singapore to Vancouver takes 14 hours and 40 minutes. A spokesman for the airline said then it decided to stop the service as it regularly reviews its network operations to “adjust capacity to match demand for services” in its various markets.
When asked if Air Canada will look to increase the number of flights in the future, he said: “We always look at how the market performs, and if the market performs, we are always prepared to add frequencies.” There were about 13,300 international visitor arrivals from Canada in February 2024, compared with about 9,900 in August 2023, according to statistics from the Singapore Tourism Board.
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