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Air Canada has announced that effective October 30, 2005, it will serve
Delhi via
Zurich
on a daily year-round basis from Toronto. The transfer of flights to
India via
Switzerland will allow
Air Canada to re-introduce year-round service to Zurich while improving its
schedule to India with an increase to daily flights from its current
three-times weekly non-stop service from Toronto. In addition, Air Canada
plans to pursue a codeshare agreement with future Star Alliance member,
Swiss International Air Lines, by which SWISS would sell seats on a
codeshare basis on the Air Canada-operated flights via Zurich.
"By offering same-plane, one-stop service to India via Switzerland, Air
Canada customers will benefit from an expanded choice of year-round daily
flights to both Zurich and Delhi," said Ben Smith, Vice President, Network
Planning. "We look forward to pursuing talks on commercial cooperation with
SWISS, our future Star Alliance partner, to serve the Europe-India market as
well. Moreover, deployment of right-sized Boeing 767-300ER aircraft on the
route will allow us to optimize use of passenger and cargo capacity, and
reintroduce our premium Executive First product in the Zurich market on a
year-round basis."
Flights will be operated using 212-seat Boeing 767-300ER aircraft
offering a choice of Executive First and Hospitality service. Flight
attendants speaking Hindi, Punjabi and German, as well as English and
French, will be available to serve customers in their choice of language.
Customers will be offered a choice of western and Indian meals, and the
in-flight entertainment program will include a number of German-language
selections, as well as Indian "Bollywood" recent releases on the
Zurich-Delhi segment.
Air Canada has timed its Zurich/Delhi service to offer excellent
connections to and from cities across Canada via its main hub in Toronto.
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