Air Canada to add year-round Amsterdam service in 2015

MONTREAL — ********** will introduce year-round mainline service to Amsterdam from Toronto beginning in June 2015 as part of the continuing expansion of its international network.

Additions to the summer network also include new ********** rouge seasonal service from Montreal to Venice and between Vancouver and Osaka.

Accoring to Benjamin Smith, President, Passenger Airlines, at **********, “in addition to Amsterdam, for summer 2015 ********** will launch new double-daily, nonstop ********** service to Paris from both Toronto and Montreal, and new ********** rouge service between Vancouver and Osaka and between Montreal and Venice. It will also offer increased weekly ********** rouge frequencies to such popular destinations as ********* and Athens”.

Highlights of the 2015 summer schedule include:

Year-round ********** service between Toronto-Pearson and Amsterdam operated with a 211-seat, Boeing 767-300ER aircraft with 24 International Business Class pods, featuring fully lie-flat seats. Flights begin June 4, 2015 and will be operated up to six times weekly.
Double-daily ********** service from both Toronto and Montreal-Trudeau to Paris-Charles de Gaulle, the additional flights will be offered from June to September and be operated using Boeing 767-300ER aircraft with 24 International Business Class pods featuring fully lie-flat seats.
New nonstop ********** services from Toronto to Rio de Janeiro and from Toronto to Panama City introduced for winter 2014-15 will continue to operate during the summer of 2015.
New ********** rouge twice weekly service between Montreal and Venice beginning May 14, 2015, and, subject to government approval, up to five flights per week between Vancouver and Osaka-Kansai beginning May 1, 2015.

********** rouge service from Toronto to Athens and ********* will increase to daily from five times a week in summer 2014, and service from Toronto to Venice increases to four times from three weekly. From Montreal, ********** rouge service to Athens will double to four times weekly and service to ********* will increase to three-times weekly from twice weekly in summer 2014. Overall, ********** rouge service to Athens, *********, Lisbon, ********** and Nice will operate a longer season during the summer of 2015 over summer 2014.

********** rouge will begin operating year-round service between Toronto and Lima, Peru beginning May 2, 2015, subject to government approval, following the transfer of the route from **********.