Only business class with lie flat suites between Vancouver and France

    VANCOUVER, March 26 /CNW Telbec/ - Air Canada today announced that it
will launch the only daily service between Vancouver and Paris to meet
seasonal travel demand. Between July 1, 2009, and September 29, 2009, the
carrier will operate daily one-stop same plane flights linking Vancouver with
the French capital during the busy summer season.
    This service complements Air Canada's daily non-stop services between
Toronto-Paris, and Montréal-Paris using brand new 349-seat Boeing 777-30ER
aircraft. In addition, effective June 1, 2009, Air Canada is introducing new
Montréal-Geneva service also providing easy access to a number of popular
destinations in France served by train such as nearby Lyon, Annecy, Dijon and
Grenoble. Geneva flights are timed to offer Vancouver customers easy and
convenient connections in Montréal.
    "We are delighted to offer Vancouver and Western Canada the only daily
service to Paris La ville lumière," said Claude Morin, Air Canada's Vice
President, Sales, in Vancouver with French and tourism officials to launch the
new service. "Air Canada knows that Europe is a timeless destination and one
visit is never enough. So we are making it even easier and more affordable
than ever to plan multiple trips from Canada to Europe through the summer and
the entire year with the recent addition of the economical 'Europe Pass' to
our Flight Pass family at aircanada.com ."
    "We are thrilled to partner with Air Canada on the launch today in
Vancouver of this new air service that will bring France closer to Western
Canada than ever before, said Caroline Putnoki, Director in Canada of Maison
de la France. "Canadians can make their dream trip to France a reality this
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    AC 884    0850 departs    1634 arrives   1810 departs   0705 + 1 arrives
              Vancouver       Montréal       Montréal       Paris
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    AC 885    1130 departs    1315 arrives   1430 departs   1659 arrives
              Paris           Montréal       Montréal       Vancouver
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------With an eastbound flight time of 13h15 and westbound of 14h29, travelers
will enjoy the peace of mind of same-plane service through Montréal.
    Air Canada will operate the new daily Vancouver-Paris service using newly
refurbished 211-seat Boeing 767-300 ER aircraft offering a choice of Economy
Class and Executive First service featuring 24 lay flat bed suites. Further
details and a virtual tour of Air Canada's new cabin amenities including
personal seatback entertainment are available at:
http://www.aircanada.com/en/travelinfo/onboard/cabincomfort.html

    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 14th 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. As well, customers can collect Aeroplan miles for future awards
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."