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Voted the Best Airline in North America recently, Air Canada is the largest airline in Canada. Based at Montreal in the Quebec province of Canada, this airline boasts of a long and illustrious history. Providing scheduled passenger and cargo services over the five continents and covering 90 major destinations all around the country as vacation packages Air Canada flies over 32 million people each year. A founder member of Star Alliance, it provides for one of the more comprehensive air transportation network covering a wide spectrum of services and destinations around.
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Came into vogue in the year 1937, Air Canada has its major operational hub located at Toronto Pearson International Airport. The other important centers of Air Canada are located at Vancouver, Calgary and Montreal. With a huge fleet of 347 aircrafts, Air Canada is the 14th largest in the world. The airline has an impressive array of aircrafts of various sizes and specifications catering to the exact requirements of Air Canada passengers. Airbus A319-100, A320-200, A330-300, Boeing 767-200, Boeing 700-300ER, Embraer 175 and 190s and various classes of Bombardier aircrafts form part of the Air Canada fleet.
Air Canada has an extensive network that is spread over 67 cities in Canada and 53 destinations in the US which is a very important market in terms of revenues and passenger traffic for it. However, the airline has a comparatively subdued representation in terms of network to Asia, Europe, South America, Australia and Middle East where only 56 destinations are covered by Air Canada. Together with its regional subsidiary, Air Canada Jazz, and in arrangement with Star Alliance, this Canadian air major accounts for world class air travel services to about 850 destinations covering 155 countries, showcasing itself as a truly global air major.
Some of the noteworthy features of Air Canada are as mentioned:
A good number of non-stop services over long distances like Calgary-New York City, Toronto-Shanghai, Montreal-Mexico City, Montreal-Denver.
Among the other services of Air Canada, the personalized chartered services are provided by Air Canada Jetz while Air Canada Cargo accounts for cargo services. Air Canada Vacations is one of the leading tour operators in North America.
Air Canada has code sharing arrangements with leading airlines like Lufthansa, United, Swiss International Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Air New Zealand and a few others that enable it to expand services and markets share continuously.
The airline does have two classes Executive and Economy classes respectively.
Movies, music, newspapers, magazines, hot meals/snacks are an integral part of most of the Air Canada flights.
Modernization policy and plans, excellent on and off-air services, innovative and strategic marketing based on a la carte pricing and tie-ups are some of the key factors that have elevated Air Canada to an altogether new level of growth. No wonder, ‘Best Business Class to Canada,’ ‘Airline Industry Achievement Award for Market Leadership’ are some of the recent awards that have come Air Canada’s way with a few more probably waiting in the wings.
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