Air Canada to launch new routes from Vancouver to Austin and Halifax

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There will soon be brand new flight services linking Vancouver with Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Austin, Texas.

Just in time for the start of the expected rebound in global air travel in Summer 2022, Air Canada is launching two new direct, non-stop routes from Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ) and to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS).

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The new Halifax service will depart five times weekly each way on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, starting on May 1.

This will be followed by the new Austin service beginning June 1, flying four times weekly each way on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays.

“Canadians are ready to travel, and we’re excited to be offering a very significant growth in our schedule this summer,” said Mark Galardo, senior vice president of network planning and revenue management for Air Canada, in a statement.

“These changes will also grow and cement our position as the leading carrier of choice in the transborder market, with the most non-stop flying between Canada and the US and as the foreign carrier with the most service to the US. Moreover, our revitalized North American network, designed to connect easily with our global network, gives customers by far the widest choice of routings and destinations of any Canadian carrier this summer.”

In addition to the new services, Air Canada has indicated it will restart pre-pandemic services on 41 of its North American routes, including four routes from Vancouver. The flag carrier will resume its YVR routes to Anchorage (ANC) on May 7 on a daily basis, Sacramento (SMF) on June 1 on a daily basis, Yellowknife (YZF) on June 1 on a daily basis, and Boston (BOS) on June 4 on a daily basis.

As previously announced, Air Canada Rouge will begin a new summer seasonal service from YVR to Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB) in Quebec City. The three-times-weekly service — Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays — will start a few weeks earlier than originally planned on May 2, instead of May 20.

All of these routes are timed to connect with Air Canada’s domestic, US, and international networks at YVR.

To Europe, Air Canada will be restarting YVR flights to Frankfurt (FRA) in Germany, Dublin (DUB) in Ireland, and Zurich (ZRH) in Switzerland on May 1, June 1, and June 17, respectively.

YVR Airport New Flights 2020-2022

May 2, 2020: Istanbul, Turkey (IST) — Turkish Airlines, 3x weekly
December 2, 2021: Singapore (SIN) — Singapore Airlines, 4x weekly (winter seasonal)
May 1, 2022: Halifax, Nova Scotia (YHZ) — Air Canada, 5x weekly
May 16, 2022: Kelowna, BC (YLW) — Flair Airlines, 3x weekly
May 17, 2022: San Francisco, California (SFO) — Flair Airlines, 3x weekly
May 2, 2022: Quebec City, Quebec — Air Canada Rouge, 3x weekly (summer seasonal)
June 1, 2022: Austin, Texas — Air Canada, 4x weekly
June 15, 2022: Minneapolis, Minnesota (MSP) — Sun Country Airlines, 2x weekly (summer seasonal)
June 9, 2022: New York City (JFK) — JetBlue, daily
June 9, 2022: Boston, Massachusetts (BOS) — JetBlue, daily (summer seasonal)

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