Welcoming Visitors From Across Canada: Air Canada's New Service Between Montreal and Kelowna Celebrated at Kelowna International Airport
TOTA is excited to announce Air Canada’s newest non-stop domestic route between Kelowna International Airport (YLW) and Montréal-Trudeau Airport (YUL), celebrated yesterday at YLW. Starting with three flights weekly, the schedule will increase up to five weekly flights by mid-August. The addition of this route into the Thompson Okanagan is just in time for Canadians to begin traveling nationally, connecting one end of Canada to the other.
Passengers of this route will fly on Air Canada's fuel-efficient Airbus A220-300 fleet, featuring 12 Business Class seats, 125 Economy class seats (the widest ones in the fleet), a modernized in-flight entertainment system, and Wi-fi.
“Our new flights onboard Air Canada's ultra-quiet and environmentally-friendly Airbus A220-300 are also conveniently timed with connections to Atlantic Canada and abroad through our Montreal hub. As the country reopens, we are pleased to help friends and family reunite, and support Canada's economic recovery and tourism industry,” said Mark Galardo, Senior Vice President, Network Planning and Revenue Management at Air Canada.
These flights will not only connect the Thompson Okanagan to guests from Quebec but also connects the region to Air Canada's vast global network with just one stop. With the addition of Montreal, the Thompson Okanagan is now directly connected through YLW to all four of Air Canada’s hub cities: Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, and Calgary. YLW offers flights through other airlines to Victoria, Edmonton, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Hamilton, Kitchener/Waterloo, and Whitehorse.
"We are thrilled to see this new direct flight from Montreal into Kelowna opening up tremendous possibilities for domestic travel in the Thompson Okanagan Region," said Ellen Walker-Matthews, Acting President and CEO of the Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association, as she referenced the recently increased demand from Travel Trade and Travel Media in Quebec. "We have been seeing increased interest in our region from this part of Canada for some time now and this flight will be critical to help support that demand.”
This opportunity was made possible through the ongoing strong partnership between Air Canada, YLW, and YUL along with TOTA, Big White Ski Resort, the City of Kelowna, Tourism Kelowna, Okanagan Bucketlist, and the Kelowna and Vernon Chambers of Commerce.
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