Virgin Australia has begun codeshare services on Air Canada flights between Los Angeles and three major Canadian cities, enabling travellers to enjoy seamless connections between Australia and Canada.

Customers travelling on Virgin Australia’s 18 weekly return services between Australia and Los Angeles will be able to book travel on Air Canada’s flights between Los Angeles and Toronto (YYZ), Calgary (YYC) and Montreal (YUL), for travel from June 1, 2017. Virgin Australia customers can earn Velocity Points when travelling on eligible codeshare services.

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As part of the strategic cooperation between the airlines, Virgin Australia has placed its code on Air Canada’s direct flights between Australia and Vancouver in a subsequent stage of the agreement. Air Canada currently operates daily non-stop flights from Vancouver to Sydney and Brisbane and will offer seasonal non-stop flights between Vancouver and Melbourne from December 2017.

Travellers flying on Air Canada’s daily services from Vancouver to Brisbane and Sydney can book travel on connecting Virgin Australia flights to Adelaide, Canberra, Cairns, Melbourne, Perth, Christchurch and Auckland for travel from June 1, 2017. They can also book travel on Virgin Australia services from Sydney to Brisbane, Sydney to the Gold Coast, and Brisbane to Wellington. Members of Air Canada’s loyalty program Aeroplan will earn Aeroplan Miles when travelling on these codeshare services.

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The codeshare services represent the implementation of the first phase of the strategic cooperation agreement between the two airlines, following the airlines’ execution of a Memorandum of Understanding in December 2016. Virgin Australia and Air Canada intend to offer reciprocal frequent flyer redemption benefits on each other’s flights in a subsequent stage of the agreement.

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