Air Canada has started its daily, year-round service between Vancouver and Taipei, Taiwan, the carrier’s tenth destination in Asia, offering North America-bound business travellers more direct long-haul flight options.
Flight AC011 departs from Vancouver at 11:10 to arrive Taipei at 14:15 the next day. Return flight AC012 takes off at 15:55 to land in Vancouver at 11:25. All times local.
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The new route is timed to optimize connectivity at Air Canada’s Vancouver International Airport to and from its extensive network from across North America. All flights provide for Aeroplan accumulation and redemption and, for eligible customers, priority check-in, Maple Leaf Lounge access, priority boarding, and other benefits.
“Air Canada is very pleased to return to Taipei, an important and significant economic centre, as part of our ongoing global expansion,” says Benjamin Smith, president, Passenger Airlines at Air Canada. “Our Taipei flights are operated with our state-of-the-art Boeing 787 Dreamliners featuring our industry-leading international services. The strategic addition of these daily year-round flights strengthens our YVR trans-Pacific hub which combined with our extensive North American network, providing convenient options and a competitive elapsed travel time between North America and Taiwan.”
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So far in 2017, Air Canada has launched new non-stop international flights from Vancouver to Taipei, London Gatwick, Frankfurt, Nagoya; and from Toronto to Berlin; with Toronto to Reykjavik, Mumbai; and Montreal to Marseille, Tel Aviv, Reykjavik and Algiers to begin by July 1; and Vancouver-Melbourne to launch in December.
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