Air New Zealand will expand its current code share relationship with Air Canada as from 5 June, to include seating on Air Canada flights between Vancouver and Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto and Vancouver and Calgary.
The move to include Toronto and Montreal will provide a link between the east and west coasts of Canada, while Calgary provides a link to the important Alberta province. The new arrangement will complement current code share services to these cities from Los Angeles.
Air New Zealand already code shares with Air Canada between Los Angeles and Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Montreal as well as between Honolulu and Vancouver.
New Zealand has become an increasingly popular destination for Canadian tourists. Visitor arrivals from Canada into New Zealand for 12 months to March 2003 were 39,000 of which nearly 15,000 came from the east coast of Canada and 5,400 came from Alberta.
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Air New Zealand is proud to be a member of Star Alliance. The Star Alliance network was established in 1997 as the first truly global airline alliance to offer worldwide reach, recognition and seamless service to the international traveller. Its acceptance by the market has been recognised by numerous awards, including the Air Transport World Market Leadership Award, Best Airline Alliance by both Business Traveller Magazine and Skytrax. The member airlines are: Adria Airways, Air Canada, Air China, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana Airlines, Austrian, Blue1, bmi, Continental Airlines, Croatia Airlines, EGYPTAIR, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, Shanghai Airlines, Singapore Airlines, South African Airways, Spanair, SWISS, TAP Portugal, Turkish Airlines, THAI, United and US Airways. Aegean Airlines, Air India, Brussels Airlines and TAM have been announced as future members. Overall, the Star Alliance network offers 19,500 daily flights to 1,071 airports in 171 countries.
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