Air Canada has announced an increase to its service from YVR to Brisbane, Australia.
The new, daily non-stop service begins June 17, 2016 and is thanks to a revised bilateral agreement between Canada and Australia that enables increased service between the two countries. Flight AC35 will depart YVR daily at 11:45 p.m. and arrive in Brisbane at 7:15 a.m. (+2 days). Flight AC36 will depart BNE daily at 10:40 a.m. and arrive at YVR at 7:15 a.m. Air Canada will operate a state-of-the-art Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft. (source YVR newsletter).
On January 7th, 2016, flight AC1999 from Amman, Jordan arrived at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport. This is the first of five flights to be operated on behalf of the Canadian Government that will bring almost 1,500 Syrian refugees to Canada. The crew consisted of President and COO Klaus Goersch as Captain of the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. Captain Michael Deere; Relief Pilot Jonathan Tremblay; Service Directors Hilaire St Pierre and Candace Crossan; Manager, Inflight Operations Paola Campacci; Flight Attendants Andrea Atiyeh, Helene Carmichael, Imad Zaoude, Lancia Samuels, Rana Subeih, Randa Elmaassarany, Roxanne Holmes and Soufiane Kouame. (source Daily Jan 7/16)