MONTREAL, Nov. 7, 2024
/CNW/ - Air Canada today announced it is extending its intermodal
strategy across Europe to include
Italy, Spain, Britain as well as to Asia, with its first operator in South Korea. Customers purchasing flights can
now easily book onward land connections to destinations across
these countries to create a seamless travel itinerary. The new rail
and bus options expand the Air Canada Intermodal offering
previously launched in December 2023
in France, Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
"Following a successful launch in Europe last year, Air Canada is further
growing its intermodal strategy to more European gateways and to
Asia, making it possible for our
customers to connect on Trenitalia, Renfe, five operators in the
UK, including National Express, and KORAIL in South Korea. The expanded offer will make it
easy for our customers flying to and from our international hubs to
add convenient rail or bus connections on a single itinerary. Our
intermodal connections not only provide more choice, but also make
available sustainable options for short-haul segments of their
journey," said Mark Galardo,
Executive Vice President of Revenue and Network Planning at Air
Canada.
Enabled through Air Canada's partnership with AccesRail,
customers can book efficient connecting rail or bus segments in
more countries on www.aircanada.com as part of their itinerary.
Customers can check in for the train or bus portion of their trip
with AccesRail prior to departure, avoiding the need to obtain a
separate train or bus ticket. As well, customers experiencing any
flight disruption will have both their air and land segments
rebooked to provide peace of mind.
Italy
Air Canada is flying to two
airports in Italy this winter –
Rome and Milan – where customers will be able to
connect conveniently to Trenitalia, the state-owned railway of
Italy. Through these connections,
customers will be able to travel to up to 30 onward destinations.
These include Florence, Naples and
Reggio di Calabria.
Spain
In Spain, where Air Canada will
operate to Barcelona and
Madrid this winter, customers will
be able to connect at airports with Renfe, the state-owned rail
transport provider. It will offer connections to up to 24 onward
destinations throughout Spain,
including popular tourist cities such as Cadiz, Granada, Pamplona, and Zaragoza.
Britain
Customers will have the option to connect onward by land from
London-Heathrow. Rail services to several important
destinations will be available on four rail companies, LNER, Avanti
West Coast, Great Western Rail, and the TransPennine Express.
In addition, the UK's leading scheduled coach operator, National
Express, offers convenient connections at London-Heathrow.
South Korea
Air Canada flies to
Seoul's Incheon International
Airport where customers will be able to connect conveniently to
KORAIL's KTX Trains via the AREX Express and Seoul Station. Through
these connections, customers will be able to travel to up to eight
onward destinations. These include Busan, Gwangju and Ulsan
Other Intermodal Connections
Air Canada launched in
December 2023 new air-to-rail booking
options for customers to connect at airports in
France, Germany, Switzerland and Austria with
four major passenger rail systems. Through the airline's
partnership with Lufthansa Express Rail Product and new
collaborations with AccesRail & WorldTicket, customers can use
a streamlined booking process on www.aircanada.ca to create a
seamless travel itinerary that connects their flight with trips on
trains operated by France's TGV-SNCF
Voyageurs, Germany's Deutsche Bahn, Swiss Federal
Railways or ÖBB, the national railway of Austria.
Additional details are available at www.aircanada.com.
Air Canada's partnership portfolio has doubled over the
past decade with three joint business agreements,
40 codeshare, 120 interline and 13 intermodal rail options and
one bus option across the transport ecosystem to over 1200
destinations, delivering a world-spanning array of travel choices
for customers.
About Air Canada
Air Canada is Canada's largest airline, the country's flag
carrier and a founding member of Star
Alliance, the world's most comprehensive air transportation
network. Air Canada provides
scheduled service directly to more than 180 airports in
Canada, the United States and Internationally on six
continents. It holds a Four-Star ranking from Skytrax. Air
Canada's Aeroplan program is
Canada's premier travel loyalty
program, where members can earn or redeem points on the world's
largest airline partner network of 45 airlines, plus through an
extensive range of merchandise, hotel and car rental partners.
Through Air Canada Vacations, it offers more travel choices than
any other Canadian tour operator to hundreds of destinations
worldwide, with a wide selection of hotels, flights, cruises, day
tours, and car rentals. Its freight division, Air Canada Cargo,
provides air freight lift and connectivity to hundreds of
destinations across six continents using Air Canada's passenger and
freighter aircraft. Air Canada's climate ambition includes a
long-term aspiration of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Air Canada shares are publicly
traded on the TSX in Canada and
the OTCQX in the US.
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