Air Canada to restart Australia flights, but only for fully vaccinated passengers

Qantas is not the only airline confident that international travel will resume in December, with Air Canada announcing it will restart its first Australian route - and vaccination will be mandatory. The airline will fly Sydney-Vancouver four times a week with the first flight to Vancouver taking off on December 17. Before the outbreak of COVID-19, Air Canada had regular non-stop flights from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane to Vancouver. Air Canada suspended its flights to Australia in April last year. The airline will fly a 300-seat Boeing 777-300LR on the route, the second-largest aircraft in the carrier's fleet. Air Canada has previously flown Boeing 787 Dreamliners on its Melbourne and Brisbane routes. Air Canada has a partnership with Virgin Australia, allowing passengers to earn frequent flyer and status points through Virgin's rewards program, Velocity. Qantas has also flagged its intention to start Sydney-Vancouver flights from December 20. <br/>