Air Canada adds US direct flights from Halifax, Vancouver

Air Canada will add new daily direct flights from both coasts to the United States in a push to meet travel demand and strengthen its trans-border partnership with United Airlines. The airline announced Monday that year-round routes between Halifax and Newark, N.J., and Vancouver and Houston, will begin Dec. 16. “These routes will give customers in Atlantic and Western Canada more convenient options for flying to the U.S.,” senior vice-president Mark Galardo said. Galardo said the flights will provide Western Canada customers with more options for reaching destinations in Latin America and the Caribbean through United Airlines’ Houston hub, as well as reinforce links between Atlantic Canada and New York. He said these will also facilitate many new one-stop connections from the US to Air Canada’s domestic and global network. The carrier said with the new routes, its U.S. network will expand to six per cent above its pre-pandemic capacity for summer 2023. It serves 51 US airports.<br/>