Air Canada inaugurates non-stop winter service between Calgary and Honolulu

Air Canada will inaugurate today three times weekly non-stop service between Calgary and Honolulu when flight AC3131 leaves Calgary International Airport at 7:15 p.m. en route to Hawaii. The new winter service will be offered until March 31, 2001.

"This winter, we are pleased to offer our customers a new non-stop service from Calgary to one of Air Canada's most popular sun destinations," said Danielle Poudrette, Vice President, Marketing. "With the new non-stop flight, customers also enjoy excellent connections in Honolulu to Air Canada's Sydney service and to Auckland, in conjunction with our Star Alliance partner Air New Zealand."

To promote the new service, Air Canada is offering double Aeroplan miles or Canadian Plus points when travelling round trip for the first time on the new route.

The Aeroplan offer is valid until February 28, 2001 while the Canadian Plus offer is valid for travel until December 31, 2000.

Flights on the new route are operated with wide body 205-seat Boeing 767-300 aircraft featuring the airline's acclaimed Executive and Hospitality service. Air Canada flight AC3131 leaves Calgary at 7:15 p.m. and arrives in Honolulu at 11:15 p.m. From Honolulu, AC3132 leaves at 1:15 a.m. and arrives in Calgary at 10:35 a.m.

With the introduction of this new route, Air Canada and Canadian Airlines offer travellers more than 300 flights per day to 55 U.S. destinations.