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Effective June 2, 2005 Air Canada will introduce a new non-stop service between Toronto and Beijing.
Air Canada will operate 4 non-stop flights per week from Toronto to Beijing.
Herewith complementing its daily non-stop flights to Beijing and Shanghai from Vancouver, and twice daily Hong Kong flights.
Air Canada will replace its 189-seat Boeing 767-300ER service with larger 282-seat A340-300 aircraft during the peak demand season beginning June 1, 2005 on the Vancouver-Shanghai route.
Air Canada will offer customers up to 13 non-stop flights per day* in each direction between Canada and eight destinations in Asia:
From Toronto to Hong Kong, Tokyo, Seoul and Delhi.
From Vancouver Air Canada serves Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and Seoul with daily non-stop flights.
Air Canada will operate the new route using 282-seat A340-300 aircraft. With a 10:00 departure from Toronto on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday arriving in Beijing at 11:20 the next day, as flight AC031.
The eastbound flight, AC032, leaves Beijing at 13:20 on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, and arrives in Toronto at 14:20 the same day.