Air Canada to Introduce Non-Stop Service Between Toronto and Seoul
Builds Toronto Hub as Gateway to Asia

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MONTREAL, Jan. 7 /CNW Telbec/ - Air Canada today announced that it will introduce non-stop flights between Toronto and Seoul, further building its main Toronto hub with more non-stop services to Asia. Air Canada will operate three times weekly non-stop service from Toronto beginning July 1, 2005, complementing its daily non-stop flights from Vancouver to Seoul. With an elapsed time of 14 hours 15 minutes westbound and 12 hours 55 minutes eastbound, the non-stop flight will save travellers 3 hours 20 minutes compared to the Vancouver routing.

"New non-stop service to Seoul from our main Toronto hub brings eastern North America that much closer to Korea, and strengthens Air Canada's position as a carrier of choice between North America and Asia," said Ben Smith, Vice President, Planning. "Our growth in non-stop flights between Toronto and Asia complements our extensive choice of non-stop services from our main Asia gateway in Vancouver, and offers customers more flexibility and choice in their travel planning. Combined with our major expansion of services
throughout Latin America, also via our Toronto hub, Air Canada offers international travellers between Asia and South America the added convenience of avoiding U.S. transit visa requirements."

Air Canada will operate the new route using 282-seat A340-300 aircraft. With a 09:45 departure from Toronto on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, arriving in Seoul at 13:00 the next day, flight AC065 is timed to offer convenient morning connections to and from points throughout Air Canada's extensive North American network, particularly in eastern Canada and the United States. The eastbound flight, AC066, leaves Seoul at 14:40 on Monday, Thursday and Saturday and arrives in Toronto at 14:35 the same day, providing maximum connecting options.

With the addition of Toronto-Seoul non-stop service, Air Canada will offer customers up to 12 non-stop flights per day in each direction between Canada and eight destinations in Asia. From its main hub in Toronto, the carrier operates daily non-stop flights to Hong Kong, Tokyo and Delhi, the only non-stop link between North America and India. From its Pacific Asian gateway in Vancouver, Air Canada serves Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and Seoul with daily non-stop flights, as well as Taipei on a codeshare basis.

yay! hopefully more canadians will come to seoul through this

Yeah, Vancouver is for Asian routes, Toronto is for European/Trans Atlantic.

I want to go to Korea from Montreal, how can I do it?

You can fly to Toronto to transfer to Korean Airlines or to Vancouver and take the Air Canada flight to Seoul.

I'd just fly to Vancouver with KAL, then to Montreal on Air Canada.

Consider the number of Korean immigrant lived in Toronto.. isn`t it kinds slow to introduce?? they should had it long time ago....

Well yes, there is a Korea Town in Toronto, but isn't the Korean immigration more centred on Vancouver, considering it is closer to Korea.

Considering a lot of Korean students are in Toronto, this will be a cool thing I think.

I like Canadians they are very nice people. My english teacher in Korea was candian very nice man.

Korean Population in Canada - 2001 Census
* These only count citizens or permanent residents, so visa students are not included.

Total Canada - 100,660 / total national population 29,639,035
Toronto - 42,615 / total city population 4,647,960
Vancouver - 28,850 / 1,967,480

Korean Population in Canada - 2001 Census
* These only count citizens or permanent residents, so visa students are not included.

Total Canada - 100,660 / total national population 29,639,035
Toronto - 42,615 / total city population 4,647,960
Vancouver - 28,850 / 1,967,480

Oh it's small!! Besides the 200mil Korean Chinese, more than 200,000 Republic of Koreans migrated to China during last 15 years. Compare to that, 100,000 is really small. But I believe if students are included, it will be more like around 130,000.

Oh it's small!! Besides the 200mil Korean Chinese, more than 200,000 Republic of Koreans migrated to China during last 15 years. Compare to that, 100,000 is really small. But I believe if students are included, it will be more like around 130,000.

200milion korean chinese???? you mean 2milion right?

Well yes, there is a Korea Town in Toronto, but isn't the Korean immigration more centred on Vancouver, considering it is closer to Korea.

There are more Koreans in Toronto than Vancouver ;)

there's ALOT here in the USA

200milion korean chinese???? you mean 2milion right?



Ah yeah. haha~!! Sorry. What a stupid mistake!

lol thats 4 times the population of s korea :)

There are more Koreans in Toronto than Vancouver ;)
Percentage wise is not, but I agree. :)

Percentage wise is not, but I agree. :)

Well, it's true that Vancouver has a higher "percentage" of Korean population, but Toronto (5.9 mil.) is nearly three times larger than Vancouver (2.2 mil). ;)

Btw, I lived in Abbotsford for 8 months. It's a great place to live. :)

^ Fair enough, :).

Yikes.
To spend all that flight time on Air Canada?
I catch connecting flights to avoid most N.A. air carriers once I hit the pacific.

I want to go to Korea from Montreal, how can I do it?

Hm, if you want a cheap deal, try Northwest, Delta, or United Airlines. To reach Seoul, you'll most probably have to connect a first time in the US, and a second time in Tokyo.

If you want better service and more spacious seats, I would strongly recommend Korean Air: it has improved a lot in the last decade and is a real pleasure to ride. There's a Korean Air flight from Toronto to Seoul (sometimes with a short stop in Anchorage), and Air Canada will assume the flight from Montreal to Toronto. Korean air is a bit more expensive, but well worth it, I think.

have a good time in Seoul,

cheers

I prefer Northwest Airlines over Air Canada.

I prefer Northwest Airlines over Air Canada.

Indeed. Northwest has similar quality and is cheaper.

Well, Air Canada is only a 3 star airline according to Skytrax.