Air Canada to serve Delhi via Zurich

Effective October 30, 2005, Air Canada will serve Delhi via Zurich on a daily year-round basis from Toronto. The transfer of flights to India via Switzerland will allow Air Canada to re-introduce year-round service to Zurich while improving its schedule to India with an increase to daily flights from its current three- times weekly non-stop service from Toronto. In addition, Air Canada plans to pursue a codeshare agreement with future Star Alliance member, Swiss International Air Lines, by which SWISS would sell seats on a codeshare basis on the Air Canada-operated flights via Zurich.

"By offering same-plane, one-stop service to India via Switzerland, Air Canada customers will benefit from an expanded choice of year-round daily flights to both Zurich and Delhi," said Ben Smith, Vice President, Network Planning. "We look forward to pursuing talks on commercial cooperation with SWISS, our future Star Alliance partner, to serve the Europe-India market as well. Moreover, deployment of right-sized Boeing 767-300ER aircraft on the route will allow us to optimize use of passenger and cargo capacity, and reintroduce our premium Executive First product in the Zurich market on a year- round basis."

Flights will be operated using 212-seat Boeing 767-300ER aircraft offering a choice of Executive First and Hospitality service. Flight attendants speaking Hindi, Punjabi and German, as well as English and French, will be available to serve customers in their choice of language. Customers will be offered a choice of western and Indian meals, and the in-flight entertainment program will include a number of German-language selections, as well as Indian "Bollywood" recent releases on the Zurich-Delhi segment.

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