SINGAPORE AIRLINES AND AIR CANADA INTRODUCE CODESHARE FLIGHTS BETWEEN SINGAPORE AND TORONTO

Star Alliance partners Singapore Airlines and Air Canada announced today that they would offer customers more convenient services between Singapore and Toronto by codesharing on each other’s flights.

With effect from 29 October 2000, these services will be routed daily via London Heathrow and three times weekly via Copenhagen.

Said Mr Huang Cheng Eng, Singapore Airlines’ Senior Vice President Marketing Planning: “We are pleased to announce the introduction of our codeshare flights with Air Canada. This co-operation will enable us to offer our passengers more travel options and hence, greater flexibility in making their travel plans. In addition to our daily flights to Vancouver, our customers now also have easy access to eastern Canada through Toronto.”

Details of codeshare services from Singapore to Toronto:

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“This first codeshare agreement with our new Star Alliance partner is the initial step towards a comprehensive codeshare program between Canada and Singapore, which will in the future offer our customers access to a variety of destinations beyond the airlines’ hubs,” said Danielle Poudrette, Air Canada Vice President Marketing. “The implementation of the new codeshare program will facilitate travel to this key area of South East Asia.”

Customers will enjoy the usual Star Alliance benefits, including through check-in, reciprocal lounge access, as well as reciprocal qualifying bonus mileage accumulation and redemption.

Singapore Airlines and its regional subsidiary, SilkAir, fly to 90 destinations in 41 countries. The care and attention that Singapore Airlines gives its customers, symbolised by the Singapore Girl, has earned the Airline many industry and travel awards, including Conde Nast Traveller’s Best International Airline award in 12 out of the last 13 years. Singapore Airlines joined Star Alliance in April this year.

Air Canada, Canada’s flagship carrier and founding member of Star Alliance, provides scheduled air transportation for passenger and cargo to more than 150 destinations. In 1999, Air Canada received honours as the best North American domestic airline by the OAG Worldwide, and as the best Passenger Service Airline in the world by Air Transport World Magazine.