MONTREAL, March 17,
2022 /CNW Telbec/ - Air Canada welcomes the
Government of Canada's
announcement to remove pre-departure testing requirements as of
April 1, 2022 for fully vaccinated
travellers entering Canada.
"Today's announcement by the federal government is excellent
news for the entire travel and tourism industry, which are
important contributors to the Canadian economy. People are eager to
travel and reconnect with their loved ones, and the end of
pre-departure testing will provide travellers with more certainty,
allowing them to plan their next trip with more confidence and
without the worry of incurring additional costs. Canada now joins other countries around the
world in reopening and we look ahead to the summer travel season.
The removal of pre-departure testing requirements will continue to
accelerate and stimulate the recovery of Canada's travel and tourism industry, which we
are committed to help rebuild through the restoration of our global
network," said David Rheault,
Vice-President, Government and Community Relations at Air
Canada.
"As Canada's global airline,
Air Canada has led the way in advocating and continually adopting
science-based measures to keep its customers and employees safe.
Safety is our top priority, and we are proud to be one of the first
airlines in the world, and the only airline in Canada, to receive the Diamond certification
from the APEX Health Safety, the highest level of recognition for
hygiene, cleanliness, and attention to public health
guidelines."
Air Canada's recovery remains
strong and well underway. The airline has expanded its domestic,
transborder, Europe and South
Pacific international route networks, giving customers by far the
widest choice of routings and destinations of any Canadian carrier
this summer. Air Canada is
offering new service on four transborder and three domestic routes,
restoring 41 North American routes and will operate to 51 Canadian
and 46 U.S. airports. Internationally, the airline is relaunching
33 routes to Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, including popular destinations
such as Barcelona, Copenhagen, Madrid, Milan
and Venice. Air Canada is also expanding its South Pacific
network with the return of daily service to Sydney and resumption of services to both
Brisbane and Auckland.
To learn more about Air Canada's destinations, visit
www.aircanada.com/en-ca/fare-finder.
To book your next
trip and for most updated schedule,
visit aircanada.com.
About Air Canada
Air Canada is Canada's largest domestic and international
airline, the country's flag carrier and a founding member of
Star Alliance, the world's most
comprehensive air transportation network. Air Canada is the only international network
carrier in North America to
receive a Four-Star ranking from the independent U.K. research firm
Skytrax, which in 2021 also named Air Canada as having the Best
Airline Staff in North America,
Best Airline Staff in Canada, Best
Business Class Lounge in North
America, as well as an Excellence award for its handling of
COVID-19. Also in 2021, Air Canada was named Global Traveler's Best
Airline in North America for the
third straight year. In January 2021,
Air Canada received APEX's Diamond Status Certification for the Air
Canada CleanCare+ biosafety program for managing COVID-19, the only
airline in Canada to attain the
highest APEX ranking. Air Canada
has also committed to a net zero emissions goal from all global
operations by 2050. For more information, please visit:
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