Australia is open again for business, and Air Canada is an ideal way to get there. Australia has long been a top destination for Canadians dreaming of fantastic scenery, sunny skies, indigenous travel experiences, and amazing culture. The borders were pretty much closed for two years, but international visitors began to be welcomed again in late February. Air Canada has daily flights from Vancouver to Sydney on posh, Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners. They’ll add direct flights from YVR to Brisbane starting July 1. (Air Canada also will resume flights from Vancouver to Auckland, New Zealand in November of this year.) Vic Read more
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Australia’s national carrier today confirmed an order for 12 Airbus A350-1000s to conquer the final frontier of long-haul travel and enable non-stop flights to Australia from any other city, including New York and London from late 2025. Codenamed Project Sunrise for the airline’s long history of endurance flying, Qantas has also shared preliminary concepts for its A350 cabin of the future that will offer a new level of comfort for all passengers on these direct flights that will cut up to four hours off total travel time compared with one-stop options today. Customers onboard Qantas’ new fleet of A350 aircraft Read more
Australia is open for international visitors, and Canadians are chomping at the bit. Canadian consumers recognize that Australia did a good job handling COVID-19, and that there’s a “huge demand” for visits amongst Canadian travelleres, Chris Allison, the North America acting general manager for Tourism Australia, said at a Tourism Australia “Australia On Tour” event in downtown Toronto on Tuesday. A study in December found that Canadian interest in visiting Australia was back to pre-pandemic levels. Tim Liu, Managing Director, Sales Planning & Effectiveness at Air Canada, said Air Canada recognizes the increased interest and is responding with more flights. Read more
By Ted McIntyre Twenty million years ago, give a day or two, the lower lying areas just south of modern-day Melbourne, Australia, were submerged beneath a few hundred feet of seawater. When the ocean eventually receded, it left a roughly 210-square-kilometre corridor covered in a sandy loam—as deep as 80 metres in spots. This geological event is clear proof that long before the evolution of mankind commenced, the Good Lord was already considering the evolution of golf, for there may not be a more perfect recipe of soil and terrain for course design than this unique Sandbelt region of Read more
Air Canada plans to fly at 90% of its pre-pandemic capacity this summer, CEO Michael Rousseau says. The Globe and Mail today reports that Rosseau spoke during an Air Canada webcast meeting of shareholders on Monday and said the airline would restore routes cut over the past two years and fly to 33 international destinations this summer. “It is apparent the recovery is accelerating,” he said. Air Canada on March 16 announced the return of daily service to Sydney and resumption of services to both Brisbane and Auckland. The Montreal-based airline in February announced an expansion of its North American Read more
