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CANADA-PORTUGALAir Canada and fellow Star Alliance partner TAPPortugal announced recently that they have enteredinto a codeshare agreement that will create moretravel options and better connections for customers travellingbetween Canada and Portugal.Under the agreement, TAP and Air Canada have begunoffering codeshare fl ights between Canada and Portugal viaselected points. Services between Canadian cities such asToronto, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa, and the Portuguese citiesof Lisbon and Porto, have been added to both carriers' networks.This provides signifi cant benefi ts to both Air Canada and TAPcustomers, including simplified booking, reciprocal travel rewardaccumulation, seamless connections on a single ticket, andbaggage check-through to final destination."By working more closely and developing our relationshipwith our Star partner TAP Portugal, the leading airline inPortugal, Air Canada will be able to offer customers improvedaccess between Canada and Portugal and broaden its alreadyextensive network to Europe and beyond," said Marcel Forget,Vice President of Network Planning at Air Canada."Implementing this code-share agreement with Air Canada,one of the founding members of Star Alliance, is an importantstep towards developing closer commercial ties with one of theleading and most innovative airlines in the world," said JoséGuedes Dias, VP Alliances & External Relations, TAP Portugal. "Atthe same time we can offer our customers a wide range of directand more convenient services between Portugal and Canadathat we expect will particularly benefit the large Portuguesecommunity in Canada and the business and tourism segmentsin general."New services such as this reinforces Toronto Pearson as thegateway of choice to Canada.SUMMER SERVICE TOSYDNEY, N.S.In May, WestJet and Air Canada began non-stop, seasonal Air Canada’s newly inaugurated service to Sydney will beservice between Toronto and Sydney, NS.daily.As part of its enhanced summer schedule, WestJet will “We are pleased to launch non-stop regional jet summerfl y three times weekly (Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday).service between Toronto and Sydney, providing a faster link“Service to Sydney gives over 100,000 people access to our between Cape Breton and more cities across Canada, North55-city network,” said Bob Cummings, WestJet Executive Vice- America and Asia through conveniently timed connections inPresident of Guest Experience and Marketing. “We’re excited Toronto,” said Marcel Forget, Vice President, Network Planning,to offer Cape Bretoners access to the more than 60 fl ights that Air Canada. “We expect this new service will be particularlydepart Toronto each day. There are so many sights and wonderful popular among travellers seeking the vast choice of vacationthings to do in Cape Breton that we are confi dent this new service opportunities that Cape Breton Island has to offer.”will be well received.”Air Canada flight AC8794 will depart Toronto at 8:35 p.m.Flights will leave Sydney at 11 a.m. and arrive in Toronto at and arrive in Sydney at 11:59 p.m. Air Canada flight AC8795 will12:33 p.m. Flights from Toronto will depart at 7:10 a.m. and arrive depart Sydney at 7 a.m. and arrive in Toronto at 8:45 a.m. Flightsin Sydney at 10:26 a.m. (all local times).will be operated by Air Canada Jazz onboard 50-seat CRJ jetThis announcement is part of WestJet’s enhanced summer aircraft.schedule, which also includes the addition of three other new This summer, Air Canada will offer up to six daily flightsdestinations: Yellowknife, San Diego and San Francisco, as well to/from Sydney, Nova Scotia, including up to five daily flights toas increased frequency in its existing network. More detailed Halifax and one to Toronto. Air Canada has timed its Sydneyinformationabout WestJet’s enhanced summer schedule and Toronto service to offer excellent connections to and from majorlow introductory fares is available at www.WestJet.com. cities across Canada, North America and Asia.LAN CARGOOn June 12, LAN Cargo’s 777 freighter made a rare stop at Toronto Pearson, a first for the company’s cargo operations. It washere to pick up an 18 ton load to be delivered to Cuba. Photo at left courtesy of Parr Yonemoto. Photo at right courtesy of TMKPhotography.In further effort to reduce our paper use, Toronto Pearson Today is also available online at www.GTAA.com and in PDF form viae-mail. If you would prefer an online version e-mailed to you, please drop us a line at publication@GTAA.com.VIVAITALIA!In May, Air Transat inaugurated flights from Torontoto Rome and Venice as part of its growing service toEurope.Non-stop service to the Eternal City will fly four timesweekly (Thursday to Sunday) with flights leaving Toronto at10:30 p.m. and arriving the next day in Rome at 1:30 p.m.Returning flights will leave Rome at 6:15 p.m. and arrive backin Toronto at 10:15 p.m.Flights to Venice will fly weekly via Montreal with flightsleaving Toronto at 8 p.m. and arriving the next day at 12 p.m.Returning flights will leave Venice at 2:15 p.m. and arrive inToronto at 7:30 p.m.WESTJETTO B.C.As part of an enhanced summer schedule, WestJetrecently announced that it has launched seasonalnon-stop service from Fort McMurray, B.C. toVancouver and Toronto."Canadians love their summers for many differentreasons," said Bob Cummings, WestJet Executive Vice-President of Guest Experience and Marketing. "For many ofus, it's a chance to visit family and friends around the country.The addition of new non-stop seasonal service to Vancouverand Toronto is WestJet's way of thanking the people ofFort McMurray for their loyalty and wishing them a greatsummer."Flights will leave Fort McMurray six times weekly at1:05 a.m. and arrive in Toronto at 6:35 a.m. Flights departingToronto will leave at 8:30 p.m. and arrive in Fort McMurrayat 10:42 p.m.Toronto Pearson Today Second Quarter 2009 9