ESSENTIALS - Vancouver and Victoria - page 400

AIR
Air Canada
Air Canada (604/688-5515 or 888/247-2262, www.aircanada.ca or aircanada.com in the
U.S.) is one of the world's largest airlines, serving five continents. It offers direct flights
to Vancouver from many North American cities and also flies into Victoria directly from
most western Canadian cities as well as Seattle.
Canada's second largest airline is WestJet (604/606-5525 or 800/538-5696,
www.westjet.com ) . The least expensive flights land at Abbotsford, 72 kilometers (45
miles) east of downtown Vancouver. Flights also terminate at Vancouver's main airport
andinVictoria.AswellasflightsfromregionalcentersthroughoutBritishColumbia,these
three airports receive flights from Calgary, Edmonton, Hamilton, Ottawa, Regina, Saska-
toon, Thunder Bay, and as far east as St. John's, Newfoundland.