Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
From Europe, Air Canada flies directly from London and Frankfurt to Vancouver and
Calgary, and from other major European cities via Toronto. From the South Pacific, Air
Canada operates flights from Sydney and in alliance with Air New Zealand from Auck-
land and other South Pacific islands to Vancouver. Asian cities served by direct Air Canada
flights to Vancouver include Beijing, Nagoya, Osaka, Seoul, Shanghai, Taipei, and Tokyo.
Air Canada's flights originating in the South American cities of Buenos Aires, Sáo Paulo,
Lima, and Bogotà are routed through Toronto, where you'll need to change planes for
either Calgary or Vancouver.
WestJet
Similar in concept to Southwest Airlines, WestJet (604/606-5525 or 800/538-5696,
www.westjet.com
)
has daily flights to its Calgary hub, as well as to Vancouver and Ed-
monton from across Canada as far east as St. John's, Newfoundland.
From the United States
Air Canada offers the most flights into Calgary and Vancouver from the United States,
but one or both of the cities are also served by the following U.S. carriers:
Alaska
Airlines
(800/252-7522,
www.alaskaair.com
)
from Anchorage and Los Angeles;
Amer-
ican Airlines
(800/433-7300,
www.aa.com
)
from Chicago and Dallas;
Continental Air-
lines
(800/231-0856,
www.continental.com
) from its Houston hub and New York (Ne-
wark);
Delta
(800/221-1212,
www.delta.com
), with summer-only flights from Atlanta
and Salt Lake City;
Northwest Airlines
(800/225-2525,
www.nwa.com
) from Detroit,
Indianapolis, Memphis, and Minneapolis; and finally
United Airlines
(800/241-6522,
www.united.com
)
from Chicago, Denver, San Francisco, and Seattle.
From Europe
In addition to Air Canada's flights from London to Calgary and Vancouver,
British
Airlines
(800/247-9297,
www.britishairlines.com
)
also flies this route daily. Air Canada
flights between Vancouver and Continental Europe are routed through Toronto.
Lufthansa
(800/563-5954,
www.lufthansa.com
) has a daily flight between Frankfurt and Vancouver.
From Australia and New Zealand
Qantas
(604/279-6611,
www.qantas.com.au
)
flies to Vancouver from Sydney; flights ori-
ginating in Melbourne and Brisbane are routed through Los Angeles.
Air New Zealand
(800/663-5494,
www.airnewzealand.com
) operates in alliance with Air Canada to either
Calgary or Vancouver, with a variety of interesting options, including stops in South Pacif-
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