Air China to increase Vancouver services

Star Alliance memeber, Air China, will increase its scheduled services from its Beijing hub to Vancouver from June 2nd of this year.

Its exising daily frequency will become a 10x weekly service with A330 equipment on the sector. Alliance partner Air Canada will continue to operate a 3x weekly service nonstop from Vancouver with B777 aircraft.

BSP data shows that over 90,000 pax flew between the city pairs from oct 08-09 with Air China the leading carrier in terms of passenger share with 63% of all flown pax.