New Dublin-Vancouver Summer Service Announced
A new direct summer service between Dublin and Vancouver has been announced by Air Canada rouge.
The new route, which will operate three times a week, is Dublin Airport’s first direct service to the west coast of Canada.
The service will begin on June 10 next and will run until October 9 with a 280-seat Boeing 767-300 aircraft.
The announcement was welcomed by Dublin Airport Managing Director Vincent Harrison. “We’re delighted to add Vancouver to our growing list of destinations from Dublin Airport, and we look forward to working with Air Canada rouge to promote this new service.”
He added: “We’re sure that there will be strong demand for this new route both from Canada and Ireland. More than 30,000 people currently travel between Dublin and Vancouver on indirect air services and we're sure that the number of people travelling between the two cities will increase significantly with the advent of this new direct route.”
“Traffic numbers have been growing dramatically between Ireland and Canada in recent years, and Dublin Airport has been working hard to add further destinations in Canada to its route network to expand choice for passengers.”
Me Harrison said Vancouver will be Dublin Airport’s fifth destination in Canada, as the airport already offers services to Toronto, St John’s Newfoundland, Montreal, and Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Air Canada rouge’s new Vancouver route will be one of the four new scheduled transatlantic services from Dublin Airport in 2016, as the airport will also welcome new services to Los Angeles, Hartford, Connecticut and Newark next summer.
Dublin Airport has been a very successful location for the carrier – which is the leisure brand of Air Canada - since it started its year-round Dublin-Toronto service in May 2014.
Flights will depart Dublin at 11.35 on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, arriving at 13.35 in Vancouver. The return service will depart Vancouver at 15.05 arriving in Dublin at 08.35 the next morning.