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Air Canada adds Vancouver-Yellowknife direct flights for Winter, 2017

Cameron Wilkinson
By Cameron Wilkinson

Air Canada is announcing today that direct flights from British Columbia to Yellowknife will be available.

The special daily service will begin December 15th, 2017, and will run until April 1st, 2018.

The President of Passenger Airlines at Air Canada, Benjamin Smith, says the daily flights between Vancouver and Yellowknife will be an excellent addition to the already existing Edmonton and Calgary flights.

“These new non-stop flights will shave off almost four hours of round-trip travel time for customers travelling between Canada’s west coast and the Northwest Territories.”

Mayor of the City of Yellowknife, Mark Heyck, says the new connection will benefit the residents of the North.

“As interest in Yellowknife as a tourism destination increases, we are very excited with this additional service offered by Air Canada and look forward to welcoming ‘Vancouverites’ as well as tourists from across the world to our capital city.”

Tickets start as low as $219 and are now available for purchase at aircanada.com or through travel agents.

Cameron Wilkinson
Cameron Wilkinson
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