C.A.S.O. News

AIR CANADA TO LAUNCH PORTLAND-TOTONTO DAILY NON-STOP FLIGHTS;

Air Canada announced the beginning of a new, daily non-stop Portland - Toronto flight, starting June 17th. This will be daily year-round service operated by Air Canada. This brings Air Canada’s transborder service from PDX to 3 destinations: Vancouver/YVR; Calgary/YYC; and now Toronto/YYZ.

FAST FACTS:

Start date: June 17, 2010

Aircraft: Embraer 190, (seats = 9-Executive Class | 84- Economy Class)

Stage length: 2090 miles each way

Inflight: Video on Demand at every seat (seatback video)

Market size: over 30,000 passengers travel to/from PDX-YYZ

PDX Ranking Top International Markets: 15 (Calgary is 24)

Flight times:

AC 533 YYZ to PDX = 5:30PM – 7:38PM E190 // 5HR 08MINS

AC 532 PDX to YYZ = 8:00AM – 3:16PM E190 // 4HR 16MINS

Note: Current flying time to Toronto is 6HR 30MINS so this is a tremendous improvement for passengers.