No matter where you live in North America, getting to Singapore (and Southeast Asia in general) is a real journey.
Unless you’re flying from a major hub, you’ll need to connect along the way. Fortunately, Singapore will soon offer nonstop flights to another major North American airport: Vancouver International Airport (YVR).
Canadian Airlines announced earlier this week that it will add Singapore to its road map in April 2024.
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The new 7,967-mile service will operate four times a week starting April 3, 2024. The service will operate on a 298-seat Boeing 787 Dreamliner with 30 business-class suites, 21 high-rise economy seats. level and 247 economy class seats.
While the new flight will mark Air Canada’s first flight to Singapore, it’s probably equally exciting for Vancouver, British Columbia, as the city recently lost flights to Singapore. operated by Singapore Airlines.
Air Canada is busy building out its Vancouver hub as an important trans-Pacific gateway, especially with the addition of New service to Bangkok and now Singapore.
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New flights are reasonably timed for connections outside of Vancouver. So travelers elsewhere in Canada and the US will start to see the Air Canada option bubble appear at the top of their flight search.
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Additionally, Air Canada’s membership in the Star Alliance means it can deliver connections to destinations across Southeast Asia, southern India and Western Australia through the alliance and codeshare partner Singapore. Airlines.
Singapore’s flagship carrier used to fly to Vancouver (via Seoul, South Korea) until April 2009, when it cut its Canadian service for more than 12 years, Cirium’s schedule shows. Singapore Airlines has restarted its flight to Vancouver (as a combined pass with service to Seattle) in December 2021; it then operated the route non-stop starting June 2022.
Unfortunately, the airline didn’t seem to be impressed with the route’s performance; Singapore’s Vancouver service will be cut in September as the carrier “adjusts capacity to meet demand.”
In the US, Singapore Airlines flies the the world’s two longest flights from New York and Newark to Singapore. It also operates routes from Singapore to other gateways, including Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle.
United Airlines also flies direct from San Francisco to Singapore.
For now, it looks like Air Canada hasn’t released any thrifty award seats on the new route from Vancouver to Singapore, but we’ll be sure to watch it.
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