OREANDA-NEWS. November 23, 2015. Today, Air Canada announced the launch of three new U.S.-bound routes out of Vancouver International Airport (YVR) starting in 2016. The new transborder routes include daily non-stop service between YVR and Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD), YVR and San Diego International Airport (SAN) and double daily non-stop service between YVR and San Jose International Airport (SJC).

“We are thrilled that Air Canada is expanding their US-bound services out of YVR,” said Craig Richmond, President and CEO, Vancouver Airport Authority. “Air Canada’s decision to introduce new destinations at YVR further strengthens our position as a hub and provides more non-stop travel options and convenient connections from YVR.”

The inaugural flights to San Jose and San Diego in June will mark the only services to these cities from Vancouver. These new destinations will offer Vancouverites access to two popular California markets for both holidays and business opportunities. These three new services will also add 226 jobs to the B.C. economy and \\$17.5 million in Gross Domestic Product, \\$5.5 million in taxes and \\$4.6 million in wages to the province. 

The new routes announced today will be operated by Air Canada, Air Canada rouge and Air Canada Express aircraft. Service to Chicago and San Jose will operate year-round, while the San Diego route will offer summer service from June-October.

Route

Frequency

Start Date

Vancouver-Chicago, Illinois

Daily

June 4, 2016

Vancouver-San Diego, California

Daily

June 2, 2016

Vancouver-San Jose, California

Two-times daily

May 9, 2016