Virgin Australia signs Air Canada code share agreement

BTN News
Thursday, 15 December 2016

Virgin Australia has signed a code share deal with Air Canada to be implemented from early 2017, when Virgin Australia customers will be able to book travel on Air Canada’s flights from Los Angeles to several destinations within Canada.


The initial flights will earn ‘Virgin Velocity’ points and the carriers plan to offer reciprocal frequent flyer redemption benefits on each other’s flights in a subsequent stage of the agreement, with further details to be released in 2017.


Travellers on Air Canada’s daily services from Vancouver to Brisbane and Sydney will be able to travel on connecting Virgin Australia flights to Adelaide, Canberra, Cairns, Melbourne, Perth, Christchurch and Auckland. They can also travel on Virgin Australia services from Sydney to Brisbane, Sydney to the Gold Coast and Brisbane to Wellington. Members of Air Canada’s loyalty program Aeroplan will earn ‘Aeroplan Miles’ when travelling on these codeshare services.


As part of the deal between the carriers, Virgin Australia plans to place its code on Air Canada’s direct flights between Australia (Brisbane and Sydney) and Vancouver in a subsequent stage of the agreement.

Virgin Australia signs Air Canada code share agreement

BTN News
Thursday, 15 December 2016

Virgin Australia has signed a code share deal with Air Canada to be implemented from early 2017, when Virgin Australia customers will be able to book travel on Air Canada’s flights from Los Angeles to several destinations within Canada.


The initial flights will earn ‘Virgin Velocity’ points and the carriers plan to offer reciprocal frequent flyer redemption benefits on each other’s flights in a subsequent stage of the agreement, with further details to be released in 2017.


Travellers on Air Canada’s daily services from Vancouver to Brisbane and Sydney will be able to travel on connecting Virgin Australia flights to Adelaide, Canberra, Cairns, Melbourne, Perth, Christchurch and Auckland. They can also travel on Virgin Australia services from Sydney to Brisbane, Sydney to the Gold Coast and Brisbane to Wellington. Members of Air Canada’s loyalty program Aeroplan will earn ‘Aeroplan Miles’ when travelling on these codeshare services.


As part of the deal between the carriers, Virgin Australia plans to place its code on Air Canada’s direct flights between Australia (Brisbane and Sydney) and Vancouver in a subsequent stage of the agreement.