Tag: Vancouver

Qatar Airways has announced that it will begin incrementally increasing flights to Montréal from 16 January 2021 and operate daily frequencies by 25 February 2021, up from the previously scheduled four weekly frequencies. The Montréal service is operated by Qatar Airways’ state-of-the-art Airbus A350-900 featuring 36 seats in the award-winning Qsuite Business Class and 247 seats in Economy Class. Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, His Excellency Mr. Akbar Al Baker, said: “We are delighted to increase our services to Montréal, further enhancing connectivity for our Canadian customers, while offering our passengers traveling to and from North America seamless access to more ... Read more

WOW Air has announced flights to Vancouver from New Delhi that will operate thrice-a-week (Wednesday, Friday and Sunday) commencing from June 2019. The ultra low cost airline from Iceland will operate flights with basic fares starting from Rs 21,999 and WOW premium starting from Rs 63,160. The offer will be valid on select flights only when booked on a round trip. The airline will also be offering convenient connecting flights to and from Vancouver for passengers travelling between New Delhi and Iceland. Also, the flight from Vancouver will have the lay-over in Iceland for 3 hrs 20 minutes and flight to ... Read more

Hainan Airlines has announced the launch of a direct flight between Tianjin and Vancouver. The flight HU7959 is the first direct passenger air route linking Tianjin with North America. The flight, operated using a Boeing 787 wide-body aircraft, will take about 11 hours and fly every Monday and Friday. This year being the China-Canada Tourism Year, the new air route is expected to improve bilateral economic and cultural exchanges, according to Dave Murphy, Minister (Commercial) at the Embassy of Canada to China. This is the 16th international air route opened by Hainan Airlines in North America. The airlines also has plans ... Read more

Photo Courtesy: Virendra Saklani/XPRESS Sixty three year old Munir Bhatti, who was born in Pakistan and was a former Dubai resident, is  now retired and living in Vancouver, Canada. He is planning a three-month road trip from Dubai to Moscow this summer. Bhatti has already encircled the globe many times travelling to more than 50 countries and 200 cities in six years. Bhatti has been cross-country driving since 2012 and has already driven through USA, Canada and parts of Europe and Asia. “The best part about all of these trips is getting to know different people, cultures, religions and better understand the world,” said Bhatti. ... Read more

Snowfall @ Canada ; see the pictures