Canadian airline Air Canada will launch a summer-only route between Toronto and Kansai International Airport starting June 18 of this year. Flights depart from Toronto on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and flights depart from Kansai International Airport on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
Air Canada also operates flights to Kansai International Airport from Vancouver.
Flights were originally scheduled to begin in June this year but were moved forward to May 1st. From May 1st, the Vancouver-Kansai Airport line will operate three times a week. From June 18th, flights will increase to four times a week, with flights departing from Vancouver on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, and flights departing from Kansai International Airport on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays.
With this, Air Canada’s direct flights to Japan have expanded to six routes, including Vancouver-Narita, Toronto-Narita, Toronto-Haneda, and Montreal-Narita. Other than Air Canada, Japan Airlines has a Vancouver-Narita route, All Nippon Airways has a Vancouver-Haneda route, WestJet has a Calgary-Narita route, and from March 13th of this year, ZipAir will start a Vancouver-Narita route.