Air Canada has altered plans on changing its flight schedules between Penticton and Vancouver.
Originally, Air Canada had plans to drop the 6 a.m. Penticton to Vancouver flight — replacing it with a 9:45 a.m. flight — and the 10:50 p.m. arrival from Vancouver.
On Thursday, the airline announced a compromise that will begin June 1, though there will be no 6 a.m. flight for the next month.
“We have made a decision to change the first flight from Penticton to Vancouver, from what had been a 9:45 a.m. flight, to now an 8 a.m. flight,” said Serge Corbeil of Air Canada. Commuters will now arrive in Vancouver at approximately 9 a.m.
He added this allows people to go to Vancouver for same-day business “and get a full day of business in Vancouver.”
The return flight from Vancouver to Penticton will be at 6:35 p.m.
The city held a survey, which said the 6 a.m. flight was of particular importance to many travellers.
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“And in working collectively, we were able to look at that without impacting the rest of our network.”
Asked if this was a win-win scenario between Air Canada’s needs and Penticton’s, Corbeil said yes.
“I believe so,” he said. “For people who travel on Air Canada and Air Canada Express, it is a solution that works for all.
“We can never look at our network in isolation. A change here sometimes makes a difference on other markets. That’s why it took a bit of time to really look at what would be the impact and making sure it was not impacting other stations.”
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