Air Canada is the only airline to offer daily NON STOP flights between Australia to Canada. Guests are now able to fly between Sydney and Vancouver on board our brand new Boeing 777 aircraft. Our new non-stop flights shave more than three hours off the previous one-stop service via Honolulu, and allow guests to avoid the time consuming, yet necessary U.S. Customs and Security procedures by flying direct to Canada. As the 14th largest airline in the world Air canada fly to more than 170 destinations across 5 continents. It’s no wonder we can connect our passengers to the world.
The Star Alliance, launched on May 14, 1997, is the largest and most awarded airline alliance in the world.
Air Canada is one of the 5 original founders of the program, which currently boasts 20 airlines as members.
Star Alliance Gold members are entitled to: Priority Reservation waitlists, priority airport standby, priority check in, additional baggage allowance, priority baggage handling, lounge access and priority boarding.
Air Transport World magazine awarded Air Canada the prestigious Airline Industry Achievement Award in 2007 for Market Leadership. Air Canada was voted 'Best Airline in North America' and 'Best Airline in Canada' by readers of the U.S. magazine, Global Traveller, and was voted 'Best Business Class to Canada' by readers of the U.S magazine, Business Traveller. Skytrax 2007 also voted Air Canada as the best Nort American Airline. EnRoute magazine received the award for Best Travel Magazine at the 2007 North American Travel Journalists' Association Awards.