Kusukela ngoNovemba 30, 2009, i-Air Canada izohlinzeka ngesevisi yansuku zonke engami, unyaka wonke e-Houston, e-Texas, isikhungo sozakwethu we-Star Alliance wesikhathi esizayo i-Continental Airlines, evela e-Montreal. Izindiza zibekwe isikhathi ukuze zivumele ukuxhumana kunethiwekhi enkulu ye-Continental ngaphesheya kwe-United States eseningizimu, e-Mexico, namaphakathi neNingizimu Melika. E-Montreal, le sevisi entsha izohlinzeka ngoxhumo olulula kunethiwekhi ye-Air Canada yonkana eCanada.
"Ngokwengezwa kwenkonzo yaseMontreal-Houston, siyajabula ukumemezela ukwanda kwenethiwekhi yethu ye-transborder ngosuku olufanayo njengoba imisebenzi iqala ehholo lokusuka elisha lase-Montreal-Trudeau," kusho uMarcel Forget, iphini likamongameli, ukuhlela inethiwekhi. "Silindele ukuthi insizakalo yethu entsha yase-Houston idume kubahambi bebhizinisi, kanye nabahambi abafuna ukufinyelela kalula ezindaweni eziningi zaseMexico, emaphakathi, naseNingizimu Melika ezihlinzekwa ngozakwethu we-Star Alliance wesikhathi esizayo i-Continental Airlines."
"Ngokuvulwa kwehholo lethu elisha lokusukela e-United States namuhla, lesi simemezelo sifike ngesikhathi futhi siyakhuthaza," kusho uJames C. Cherry, umongameli kanye ne-CEO, i-A roports de Montreal. "Inkonzo entsha yaseMontreal-Houston ihambisana nenjongo yeMontreal-Trudeau yokuba isikhungo esisebenza kakhulu emazweni aseMelika."
Indiza ye-Air Canada engu-AC7997 izosuka e-Montr al ngo-09:00 ifike e-Houston ngo-11:55; kanye nendiza ye-Air Canada engu-AC7998 izosuka e-Houston ngo-12:25 iphinde ifike e-Montreal ngo-16:40. Izindiza ziqhutshwa yi-Air Canada Jazz endizeni enezihlalo ezingu-75 i-CRJ-705 enikeza ukukhetha kwesevisi yezinga eliphezulu noma lezomnotho, equkethe okokuzijabulisa okungemuva komuntu ngamunye endizeni.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- “We expect our new Houston service to be popular with business travelers, as well as travelers seeking convenient access to the vast array of Mexican, central, and South American destinations offered by our future Star Alliance partner Continental Airlines.
- “With [the] addition of Montreal-Houston service, we are pleased to announce the expansion of our transborder network the same day as operations begin at Montreal-Trudeau’s new US departure hall,”.
- “The new Montreal-Houston service fits in with Montreal-Trudeau’s objective of becoming a more active hub in the Americas.
