Air Canada announced this week the introduction of a seasonal, four-times weekly service between Vancouver International Airport (YVR) and Melbourne Airport (MEL), marking the first ever direct, non-stop flight from Canada to this Australian city. The YVR-MEL route will be operated on an Air Canada Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft with seat capacity for 298 passengers, and will run from Dec. 1 to Feb. 4, 2018. “This is another exciting first for YVR – direct service to Melbourne! We are thrilled that we will soon be able to offer Canadians direct access to this dynamic city,” said Vancouver Airport Authority president and CE Craig Richmond in a press release. Air Canada chose YVR as the airport to launch the Melbourne service and feel confident this route will be a success, hopefully leading to year-round service based upon the substantial increase we have seen of Australian visitors to YVR in the last two years.”
