Lyon Airport announces its 100,000th passenger on its Lyon-Montréal direct route with Air Canada !
Air Canada celebrates this key milestone having launched this route in June 2016 which links Lyon to Montréal up to five times a week. Air Canada is also the only airline to offer a non-stop year-round service between Lyon and North America. Lyon – Montréal flights are operated on A330-300 aircrafts with a three-class configuration: 27 seats in Business Class, 21 in Premium Economy and 244 in Economy class, an increased capacity compared with previous years.
“We are proud to welcome our 100,000th passenger onboard the Lyon-Montréal direct route solely two years after it has opened. The success of this route confirms our position as a major player in the Transatlantic air traffic landscape and our wish to continue facilitating passenger transit between North America and provincial cities in France” stated Jean-François Raudin, Air Canada’s General Manager for France.
Tanguy Bertolus, CEO of Aéroports de Lyon says “The success of this route is a result of a perfect balance of efforts from teams at Lyon Saint-Exupéry and Air Canada and the clear consumer demand for the route within the region. We’re delighted to be able to offer this direct line from Lyon, providing efficient and fast access to 120 North American destinations.”
Top 10 destinations for passengers travelling on the Lyon-Montreal line:
1- Lyon - Montreal
2 - Lyon - New York
3 - Lyon - Quebec
4 - Lyon -Toronto
5 - Lyon - Los Angeles
6 - Lyon - San Francisco
7 - Lyon - Vancouver
8 - Lyon - Las Vegas
9 - Lyon - Miami
10 - Lyon – Lima
About Air Canada
Air Canada is Canada's largest air carrier offering domestic and international services to more than 200 airports on six continents. Air Canada has been serving France since 1951 and is the oldest of the North American airlines in France. Canada's domestic carrier is one of the 20 largest airlines in the world and welcomed more than 48 million customers in 2017. Air Canada provides direct scheduled passenger services at 64 airports in Canada, 60 in the United States and 98 in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Australia, the Caribbean, Mexico, Central and South America. Air Canada is a founding member of the Star Alliance® network, the world's largest group of airlines, serving 1,317 airports in 193 countries. The company serves Montreal and Toronto from 7 French cities including Paris, Fort de France, Lyon, Nice, Marseille, Bordeaux and Pointe à Pitre. It has also been serving Vancouver since June 9.
Air Canada is the only international North American carrier to be awarded four stars, according to the British independent research firm Skytrax.
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About Lyon Aéroport
Lyon Aéroport manages the operation of Lyon-Saint Exupéry airport for commercial aviation and Lyon-Bron airport, 3rd French airport for business aviation. As the leading airport in the VINCI Airports network in France with almost 9 million passengers in 2022, Lyon-Saint Exupéry offers more than 100 direct destinations in 2023 and is connected to the main international hubs. It is linked to the city centre in 30 minutes by the Rhônexpress tram-train. Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport, VINCI Airports' centre of excellence for innovation, offers recent infrastructure and an innovation strategy focused on a quality passenger experience and operational excellence for airlines. Certified Level 4+ by the ACA (Airport Carbon Accreditation), ISO 14001 and ISO 50001, Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport is developing in total control of its environmental impact.
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About VINCI Airports
The world's leading private airport operator, VINCI Airports operates more than 65 airports in 12 countries in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Thanks to its expertise as a global integrator, VINCI Airports develops, finances, builds and manages airports by providing its investment capacity and its know-how in optimizing operational performance, modernizing infrastructures and managing their operations and environmental transition. VINCI Airports is the first airport operator to have committed to a global international environmental strategy in 2016, to achieve the goal of net zero emission across its entire network by 2050.
