> >Air Canada Announces New Tango Service to Regina/Saskatoon and Thunder >Bay; More Summer Service to Vancouver, Winnipeg and Halifax > > > > > > Tango fleet to grow to 9 aircraft; Website continues to draw over 80% of > bookings > > MONTREAL, Jan. 10 /CNW/ - In response to rapidly growing customer demand >for its low fare Tango service, Air Canada is pleased to announce today the >addition of three new destinations to its Tango network. Effective April 1, >daily Tango service will commence between Regina/Saskatoon-Toronto and Thunder >Bay-Toronto, with tickets available for sale immediately. Until January 24, >special one way introductory fares are available including Regina/Saskatoon- >Toronto for as low as $169 and Thunder Bay-Toronto for as low as $89. All >Tango fares are available with no minimum stay and no advance purchase >requirement. > Following the recent network addition of St. John's on January 7, and >with the addition of these three new destinations, the Tango network expands >to include twelve major Canadian cities from coast to coast. > > MORE SUMMER SERVICE AND MORE AIRCRAFT > In addition, effective June 17, Tango's existing service on high demand >routes will be expanded to accommodate increased traffic during the busy >summer travel season. Tango's Toronto-Vancouver service will increase from two >to three daily non-stop flights, Toronto-Winnipeg service will increase from >one to two daily non-stop flights and Toronto-Halifax service will increase >from one non-stop and two one-stop flights daily to four daily flights >including two non-stop services. For summer 2002, Tango will offer over 290 >departures per week, with a fleet of nine aircraft including six Airbus 320 >aircraft currently in operation. > "With just over two months of operations now behind us, Tango continues >to grow as a popular consumer choice for highly affordable, reliable air >service coupled with Air Canada's reputation for the highest operational >standards," said Robert Milton, President and Chief Executive Officer, Air >Canada. "With the addition of Regina, Saskatoon and Thunder Bay, and >additional summer service on select existing routes, we continue to expand Air >Canada's participation in the rapidly growing market for low fare, no frills >service." > Recent survey results indicate strong support among Canadians for Air >Canada's provision of a low fare carrier. A nationwide telephone survey of 500 >Canadians conducted by Ipsos-Reid between November 30 and December 6, 2001 >found that 82 per cent of Canadians would fly a low fare, no frills airline >operated by Air Canada. Further survey results are available at ><http://www.aircanada.ca>www.aircanada.ca under "Latest News". > > The schedule for the new Tango services is as follows: > > REGINA/SASKATOON SERVICE > ------------------------ > AC No. 6049 > Departs Arrives/Departs Arrives/Departs Arrives > Toronto Regina Saskatoon Toronto > 12:00 14:20/15:00 15:45/16:30 20:39 > > THUNDER BAY SERVICE > ------------------- > AC No. 6048 AC No. 6047 > Departs Arrives Departs Arrives > Thunder Bay Toronto Toronto Thunder Bay > 8:50 10:30 21:35 23:20 > > Service between Thunder Bay-Toronto offers connections to Tango flights >to Ottawa, Montreal, Halifax, Calgary and Vancouver. > > RECORD WEB BOOKINGS > ------------------- > Tango customers continue to respond in record numbers to the ease of >booking Tango flights at <http://www.flytango.com>www.flytango.com. Over >80 per cent of Tango flights >are booked on its dedicated website - a cost saving element that contributes >to Air Canada's ability to operate Tango at a lower cost and therefore offer >low fares. > > ABOUT TANGO > ----------- > Tango by Air Canada, a separately branded service of Air Canada, >commenced operations November 1, 2001. Tango now offers service through its >Toronto hub to Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Regina, Saskatoon, Thunder Bay, >Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montreal, Halifax and St. John's. > Tango offers consumers a no frills air travel alternative complementing >Air Canada's full service operations. Tango operates a fleet of distinctly >branded aircraft, offering a unique "all extras are optional" in-flight >service, including a menu selection of snacks and refreshments at reasonable >prices and short feature audiovisual entertainment. The aircraft cabin offers >an all-economy seating configuration matching Air Canada's industry-leading >levels of in-flight comfort. > > ATTENTION PHOTO EDITORS: High resolution, downloadable Tango aircraft >photos are available at <http://www.flytango.com>www.flytango.com by >selecting "What's Tango?" then >"Photo Gallery". > The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site: Roj (Roger James) *************************************************** Trinbago site: http://www.tntisland.com ICQ: ICQ # 15836110 ICQ Pager: mailto:15836110@pager.icq.com escape email #!1 mailto:ejames@escape.ca yahoo email #2: mailto:triniroj@yahoo.com Yahoo Pager: triniroj Caribbean Brass & Soca Connection Group on Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/caribsocabrass Caribbean Brass & Soca Connection Club Website http://www.tntisland.com/caribbeansocabrassconnection/ ******************************************************* Steel Expressions Orch http://www.escape.ca/~ejames/se/ email #1: mailto:steelexpressions@yahoo.com email #2: mailto:steelexpressions@home.com ******************************************************* The Trinbago Site of the Week: (Traffik) http://www.cariwaksoca.com/trafik.htm (Caribbean Traffik Jam) courtesy of Roj Trinbago Website & TnT Web Directory Roj's Trinbago Website: http://www.tntisland.com TnT Web Directory: http://search.co.tt *********************************************************