Emirates and Air Canada announced today the signing of a strategic collaboration agreement that would provide passengers with more options while travelling on the carriers’ networks while also improving the overall customer experience.
Emirates and Air Canada form strategic partnership
Emirates and Air Canada seek to create a codeshare arrangement later in 2022, which will provide increased consumer travel options for Air Canada customers travelling to the UAE and places other than Dubai. Emirates passengers will also have a better travel experience when flying to Toronto or other key destinations on Air Canada’s network.
Customers will be able to book connecting flights between the networks of both airlines with the ease of a single ticket, as well as seamless connectivity at the carriers’ respective global hubs and baggage transfers to their ultimate destinations.
“This is a significant partnership that will enable our customers access to even more destinations in Canada and the Americas, via our Toronto and US gateways. It also opens up many new route combinations for travellers across Emirates’ and Air Canada’s extensive networks in the Americas, the Middle East, Africa and Asia,” said Sir Tim Clark, President of Emirates Airlines.
“We are pleased to partner with Air Canada, one of North America’s most established airlines and Canada’s flag carrier
and we look forward to jointly progressing on various areas to provide even better customer flight choices and experiences.”
“This strategic agreement will create network synergies, and Air Canada customers will have additional, convenient options when travelling between Canada and the UAE as well as destinations beyond Dubai,” said Michael Rousseau, President and Chief Executive Officer at Air Canada.
“We look forward to introducing Air Canada codeshare service on key Emirates flights, as well as adding the EK code on
select Air Canada flights, and welcoming Emirates customers on our services later this year.”
To improve the consumer experience even further, the carriers will offer reciprocal frequent flyer benefits and reciprocal lounge access to qualifying passengers. More information on the agreement and specific codeshare routes will be released once it has been formalised, subject to regulatory approvals and final documentation.
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