SriLankan and Air Canada sign a codeshare agreement

SriLankan Airlines and Air Canada has entered into a codeshare agreement thus opening up several key points in Canada for the Sri Lankan Airlines, in addition to the main cities of Toronto and Montreal.

The new agreement will enable SriLankan Airlines to connect gateway points in Frankfurt, Paris, London and Hongkong to Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa, Montreal, Halifax and St Johns in Canada.

“Canada is home to Sri Lanka’s largest expatriate community and we greatly value this opportunity to provide a seamless service to our people who live in Canada” G. T. Jeyaseelan, Chief Marketing Officer of SriLankan Airlines announced.

Air Canada says the code share agreement will enable it to offer its  customers connection between Air Canada and SriLankan on a single ticket itinerary, checked-through baggage and other benefits.

Air Canada believes this agreement will also help it to enhance access from Canada to Sri Lanka.

It says the travel market between Canada and Sri Lanka has been growing at a double-digit rate.

 “This agreement will allow customers to easily connect at our main European gateways of Frankfurt, London and Paris”, says Yves Dufresne, Vice-President Alliances, International Operations and Regulatory Affairs at Air Canada.