Hong Kong Airlines will launch a non-stop flight to Vancouver on June 30, 2017.
The daily flight, which will initially be operated with an Airbus A330-200, will be the airline’s first trans-Pacific route.
The announcement was made at the airline’s 10th anniversary celebration, during which Zhang Kui, co-chairman of Hong Kong Airlines Limited, confirmed that the company would be taking delivery of its first A350-900 in August 2017. The airline has 15 on order.
Hong Kong Airlines currently flies to 36 cities in the Asia-Pacific region. It began long-haul operations earlier this year, with the launch of Cairns and Gold Coast in January, followed by Auckland in November.
Air Canada also flies a daily Boeing 777-300ER non-stop between Vancouver and Hong Kong, while Cathay Pacific, which operates two daily 777-300ER flights between the two cities, is scheduled to add a third daily flight using an A350-900 in March 2017.
The schedule for the new Hong Kong Airlines flight is as follows.
HX80 |
HKG 12:30 |
10:10 YVR |
HX81 |
YVR 12:10 |
16:50 HKG [+1] |