Victoria International Airport will be a little busier this year with Air Canada announcing it will add flights this summer between Victoria and Edmonton.
The announcement came as Air Canada unveiled new domestic regional non-stop flights that will start July 2. The twice-a-day seasonal flight from Victoria to Edmonton leaves at 10:10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. and arrives in Edmonton at 12:55 p.m. and 8:15 p.m.
Flights to Victoria from Edmonton will leave at 8:40 a.m. and 4 p.m. and arrive in Victoria at 9:40 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Air Canada will also add seasonal service between Comox and Calgary. Flights will leave Comox daily at 11:30 a.m. and arrive in Calgary at 2:14 p.m.; they leave Calgary at 10:05 a.m. and arrive at Comox at 10:58 a.m.
“With the continued growth at several communities on Â鶹´«Ă˝Ół»Island and in the Okanagan, we see the opportunity to add new non-stop services and provide additional convenient travel options,” said Benjamin Smith, president of passenger airlines at Air Canada.
The non-stop flights will be on Bombardier Q400 aircraft.
WestJet announce earlier that it is adding flights between Â鶹´«Ă˝Ół»and Victoria, Calgary and Nanaimo, and Calgary and Victoria.
There will also be additional flights between Toronto and Victoria.
