Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

Kuwait Airways ties up with Air Canada to offer Toronto services

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Kuwait Airways the National Carrier of the State of Kuwait has tied up with Air Canada, the Flag Carrier of Canada to operate almost daily flight services to Toronto, Lester. B Pearson Airport.

Toronto is Canada’s largest city, the fourth largest in North America, and home to a diverse population of about 2.8 million people. It is also the global center for business, finance, arts and culture and is consistent­ly ranked one of the world’s most livable cities.

The partnershi­p between both Kuwait Airways and Air Canada will be able to offer passengers more flexible,hassle free very convenient options, on all Kuwait Airways flights between Colombo and London. Canada’s National Carrier Air Canada operate daily flights from London Heathrow to Toronto as such passengers can enjoy true Canadian Hospitalit­y on their Trans- Atlantic flights. SriLankan passengers with valid Canadian visas do not need a transit visa to the UK which is a great convenienc­e. Also. Passengers are given the flexibilit­y to travel to Toronto and return from New York which is a prime destinatio­n that Kuwait Airways operates.

Passengers flying to Toronto will enjoy very convenient travel connection­s with Kuwait Airways brand new A330 flight’s from Colombo departing at 02:55HRS in the morning, arriving in Kuwait at 05:50HRS and connecting to London at 09:45 a.m.to arrive at London Terminal 4 at 14:45HRS. The Flight to Toronto departs at 18:00HRS from Terminal 2 and arrives in Toronto at Terminal 1 20:35HRSon the same day.

The introducto­ry fares are very cost effective to the passengers as the One-Way Economy Class Air Fare starts from LKR 76,500/- and the Return Economy Class Air Fares starts from LKR 128,000/- during the low season. All Toronto excursion fares are valid for 06 months and combinatio­ns of low and high season fares are permitted. Business Class return Air fares start from LKR 335,100/-. Kuwait Airways operate Airbus A33- 200 aircraft from Colombo &and operate brand new Boeing 777-300ER Aircraft from Kuwait to London. Whilst the London- Toronto flight operates with Air Canada’s state of the art Boeing 787.

 ??  ?? In Picture from Left (Third), Sudesh Rupasinghe – Country Manager/Kuwait Airways Sri Lanka and Parveen Dassenaike - Managing Director United Ventures Group (GSA-Air Canada)
In Picture from Left (Third), Sudesh Rupasinghe – Country Manager/Kuwait Airways Sri Lanka and Parveen Dassenaike - Managing Director United Ventures Group (GSA-Air Canada)

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