"We welcome the opportunity to expand our new partnership with Air Canada to support their growing cargo operation," said Rob Binns, World's senior vice president, marketing and planning. "We will operate five flights a week between Toronto and Shanghai, with intermediate service to Calgary on four of those flights."
"In view of strong customer response to our recently introduced Toronto-Shanghai all-cargo service, we are excited with the prospect of expanding dedicated freighter services to Shanghai from our main Toronto hub," said Claude Morin, vice president, Air Canada International Cargo Division. "The Calgary-Shanghai link is also a priority as we look to improve access from Alberta to the rapidly expanding Chinese market."
The additional aircraft became available because of a delay in previously announced new service by Thai Air Cargo. With this expanded Air Canada agreement, World's five MD-11 freighters will be leased into 2007.