Editor's Note: A video tour of the new Air Canada
Café is available at https://vimeo.com/356452863
MONTREAL, Sept. 5, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ - Air Canada is
serving up its newest offering for premium customers with the
opening of the Air Canada Café at Toronto Pearson International
Airport. Conveniently located in the domestic gate area, the café
will offer customers a wide selection of specialty beverages to
Grab & Go or to be enjoyed with complimentary Wi-fi in a
relaxed, bistro-type setting.
"We are thrilled to unveil this innovative product, one we are
sure will create buzz not only for our customers, but the entire
industry. Air Canada's premium
clientele will have access to this new Café, revolutionizing the
coffee shop experience at Toronto Pearson. It will offer a wide
selection of beverages and food that can be taken to go," said
Andrew Yiu, Vice President, Product
at Air Canada.
Passengers will be able to visit the Barista Station for freshly
squeezed orange juice, a wide selection of Lavazza Coffee, cold
brew mocktails, specialty hot drinks or Lavazza Cold Brew. A
self-serve station will offer Greenhouse Juice products such as
kombuchas and a variety of organic, cold-press juices available in
individual-size bottles, coffee, tea, flavoured waters, soft drinks
and other non-alcoholic beverages. Other items such
as Lindt truffle chocolates, OKA fine cheese and Gouter premium pastries
will also be offered.
Before 11 a.m., passengers will be
able to enjoy a selection of breakfast foods such as yogurt, fresh
fruits and pastries. After 11 a.m.,
the Café will offer an assortment of freshly prepared salads,
sandwiches, cheeses and more. It will offer complimentary Wi-fi and
access to digital newspapers and magazines in partnership with
PressReader, which makes the content of more than 7,000 newspapers
and magazines in 60 languages.
A highlight of the Café will be a large mural by Canadian artist
Shawn Evans of the places he has
lived and travelled. The painting draws upon his memories to evoke
the deep and immense spaces found under the prairie sky, to the
mountainous regions of the West, to the streetscapes of
Toronto.
The Air Canada Café officially opens on Friday, Sept 6 and will complement the existing
Maple Leaf Lounges at Toronto Pearson International Airport. It is
located at gate D20 and will be open all day seven days a week. It
offers comfortable seating for 109 customers, power and USB ports
throughout the Café, washrooms and a customer service desk staffed
by Premium Agents.
About Air Canada
Air Canada is Canada's largest domestic and international
airline serving nearly 220 airports on six continents. Canada's flag carrier is among the 20 largest
airlines in the world and in 2018 served nearly 51 million
customers. Air Canada provides
scheduled passenger service directly to 62 airports in Canada, 54 in the
United States and 100 in Europe, the Middle
East, Africa, Asia, Australia, the Caribbean, Mexico, Central
America and South America.
Air Canada is a founding member of
Star Alliance, the world's most
comprehensive air transportation network serving 1,317 airports in
193 countries. Air Canada is the
only international network carrier in North America to receive a Four-Star ranking
according to independent U.K. research firm Skytrax, which also
named Air Canada the 2019 Best Airline in North America. For more information, please
visit: aircanada.com/media, follow @AirCanada
on Twitter and join Air Canada on
Facebook.
SOURCE Air Canada