Departures
FLYING AROUND...
Pictured: Calgary, Alberta; Vancouver, British Columbia
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Canada Calgary Its economy forecast to grow by four per cent in 2011, the largest city in Alberta claims to have rebounded from the recession in style. Some 87 per cent of Canada’s oil and natural gas producers are based here. British Airways and Air Canada both serve Calgary daily from London Heathrow, while American flies via Chicago and Dallas, and from Manchester through Chicago. Continental flies frm Houston and KLM flies from Schiphol.
Montréal Predominantly French-speaking, the largest city in the province of Québec is a key centre for commerce, aerospace, finance, technology, pharmaceuticals, tourism and a burgeoning video games industry. Air Canada operates from London Heathrow
to Montréal twice-daily, with British Airways flying daily. American Airlines and Continental both serve the Canadian city from London via New York. Air France and KLM fly from their respective European hubs.
Ottawa The Canadian capital city’s economy is largely stimulated by government spending and fuelled by the widespread petroleum and natural gas industries. The region is also a
rising force in the advanced technology sector. Air Canada offers the only direct service from London Heathrow to Ottawa, flying daily. American has two flights a day from London, one a day out of Manchester, all via Chicago, and Continental flies from New York.
Toronto Canada’s largest city is its financial hub and the focus of immigration to the country. A raft of industries includes telecoms, aerospace, film and TV production and medical research. From Heathrow, Air Canada flies to the eastern city four times a day and British Airways flies twice-daily. American Airlines operates via Chicago and New York, with Continental also offering a frequent service from the Big Apple. Icelandair, Air France and KLM all serve Toronto from their main bases.
Vancouver On Canada’s Pacific coast, scenically splendid Vancouver has the largest and busiest port in the country, trading with the nations of the Pacific Rim and handling over one million cruise passengers a year. The city’s biggest industry is forestry. Air Canada flies daily from Heathrow direct to
Vancouver with other one-stop options; BA flies 12 times a week. Continental flies via New York, American via Dallas, and KLM ex-Schiphol.
THE CARBON COST
THE table below shows the distance covered by a return flight between London and the destination, along with the approximate carbon emissions and the cost of offsetting it with The CarbonNeutral Company. See
www.carbonneutral.com for more information.
UNITED STATES Atlanta Boston Chicago Dallas Detroit Denver Houston
Las Vegas
Los Angeles Miami
Minneapolis/
St Paul New York City Phoenix
14,753km 11,435km 13,843km 16,644km 13,190km 16,359km 16,940km 18,319km 19,114km 15,512km 14,060km
12,089km 18,470km
San Francisco 18,801km Washington DC 12,834km
CANADA Calgary
Montréal Ottawa Toronto
Vancouver
15,310km 11,381km 11,667km 12,392km 16,546km
1.5t 1.1t 1.4t 1.6t 1.3t 1.6t 1.7t 1.8t 1.9t 1.5t 1.4t
1.2t 1.8t 1.9t 1.3t
1.5t 1.1t 1.2t 1.2t 1.6t
£15.00 £11.00 £14.00 £16.00 £13.00 £16.00 £17.00 £18.00 £19.00 £15.00 £14.00
£12.00 £18.00 £19.00 £13.00
£15.00 £11.00 £12.00 £12.00 £16.00
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