MONTREAL — Daily Air Canada Express service between Montreal and Hamilton, ON is scheduled to start May 24. Flights will be operated on Jazz Aviation LP 50-seat Bombardier CRJ jets.

The new nonstop daily flights reestablish Air Canada’s presence in Hamilton by providing the only service between these two cities, as well as offering a schedule that meets the needs of both local and connecting passengers, said the airline. Flights are timed to offer convenient connections to/from Atlantic Canada including Halifax and St. John’s, and to Europe including Rome, Geneva, Barcelona, Paris, and Lyon.

“This is the only nonstop service between Hamilton and Montreal and is part of our strategy to increase and strengthen our presence in the Greater Toronto Area as well as in Montreal,” said Benjamin Smith, President of Passenger Airlines, Air Canada.

From Sunday to Friday flight AC8819 will depart Montreal at 6:30 a.m., arriving in Hamilton at 7:40 a.m. Flight AC8818 will depart Hamilton at 8:10 a.m., arriving in Montreal at 9:21 a.m.

On a daily basis flight AC8821 will depart Montreal at 4:55 p.m., arriving in Hamilton at 6:07 p.m. Flight AC8820 will leave Hamilton at 6:40 p.m., arriving in Montreal at 7:50 p.m.