TORONTO — Air Canada is offering assistance, ticket flexibility, reduced fares and more to travellers in areas affected by the B.C. wildfires.

If customers do not have a ticket and are seeking to fly from Kamloops, Kelowna, Penticton, Prince George and Williams Lake as a result of the state of emergency, Air Canada is providing an additional 25% discount, as well as waiving the advance purchase, to help facilitate travel from these communities to any destination in North America.

“You can book your customers at aircanada.com/agents using the promotion code A3VRZAR1, or can call Air Canada Reservations (1-888-247-2262) for further assistance,” says Air Canada.

If customers have a ticket with Air Canada for travel to/from/via affected areas, for travel between now and July 22, they can change their flight without paying a change fee. “Please review our Goodwill Policy on aircanada.com/agents or contact Air Canada Reservations (1-888-247-2262) for more details and assistance.”

Agents can also check aircanada.com/agents and aircanada.com for Air Canada’s updates on the B.C. wildfires.

Wildfires that have forced more than 60 provincial parks in central B.C. to close are stoking fears among tourism operators that the financial damage will spread to the province’s entire industry early in the critical summer season.

The fires have forced officials to close roads, including a part of the TransCanada Highway near Cache Creek, as well as the airport in Williams Lake, a community placed on alert on Monday for a possible evacuation order.