New red-eye flight from Kelowna to Toronto

KELOWNA – Travellers looking for another direct route from the Okanagan to Toronto can now lift off from Kelowna International Airport on a new red-eye flight.

The added flights means there are now two daily non-stop flights to Toronto, according to a City of Kelowna media release. The first red-eye is scheduled for May 18, 2017.

The flights depart YLW at 12:05 a.m. and arrive in Toronto at 7:15 a.m.

From May 18 to June 29 flights will depart four times per week. There will be seven flights per week from June 30 to Sept. 5, and from Sept. 6 to Oct. 8, the flights will leave three times per week.

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