MONTREAL, Sept. 16, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - Air Canada shares (AC.B) will be added to the S&P/TSX Composite Index after the close of trading on September 20, 2013. The approval was announced by S&P Dow Jones Canadian Index Services on September 13, 2013 as part of the Quarterly Review of the S&P/TSX Composite and Global Mining Indices.

Air Canada is Canada's largest domestic and international airline serving more than 175 destinations on five continents.  Canada's flag carrier is among the 20 largest airlines in the world and in 2012 served close to 35 million customers.  Air Canada provides scheduled passenger service directly to 60 Canadian cities, 49 destinations in the United States and 67 cities in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, the Caribbean, Mexico and South America. Air Canada is a founding member of Star Alliance, the world's most comprehensive air transportation network serving 1,328 destinations in 195 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 that ranked Air Canada in a worldwide survey of more than 18 million airline passengers as Best Airline in North America in 2013 for the fourth consecutive year.  For more information, please visit: www.aircanada.com.

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