Baby Chloe started her life on a high note.

The little girl entered the world at about 35,000 feet above the Pacific Ocean, after she was born on a flight from Calgary to Tokyo on Saturday.

Air Canada officials say doctors and flight crew helped a woman give birth mid-flight, while the plane was over the Pacific.

“It was very exciting. Passengers were clapping,” one woman on the flight told Japan’s Fuji News Network, speaking Japanese.

A medical team met the mother and new baby at Narita International Airport after the plane landed in Japan. The child's father was also on the flight.

"This happened completely unexpectedly," he told FNN. He said the baby's name is Chloe.

The mother and baby are doing well in hospital.

The identities and nationalities of the parents have not been released. However, the father was seen wearing a Vancouver Canucks hat.

Air Canada's website says a pregnant woman with "no previous history of premature labour" may fly within the first 36 weeks of pregnancy. The Canadian government also says pregnant women are safe to travel within the first 36 weeks of pregnancy. However, it advises against pregnant women travelling after that 36-week window.