Air Canada Maps Broad International Expansion for Summer 2027
Six new city pairs, a restored daytime Heathrow flight and year-round extensions will lift Air Canada’s intercontinental capacity by more than 8%.
Air Canada
IATA: AC
ICAO: ACA
Callsign: AIR CANADA
Active
Airline Information
| Country | Canada (CA) |
|---|---|
| Type | Scheduled |
| IATA Code | AC |
| ICAO Code | ACA |
| Callsign | AIR CANADA |
| Hub Airport | YYZ — Lester B. Pearson International |
| Fleet Size | 218 aircraft |
| Average Fleet Age | 11.7 years |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Status | Active |
| Low-Cost Carrier | No |
Fleet Composition (164 aircraft)
| Aircraft Type | Count | Engine | Avg Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| |||
| ▶ Airbus A318/A319/A32 | 72 | JET | 20.8 yrs |
| ▶ Embraer EMB-190/EMB | 41 | JET | 17.0 yrs |
| |||
| ▶ Boeing 777 | 23 | JET | 8.0 yrs |
| |||
| ▶ Boeing 767 | 17 | JET | 26.1 yrs |
| |||
| ▶ Airbus A330/A340 | 8 | JET | 16.9 yrs |
| |||
| ▶ Boeing 787 | 3 | JET | 3.0 yrs |
Airline Network Card
Air Canada (ACA)
Routes
413
Destinations
206
Origins
7
Airports Served
206
Countries
62
Fleet Size
204
Aircraft Types
8
Hub Airports
Focus Cities
- YYC Calgary International Airport
Top Airports Served
Fleet Breakdown
- 738 Boeing 737-800 Passagiermodell
- 220 Airbus A220
- 320 Airbus A320
- 321 Airbus A321
- 330 Airbus A330
- 767 Boeing 767
- 777 Boeing 777
- 787 Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Top Destinations
- CUN Cancún International
- YVR Vancouver International
- LHR London Heathrow
- YUL Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International
- YYZ Lester B. Pearson International
- YYC Calgary International Airport
- EWR Newark Liberty International
- YOW Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International
- YWG Winnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International
- MBJ Sangster International
Latest Articles about Air Canada
Air Canada’s Long-Haul Map Has Shed 16 Destinations Since 2016
The list reflects a decade of network churn rather than a single round of cancellations, with former routes spanning Europe, Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Middle…
Air Canada Drops A321XLR From Toronto–London Heathrow Route
The carrier removed its new 182-seat narrowbody from a planned late-summer assignment on AC852 and retained Boeing 777 and 787 capacity instead.
Air Canada Gives Berlin Its Most Important New North American Link With Montréal Launch
Air Canada has launched nonstop service between Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) and Montréal-Trudeau International Airport (YUL), giving the German capital region a new long-haul link…
Air Canada Express Dash 8 Diverts To Boston After Captain Becomes Incapacitated
An Air Canada Express flight from Newark to Halifax made a safe emergency diversion to Boston on Wednesday after the captain suffered a serious medical…
Air Canada Opens Halifax-Brussels Route In New Atlantic Canada Transatlantic Push
Air Canada has launched a new seasonal nonstop route between Halifax and Brussels, giving Atlantic Canada another direct link to Europe for the summer travel…
Air Canada’s A321XLR Era Begins With Lie-Flat Seats On A Single-Aisle Jet
Air Canada has placed its first Airbus A321XLR into commercial service. The aircraft made its first scheduled passenger flight on June 9, 2026. It operated…
Air Canada’s 72-Hour Widebody Push Rebuilds Key Links To Asia, Sicily And Hungary
Air Canada opened June with one of the most concentrated long-haul growth spurts in its recent network history, placing three major international routes into service…
Air Canada’s June Buildout Shows Where Its Long-Haul Strategy Is Headed
Air Canada is launching seven new or returning long-haul routes in June 2026, giving the airline one of its busiest months of long-haul network growth…
Air Canada Brings The A321XLR Back To Dublin – But Not Until 2027
Air Canada is preparing to launch a new nonstop Airbus A321XLR service between Montréal–Trudeau International Airport (YUL) and Dublin Airport (DUB), giving the airline one…
Air Canada Pulls A321XLR Flights From Heathrow Before They Even Begin
Air Canada has removed planned Airbus A321XLR service to London Heathrow Airport (LHR), quietly ending one of the more unusual widebody-to-narrowbody experiments that had been…
Air Canada Pushes Deeper Into Sun Markets With Tenerife And Four New Latin America Routes
Air Canada is expanding its winter 2026–27 network in a way that says a lot about where the airline sees near-term leisure and premium demand.…
Air Canada Cuts Montreal-Algiers, Leaving Its Africa Network Down To One Route
Air Canada has cancelled its seasonal nonstop service between Montréal–Trudeau International Airport (YUL) and Houari Boumediene Airport (ALG), eliminating what had been its longest route…
JFK Near Miss Between American Eagle And Air Canada Express Puts Focus On Parallel Approach Discipline
A serious close call at New York John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) has again highlighted how little margin for error exists in parallel runway…
Air Canada Leaves JFK Again, but New York Remains Very Much in the Network
Air Canada is stepping away from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) again, suspending all flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) and Montréal–Trudeau International…
Air Canada Deepens Its Premium Ground Push With New Café Space at YVR and YUL
Air Canada is putting more weight behind a part of the customer journey that legacy carriers increasingly treat as a competitive product in its own…
Air Canada Uses New Narrowbodies to Push Deeper Into the Sun Market
Air Canada’s winter 2026–27 expansion is about more than adding a few leisure routes. It is about using new-generation narrowbody aircraft to open markets that…
Air Canada Enters a Leadership Reset as Michael Rousseau Announces Retirement
Air Canada is heading into a major leadership transition after President and CEO Michael Rousseau announced that he will retire by the end of the…
Deadly LaGuardia Runway Collision Raises Fresh Questions About Airport Crossing Safety
A fatal runway collision at New York LaGuardia Airport (LGA) has turned a routine regional arrival into one of the most serious U.S. ground-operations accidents…
Air Canada Is Growing Its 737 MAX Transatlantic Network Faster Than Many Expected
Air Canada is significantly expanding its Boeing 737 MAX 8 transatlantic operation for summer 2026, even as the airline prepares for the arrival of the…