Air Canada

Air Canada Starts A321XLR Flights Between Montreal and Lyon

Sep 13, 2026 Air Routes

The 182-seat narrowbody will operate the year-round route for six weeks before Air Canada restores Airbus A330 service for the winter season.

Air Canada Adds 14 Europe Routes From Eastern Canada

Sep 12, 2026 Air Routes

The carrier’s 2026 and 2027 expansion concentrates new and restored European links at Montréal, Toronto and Halifax, with the Airbus A321XLR opening several thinner markets.

Air Canada Adds Vancouver–Guangzhou Flights for Summer 2027

Sep 5, 2026 Air Routes

The three-times-weekly Boeing 787 service will give Air Canada a third mainland China gateway and broaden its trans-Pacific portfolio from Vancouver.

Air Canada Maps Broad International Expansion for Summer 2027

Sep 4, 2026 Air Routes

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’s Long-Haul Map Has Shed 16 Destinations Since 2016

Sep 3, 2026 Air Routes

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

Aug 30, 2026 Operations

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

Jul 5, 2026 Air Routes

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

Jun 26, 2026 Incidents

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

Jun 21, 2026 Air Routes

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

Jun 11, 2026 Airlines

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

Jun 8, 2026 Air Routes

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

May 26, 2026 Air Routes

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

May 14, 2026 Air Routes

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

May 6, 2026 Air Routes

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

May 3, 2026 Air 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

Apr 29, 2026 Air Routes

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

Apr 22, 2026 Incidents

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

Apr 18, 2026 Air Routes

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

Apr 15, 2026 Airlines

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

Apr 7, 2026 Air Routes

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…