Air Canada Adds Four New Routes to Europe

Service will start in June and July 2026.

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An Air Canada Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner at London Heathrow Airport. (Photo: AirlineGeeks | William Derrickson)
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Key Takeaways:

  • Air Canada is significantly expanding its transatlantic network for summer 2026, launching new routes from Canada to Berlin, Nantes, Brussels, and Ponta Delgada (Azores).
  • The airline will also resume its Montreal-Tel Aviv service, aiming to establish North America's second-largest transatlantic network by destinations next summer.
  • Specific start and end dates, along with flight frequencies for these new and resumed routes, are detailed, and all five flights are currently available for booking.
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Air Canada is planning new transatlantic routes to Germany, France, Belgium, and Portugal’s Azores next year.

The airline said Tuesday that it will connect Montreal and Berlin; Montreal and Nantes, France; Toronto and Ponta Delgada in the Azores; and Halifax and Brussels during the summer of 2026. Air Canada is also resuming its Montreal-Tel Aviv route next summer.

The start and end dates and frequencies of the upcoming flights are:

Montreal to Berlin: July 2 to Oct. 11, 2026; three times weekly

Montreal to Nantes: June 10 to Oct. 12, 2026; three times weekly

Toronto to Ponta Delgada: June 11 to Sept. 6, 2026; three times weekly

Halifax to Brussels: June 18 to Sept. 6, 2026; three times weekly

Montreal to Tel Aviv: June 5 to Oct. 24; twice weekly

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An Air Canada Boeing 737 MAX 8. (Photo: AirlineGeeks | William Derrickson)

Air Canada will operate the Montreal-Berlin route with an Airbus A321XLR and the Montreal-Tel Aviv service with a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The other routes will use unspecified narrowbody jets, the carrier said.

All five flights are available for booking now.

“From Canada to Berlin, Ponta Delgada, Nantes, and Brussels, we are strategically increasing new non-stop routes across Europe to bring convenient access to key destinations, while strengthening economic ties and supporting tourism,” Mark Galardo, Air Canada’s executive vice president, COO, and president of cargo, said in a statement. “With these additions, Air Canada will offer North America’s second largest transatlantic network by destinations next summer.”

Air Canada previously announced new summertime routes from Montreal to Palma de Mallorca, Spain, and Catania, Italy, and from Toronto to Shanghai and Budapest.

Zach Vasile

Zach Vasile is a writer and editor covering news in all aspects of commercial aviation. He has reported for and contributed to the Manchester Journal Inquirer, the Hartford Business Journal, the Charlotte Observer, and the Washington Examiner, with his area of focus being the intersection of business and government policy.
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