Air Canada Adds U.S. Widebody Service
Recently, the airline has been growing its transborder network, adding more new routes and deploying larger aircraft next year.
Recently, the airline has been growing its transborder network, adding more new routes and deploying larger aircraft next year.
The Canadian carrier recently announced plans to take two 767s out of retirement, returning them to passenger service in 2025.
Canada’s largest airline has unveiled several new and returning routes for summer of 2025, including to the United States, Europe, and Asia.
In a presentation to investors last week, the airline revealed that it is planning on bringing back two airframes in 2025.
The Canadian government has lifted pandemic-era caps on flights between Canada and China, paving the way for an increase in service.
Both carriers are securing strategic links, with Air Canada getting access to the Baltic States and airBaltic to the transatlantic flow to Toronto and Montreal.
Pilots at Canada’s largest airline voted in favor of a new four-year agreement last week, which now stands as Air Canada’s largest-ever labor contract.
Described as the airline’s largest-ever labor contract, the deal moves pilot compensation more in line with their U.S. peers.
Air Canada and the union representing more than 5,200 pilots announced Saturday night they have reached a tentative agreement.
Air Canada is planning to add two new routes to the United States next summer, with one of them being the American airport’s only international flight.