Summary
- Four routes begin between June 12 and 18.
- Air Canada’s Toronto hub gains Osaka Kansai and Stockholm Arlanda services.
- From Montreal, there’s Stockholm Arlanda and Seoul Incheon.
Air Canada will operate approximately 37% of Canada’s long-haul flights in June. That finding is based on analyzing the country’s entire network using Cirium data. However, its domination is down from 42% in pre-pandemic June 2019, long before the world had heard of COVID. Launching four long-haul routes in less than a week helps its recovery.
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The four routes
The quartet is summarized below. They are, of course, timed to connect to other Air Canada flights over each hub. They start before the all-important peak summer with higher demand and fares. Montreal-Seoul began shortly after WestJet, Canada’s second-largest operator, took off to the South Korean capital from its Calgary hub.
Photo: Swedavia
It is the first time Air Canada has served Sweden. While entirely unconnected, this announcement comes as American Airlines inaugurated its first Scandinavian route in 23 years, following the start of Philadelphia to Copenhagen.
Toronto-Stockholm has just two weekly flights, making it Air Canada’s least-served long-haul route.
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Start date |
Routing |
Flights |
Aircraft |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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June 12 |
Toronto-Stockholm Arlanda |
Twice-weekly (!) summer only |
787-8, 787-9* |
Brand-new route for Air Canada. Coexists with fellow Star Alliance member SAS, which only began in 2022 aboard the A321LR; it runs in the summer only. However, SAS joins SkyTeam on September 1, and network changes will happen** |
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June 14 |
Montreal-Stockholm Arlanda |
Three weekly summer only |
787-8, 787-9 |
Brand-new airport pair; never served before |
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June 17 |
Toronto-Osaka Kansai |
Three weekly summer only |
787-8 |
Last served in 2000. While not new, it was served so long ago as to be very meaningful |
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June 18 |
Montreal-Seoul Incheon |
Four weekly summer only |
787-9 |
Brand-new airport pair; never served before |
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* Just twice |
** As the first move, it begins Copenhagen-Atlanta on June 17 |
Air Canada’s network
Air Canada’s African, Asia-Pacific, European, Middle Eastern, and South American region network between June and December is summarized below. The carrier plans up to 66 daily departures to these areas in the summer, reduced to a maximum of 46 daily in the winter. The Boeing 787-9 is the most-used equipment, followed by the 777-300ER, A330-300, 787-8, 777-200LR, and the 737 MAX 8.
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The information only applies from June to December. Frequencies, equipment, and operating periods aren’t stated for space and readability reasons. The data is as of June 13, and things may change.
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From… |
Africa |
Asia-Pacific |
Europe |
Middle East |
South America |
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Calgary |
Delhi* |
London Heathrow |
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Halifax |
London Heathrow |
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Montreal |
Algiers, Casablanca |
Delhi, Seoul Incheon, Tokyo Narita |
Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Brussels, Copenhagen, Dublin, Frankfurt, Geneva, Keflavik, Lisbon, London Heathrow, Lyon, Madrid, Milan Malpensa, Nice, Paris CDG, Rome Fiumicino, Stockholm Arlanda, Toulouse, Venice |
Tel Aviv^^ |
Bogotá, São Paulo |
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Toronto |
Delhi, Mumbai**, Osaka Kansai, Seoul Incheon, Sydney***, Tokyo Haneda, Tokyo Narita |
Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Brussels, Copenhagen, Dublin, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Keflavik, Lisbon, London Heathrow, Madrid, Manchester, Milan Malpensa^, Munich, Paris CDG, Rome Fiumicino, Stockholm Arlanda, Venice, Vienna, Zurich |
Dubai, Tel Aviv^^ |
Bogotá, Buenos Aires^^^, Santiago, São Paulo |
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Vancouver |
Auckland, Bangkok, Brisbane, Hong Kong, Osaka Kansai, Seoul Incheon, Shanghai Pudong, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo Narita |
Dublin, Frankfurt, London Heathrow |
Dubai |
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* Begins October 26 via Heathrow, a new fifth freedom route ** Non-stop for the first time since 2020, replacing the Heathrow stop. The Russian airspace closure might be interesting *** Same-plane, same-flight-number service via Vancouver |
^ Same-plane, same-flight-number service via Montreal |
^^ Due to return in August |
^^^ Via São Paulo |
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