Air Canada

By David Casey
Find out the biggest stories published on Routesonline this year.
Airports & Networks

By Kurt Hofmann
Star Alliance member Air Canada and oneworld member Qatar Airways announced the start of a strategic cooperation agreement to expand their relationship.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Service is being “whittled down to an unsustainable level” in Canada’s Atlantic provinces following the latest route cuts to be announced by Air Canada.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
As Air Canada cuts services to the country’s Atlantic provinces, Routes looks at the latest weekly capacity of the biggest airports, airlines and routes in Canada.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Atlantic Canada Airports Association warns repercussions of the service cuts will be felt 'for years to come.'
Airports & Networks

By Lori Ranson
WestJet's CEO says he sees more Canadian sun-seekers willing to undergo the 14-day quarantine on return to Canada as winter settles in.
Airports & Networks

By Lori Ranson
Canada’s largest airlines are preparing to relaunch service to Hawaii in December now that the U.S. state has opted to allow Canadians to bypass a mandatory 14-day quarantine if they test negative for COVID-19.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By David Casey
The two airlines have formed a codeshare partnership ahead of Air Canada’s plans to launch service to Qatar this December.
Airports & Networks

By Lori Ranson
Air Canada is joining many commercial airlines worldwide to blunt dismal revenue performance by strengthening cargo operations, and now the airline is seeking approval from its pilots to convert a number of 767s to a permanent, all cargo configuration.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
As the airline warns 95 routes are under threat, Routes looks at the most used departure airports and aircraft this week.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
The decision to suspend the routes, alongside the closure of nine Canadian stations, hinges on the outcome of talks with Canada’s government.
Airports & Networks

By Sean Broderick
As regulators and Boeing work to finalize 737 MAX pilot training and return-to-service requirements, several operators of the grounded model are growing more confident that they will have some of their newest Boeing narrowbodies carrying revenue passengers by early 2021 at the latest.
Air Transport Month

By Lori Ranson
Air Canada has followed through on previous warnings that orders for Airbus and Boeing narrowbodies were in jeopardy because of Canada’s stringent travel restrictions and lack of financial support.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Routes to secondary European cities, popular prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, have been scrapped.
Airports & Networks

By Nigel Mayes
Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at Air Canada’s plans to launch a route to Qatar; Qantas adding Tasmania capacity; and Jazeera Airways returning to Muscat after more than a decade.
Airports & Networks

By Sean Broderick
Rovinescu will be replaced by long-time colleague Michael Rousseau, who steps up from his current dual-role as CFO and deputy CEO.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
'It has become unviable to serve these markets and these decisions were regrettably inevitable as demand is being obliterated by the Atlantic bubble and third-party fee increases,' WestJet president and CEO Ed Sims said.
Airports & Networks

By Nigel Mayes
Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at Qantas resuming trans-Tasman flights; Air India expanding with a new Canadian service; and Air Arabia Abu Dhabi’s latest network addition.
Airports & Networks

By Sean Broderick
More than a year after the purchase was announced, the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic have forced both sides to re-think how much airlines are worth.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Air Canada has cut sale/leaseback deals for nine of its in-service Boeing 737 MAXs, raising $365 million to help it weather the COVID-19 pandemic and adding flexibility to its future fleet plans.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
Air Canada has finalized an order for an initial batch of 25,000 rapid-response COVID-19 test kits, as it looks to convince the Canadian government to relax its 14-day quarantine rule for international arrivals.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
Air Canada and the Greater Toronto Airports Authority have launched a voluntary COVID-19 testing study at Toronto-Pearson International Airport (YYZ) in a bid to convince the Canadian Government to adopt a more science-based approach to its 14-day quarantine requirement for international arrivals
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
Two Mexican airlines are adding new services from the city despite COVID-19.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Air Canada is seeking to develop new interline agreements to help boost traffic.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
As capacity steadily returns to Canada’s market, the country’s flag carrier has reiterated calls for the government to help quicken the pace of recovery by easing COVID-19 travel measures.
Airlines & Lessors