Air Canada

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.

Pandemic has led the airline into a state of hibernation, company says.

Air Canada will suspend 30 domestic regional routes and close eight stations as it continues to reshape its network to meet reduced demand during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Calin Rovinescu tells an Aviation Week Network webinar that his airline expects to carry 25% of last year’s number of passengers in Q3, providing it has market access.

Air Canada CEO Calin Rovinescu is pushing the Canadian government to rethink COVID-19-related travel restrictions, calling the current protocols “disproportionate” and “stifling.”

Routes’ latest North America market round-up, featuring new route launches, capacity changes and news from across the region.

Air Canada and Transat are the two leading airlines operating a wide network of routes between Europe and Canada.

Air Canada will shrink its workforce by at least half in June, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to batter the global airline industry.

Routes' latest update on how airlines and airports across North America are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Air Canada is speeding up retirement of 79 older jets across its fleet as it digs in for a drawn-out period of low demand owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.

CEO Calin Rovinescu presents dark near-term picture for airline industry.

A limited transborder network will be dropped altogether on April 26 for the time being.

Air Canada will suspend its limited transborder flying on April 26, citing the extension of coronavirus-related joint travel restrictions put in place by Canada and the U.S., and reduced demand for repatriating Canadians.

Air Canada announced plans to seek workforce grants under the federal government’s proposed Canadian Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) program, as it looks to offset a precipitous decline in revenues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Canada’s flag carrier planned to offer more than 16 million seats during the second quarter of the year but will slash capacity by up to 90% in response to the COVID-19 crisis.

Air Canada announced plans to temporarily lay off over 15,000 employees early next month, citing the “unprecedented impact” of the COVID-19 pandemic

The proposed Air Canada-Air Transat merger would create too many monopoly markets with high barriers to entry for potential competitors, higher fares, and less choice, Canada’s Competition Bureau said, setting the stage for potential concessions from the companies if Transport Canada agrees with the conclusions.

Routes' latest update on how airlines and airports across North America are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The latest news and airline schedule changes as carriers across the world react to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Air Canada and its pilots have agreed to cost-cutting moves that include reduced pay, modified retirement terms and up to 600 layoffs, the Air Canada Pilots Association said.

Routes' weekly update on how airlines and airports across North America are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Most US transborder services will be eliminated as Canada and the US scramble to contain COVID-19 coronavirus.

The new service to California’s Orange County will bring the airline’s daily flights between Canada and California to 43.

Air Canada has cut tentative deals to have heavy maintenance for its Airbus A330s and A220s done in Quebec, providing an economic boost to the province that is tied to the completion of its Air Transat acquisition.

Air Canada is hopeful that challenges posed by the Boeing 737 MAX grounding and COVID-19 outbreak in China will be resolved by the second half of 2020, optimistic time lines that assume worst-case scenarios regarding both crises will not come to pass.