Air Canada (Montreal) is undertaking a major expansion of international services to Europe from Toronto (Pearson), Montreal (Trudeau), Vancouver and Calgary . The airline today announced highlights of its Summer 2014 Europe schedule, which includes the introduction of year-round nonstop service from Toronto (Pearson) to Milan (Malpensa), Italy with up to five weekly flights, offering the only nonstop service between Canada and Milan .
In addition, Air Canada will increase its year-round Toronto (Pearson) – Istanbul nonstop service to daily flights from three times weekly. The airline will expand the availability of its new international Premium Economy cabin with its introduction on Vancouver-London Heathrow flights year-round, as well as Montreal-London Heathrow flights during the peak summer travel season. Air Canada will also deploy larger aircraft from its international wide body fleet on flights from Calgary to London Heathrow and Frankfurt , as well as from Montreal to Brussels and Geneva in order to meet travel and cargo demand during the peak summer season.
As part of the Summer 2014 schedule, Air Canada’s leisure carrier subsidiary, Air Canada rougeย (Toronto-Pearson), will launch seasonal nonstop flights between Toronto (Pearson) – Lisbon , Toronto (Pearson) – Manchester , Montreal (Trudeau) – Barcelona and Montreal (Trudeau) -Nice. The new routes supplement the leisure carrier’s other popular vacation destinations, including previously announced Toronto (Pearson) – Dublin year-round service.
As new Boeing 777-300 ER and 787 aircraft enter the Air Canada mainline fleet, Air Canada will continue growing Air Canada rouge to reach a total of up to 50 aircraft, as demand warrants.ย The growth of its leisure carrier, in tandem with the mainline fleet renewal and international network expansion, is a key element of Air Canada’s overall strategy for sustainable, profitable growth, both at the mainline and leisure carrier.
Air Canada will have taken delivery of five new Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft for the mainline fleet between June 2013 and February 2014 , and the first three of 37 Boeing 787 aircraft by the summer of 2014. Air Canada is scheduled to take delivery of six 787-8 aircraft in 2014 and the remaining 31 787-8 and -9 aircraft between 2015 and 2019.
Highlights of the Air Canada mainline Summer 2014 flight schedule:
Toronto – Milan
- New year-round nonstop service starting on June 18, 2014 with up to five flights per week.ย Boeing 767-300 ER service featuring choice of Air Canada Executive First and Economy cabins.
| Flight # |
Depart Toronto
(YYZ) |
Arrive Milan
(MXP) |
Flight # |
Depart Milan
(MXP) |
Arrive Toronto
(YYZ) |
| AC842 |
20:20 |
10:40 +1 |
AC843 |
12:10 |
15:30 |
Toronto – Istanbul
- Year-round nonstop service increases from three times weekly to daily flights beginning June 2014 , subject to government approval. Boeing 767-300 ER service featuring choice of Air Canada Executive First and Economy cabins.
Toronto – Rome
- Aircraft upgauged from Boeing 767-300 ER to Airbus A330-300 service featuring choice of Air Canada Executive First and Economy cabins, from May 1 – October 25, 2014 .
Montrรฉal-London Heathrow
- Aircraft upgauged from Airbus A330-300 to Boeing 777-300 ER service featuring new international Premium Economy cabin, in addition to Executive First and expanded Economy cabins, from June 15 – September 30, 2014 .
Montrรฉal- Brussels
- Aircraft upgauged from Boeing 767-300 ER to Airbus A330-300 service featuring choice of Air Canada Executive First and Economy cabins, from March 29 – October 25, 2014 .
Montrรฉal- Geneva
- Aircraft upgauged from Boeing 767-300 ER to Airbus A330-300 service year-round featuring choice of Air Canada Executive First and Economy cabins.
Montrรฉal- Frankfurt
- Addition of a second nonstop flight five times weekly from May 16 – October 12, 2014. ย The Air Canada codeshare flight will be operated by Star Alliance partner, Lufthansa, and will complement Air Canada’s daily Airbus A330-300 year-round nonstop service,
Calgary-London Heathrow
- Aircraft upgauged from Airbus A330-300 to Boeing 777-300 ER service featuring choice of Air Canada Executive First and Economy cabins, from June 1 – September 30, 2014 .
Calgary – Frankfurt
- Aircraft upgauged from Airbus A330-300 to Boeing 777-300 ER service featuring choice of Air Canada Executive First and Economy cabins, from March 29 – October 25, 2014 .
Vancouver-London Heathrow
- Effective March 1, 2014 , upgauged to Boeing 777-300 ER service year-round featuring new international Premium Economy cabin, in addition to Executive First and expanded Economy cabins.
Highlights of the Air Canadaย rougeย Summer 2014 flight schedule:
Toronto – Lisbon
- New three times weekly service from June 21 to September 21, 2014 , subject to government approval. Departing Toronto on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, and from Lisbon on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.
Toronto – Manchester
- New five times weekly service from June 26 to September 13 . 2014. Departing Toronto on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday, and from Manchester on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.
Montrรฉal-Nice
- New three times weekly service from June 5 to October13, 2014, subject to government approval. Departing Montrรฉal on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, and from Nice on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Montrรฉal- Barcelona
- New twice weekly service from June 4 to October 11, 2014 , subject to government approval. Departing Montrรฉal on Wednesday and Friday, and from Barcelona on Thursday and Saturday.
Toronto – Athens
- Seasonal nonstop service increases from four to five weekly flights beginning June 2014 .
Toronto – Edinburgh
- Seasonal nonstop service increases from three to five weekly flights beginning July 2014 .
In addition, three popular holiday travel markets currently served by Air Canada’s mainline carrier on a seasonal basis will be converted to Air Canada rouge service beginning summer 2014:
Toronto – Barcelona
- Up to five times weekly service from May 8 to October 19, 2014 , subject to government approval. Departing Toronto on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, and from Barcelona on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
Toronto – Dublin
- Year-round service beginning on May 1, 2014 .
Montrรฉal- Rome
- Up to daily service from May 23 to October 19, 2014 .
For the summer 2014 season, Air Canada rouge will continue to operate Toronto – Venice , Toronto – Edinburgh and Toronto / Montreal – Athens after their successful inaugural season in 2013.
All Air Canada rouge flights to Europe are operated with Boeing 767-300 ER aircraft featuring a two-cabin configuration with three customer comfort options including rouge, rouge Plus with preferred seating with additional legroom, and, beginning in winter 2013, Premium rouge offering both additional room and enhanced service.ย By the Summer 2014 season, the Air Canada rouge wide body fleet will consist of eight Boeing 767-300 ER aircraft.
Copyright Photo: Christian Volpati/AirlinersGallery.com. Boeing 777-333 ER C-FIUR (msn 35242) taxies at Paris (CDG).
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