Following on Competitor’s Growth Plans, Air Canada Announces Expanded 2018 Schedule

Air Canada will make it easier to connect from smaller airports in British Columbia and Alberta through expanded deployment of regional turboprop aircraft starting this summer.

The non-stop flights, set to launch July 2, will utilize Bombardier Q400s to Air Canada’s Edmonton and Calgary operations.

The expansion of regional service will complement a number of other previously announced new Canada-U.S. services, including:

• Toronto to: Omaha, Nebraska; Providence, Rhode Island
• Montreal to: Baltimore, Pittsburgh
• Edmonton to San Francisco
• Vancouver to Sacramento

This year, Air Canada also will launch new international services, including:

• Toronto to: Shannon, Ireland); Porto, Portugal; Zagreb, Croatia; Bucharest, Romania; and Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Montreal to: Tokyo-Narita, Japan; Dublin, Ireland;, Bucharest, and Lisbon, Portugal
• Vancouver to: Paris and Zurich

Earlier this week, Canada’s second-largest airline, WestJet, announced nearly 200 new flights to its network, including its first mainland Europe service.