From Quito to Copenhagen, Air Canada has announced more flight options for travellers in next winter’s schedule. Among them are increased winter services to Latin America destinations, a new destination in South America, year-round service enhancements to Europe, and two sun destinations from Calgary.
These winter route expansions follow the airline’s plans announced earlier this month to launch the only non-stop flights from North America to Sapporo, Japan.
“With a comprehensive network spanning all six inhabited continents, Air Canada’s expanded winter schedule further cements our hubs as premier global gateways facilitating fast, convenient travel. These exciting new additions and enhancements are a catalyst to facilitating tourism, trade and connectivity, and deliver more compelling opportunities for our customers and Aeroplan Members to travel almost anywhere in the world to, from or via Canada,” commented said Air Canada executive VP Mark Galardo.
Highlights include:
- New flights to Quito from Montréal and Toronto start December 2026
- Toronto-Manchester and Toronto-Copenhagen become year-round as of October 2026, supported by new Airbus A321XLR base in Toronto
- Expanded winter season service to Rio, Santiago, and Lima
- New Calgary services to Cancun and Puerto Vallarta launch December 2026
- Builds on new Vancouver-Sapporo route announced earlier, the only non-stop flights from North America to Hokkaido
South America
Quito, Ecuador, will be served three times per week from Montréal, and one flight per week from Toronto, both starting in early December onboard a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner with a choice of Signature Class, Premium Economy and Economy cabins. Air Canada’s flights to Quito have been designed to connect at both its Toronto and Montreal global hubs to facilitate convenient, easy travel to and from North America and Europe.
Air Canada is also expanding its schedule to Brazil, Peru and Chile, with earlier starts and more frequencies on services to Rio and Lima as well as its newly-launched flights between Montreal and Santiago. Into Colombia, Air Canada’s flights to Bogota will operate onboard the Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet featuring a three-cabin configuration offering the airline’s industry-recognized Signature Class cabin with lie-flat seating.
Europe
Flights from Toronto to Manchester and Copenhagen will become year-round as of October, further building scale at Air Canada’s primary global hub. Both routes will be operated onboard the airline’s newest fleet type, the Airbus A321XLR featuring the first Air Canada narrow-body aircraft to offer Signature Class lie-flat seats. These additions are enabled by the airline’s new Airbus A321 XLR base at Toronto-Pearson, complementing a previously announced base at Montreal-Trudeau.
Calgary
Air Canada’s customers in Calgary will now be able to fly non-stop to Cancun and Puerto Vallarta as of December. Operated with Air Canada Rouge’s fleet of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, flights to Cancun will be offered four times per week, with three flights a week to Puerto Vallarta.
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