Three new US routes, including service from Toronto and Montreal to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, and Toronto to Sacramento highlight the carrier’s just released 2023 transborder schedule.
Following the unveiling of its domestic schedule earlier in the week (and international in October), Air Canada announced that it will also restore 11 suspended trans-border services and increase frequencies on 12 popular routes to the US in rebuilding its global network following the pandemic.
More than 400 daily flights on 95 routes to 47 destinations will be offered.
“Strengthened by our Transborder Joint Business Agreement with United Airlines, our schedule will also be attractive for sixth freedom global travellers flying internationally and strengthen our hub airports with more connection traffic,” commented Mark Galardo, Sr VP of Network Planning and Revenue Management at Air Canada.”
New York
To the New York market, Air Canada will offer more than 3,500 seats on 39 daily flights from six Canadian cities (Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Halifax) into New York City’s three major airports (JFK, Newark, LaGuardia).
New services to New York’s JFK will begin March 26, with double daily service from Toronto and daily service from Montreal. Flights will be operated by Air Canada Jazz using an Embraer E175 aircraft with 76 seats in a Business and Economy Class configuration.
New service between Toronto and Sacramento will begin June 1, 2023. Flights will be operated year-round, four-days-a-week, by Air Canada using an Airbus A220-300 aircraft with 137 seats in a Business Class and Economy Class configuration.
In addition to the new Toronto-Sacramento service beginning in June, Air Canada’s Halifax-Newark daily service, starting Dec. 16, its Montreal-Tampa three-times-weekly service, its Vancouver-Miami three-times-weekly service starting Dec. 17, and its new Vancouver-Houston daily service starting Dec. 16, will continue in the summer as year-round operations.
Additionally, there will be a host of route resumptions and increased frequencies to cities such as Austin, Nashville, LA, Seattle, San Francisco, and more.