Following the last few seasons (and years) that have brought their share of challenges in the aviation world, Air Canada is announcing new routes and increased frequency of several flights for the summer of 2023, all around the world.
This information could help you plan and book your next trip with your Aeroplan points.
New routes
Three new routes will be established in the summer of 2023: Montreal-Toulouse, Montreal-Copenhagen and Toronto-Brussels.
Air Canada has already announced the Copenhagen route, the Toronto-Brussels route will be operated in partnership with Brussels Airlines, and the Montreal-Toulouse route will be the only year-round service between North America and southwest France.
Departure | Destination | Frequency | Start date |
Toronto | Brussels | Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday | June 1st |
Montreal | Toulouse | Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday | June 1st |
Montreal | Copenhagen | Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday | June 1st |
Routes to Japan
To the delight of many, these connections with Japan will also resume, now that the country is open to tourism again.
Departure | Destination | Frequency | Start date |
Toronto | Tokyo Haneda | 1 daily flight | May 1st |
Vancouver | Osaka | 1 daily flight | June 2 |
Increase in flight frequencies
For the busy summer season, many Air Canada routes will be increasing their flight frequency.
Here are the flights departing from Montreal that will be more frequent in the summer of 2023 (compared to the summer of 2022):
Route | New frequency in summer 2023 |
Montreal-Frankfurt | 19 flights per week (in partnership with Lufthansa) |
Montreal-Geneva | 1 daily flight |
Montreal-Nice | 4 weekly flights |
Montreal-Tel Aviv | 4 weekly flights |
Montreal-Alger | 4 weekly flights |
Montreal-São Paulo | 5 weekly flights |
Montreal-Tokyo Narita | 1 daily flight |
For the busy summer season, many Air Canada routes will be increasing their flight frequency.
Here are the flights that depart from Toronto that will be more frequent in the summer of 2023 (compared to the summer of 2022):
Route | New frequency in summer 2023 |
Toronto-London Heathrow | 4 daily flights |
Toronto-Edinburgh | 1 daily flight |
Toronto-Copenhagen | 5 weekly flights |
Toronto-Barcelona | 1 daily flight |
Toronto-Madrid | 6 weekly flights |
Toronto-Dubai | 1 daily flight |
Toronto-Tokyo Narita | 1 daily flight |
And finally, here is the increase in frequency in the summer of 2023 for flights departing from Vancouver:
Link | New frequency in summer 2023 |
Vancouver-Brisbane | 1 daily flight |
Vancouver-Hong Kong | 1 daily flight |
Vancouver-Seoul | 1 daily flight |
Bottom line
Now that the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions are a thing of the past in Canada’s aviation landscape, Air Canada is preparing for the full deployment of its routes for the summer of 2023.
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