Published at 0001GMT 30JAN23

Air Canada earlier this month filed latest adjustment to its intercontinental operations for Northern summer 2023 season, between 26OCT23 and 28OCT23. Latest summary as of 28JAN23 as follows.

Note the term “originally” or “initially” used in this update (also applies to other summary updates on AeroRoutes) refers to default schedule filing between May and August 2022 (September/October 2023 default schedule appeared by November 2022). “Previous” in the first section of this AC update refers to comparing to last update reported on AeroRoutes in late-December 2022.

Calgary – Frankfurt
25MAR23 – 01MAY23 Reduce from 7 to 5 weekly
Revised aircraft operation. 787-9 continues to operate this route, instead of 777-200LR, except -8 is now scheduled during following period: 01MAY23 – 01JUN23, 25SEP23 – 27OCT23

Montreal – Brussels 25MAR23 – 30SEP23 450-seater 777-300ER replaces 787-9, 1 daily (Previous: 777-300ER also scheduled in October)
Montreal – Cairo 787-8 replaces -9 during following in October 2023:
03OCT23 – 16OCT23 1 of 3 weekly 787-8 replaces -9 (Previous: 3 weekly 787-8 replaces -9)
17OCT23 – 27OCT23 3 weekly (No changes)

Montreal – Geneva
eff 01JUN23 A330-300 continues to operate this route, instead of 787-9 (787-8 previously listed from 03OCT23)
19JUN23 – 01OCT23 Planned increase from 5 to 7 weekly unchanged (Initially scheduled from 01JUL23)

Montreal – London Heathrow 400-seater 777-300ER scheduled on 14JUN23, 18JUN23 (YUL departure)
Montreal – Paris CDG 1 of 2 daily AC874/875 aircraft changes
27MAR23 – 30APR23 787-9 (Frequency reduced from 7 to 5 weekly)
01MAY23 – 14JUN23 A330-300 (Replacing 787-9; Frequency reduced from 7 to 5 weekly)
15JUN23 – 27OCT23 450-seater 777-300ER (777 once again scheduled until 27OCT23. Previous: 787-9 in Sep/Oct 2023)

Montreal – Rome Fiumicino
25MAR23 – 30APR23 787-8 replaces -9, 4 weekly
01MAY23 – 31MAY23 7 weekly 450-seater 777-300ER, instead of 5 weekly 400-seater
01JUN23 – 20SEP23 1 daily 400-seater 777-300ER unchanged
17JUN23 – 09SEP23 Increase from 7 to 8 weekly unchanged, AC904/905 operated by 787-8
21SEP23 – 13OCT23 450-seater 777-300ER replaces 400-seater
14OCT23 – 27OCT23 787-9 replaces 400-seater 777-300ER

Toronto – Amsterdam
26MAR23 – 30APR23 1 daily 777-200LR unchanged, replacing A330-300
01MAY23 – 31MAY23 787-8 operates 1 daily, instead of previously scheduled 6 weekly (Originally filed with 787-9)
01JUN23 – 26SEP23 1 daily 777-200LR unchanged, except following YYZ departure operated by 400-seater 777-300ER: 05JUN23, 10JUL23, 14AUG23 (AC originally filed 787-9 from 01JUN23)
27SEP23 – 27OCT23 Reduce from 7 to 5 weekly (4 from 12OCT23), 777-200LR

Toronto – Athens
08MAY23 – 30MAY231 daily 787-9 (Previous: 1 of 7 weekly by -8)
01JUN23 – 20SEP23 Planned 450-seater 777-300ER replaces 787-9, 1 daily (Previous: until 30SEP23)
21SEP23 – 27OCT23 7 weekly service maintained, 787-9 replaces 450-seater 777-300ER (Planned reduction to 5 weekly from 01OCT23 reversed)

Toronto – Bogota Reduce from 4 to 3 weekly during following period, A330-300 operating: 01MAY23 – 31MAY23, 02OCT23 – 27OCT23
Toronto – Copenhagen
01MAY23 – 31MAY23 5 weekly service maintained, instead of 7. A330-300 operating
01JUN23 – 27OCT23 787-8 replaces A330-300, 5 weekly (AC originally planned 7 weekly for NS23)

Toronto – Dublin 787-8 replaces -9 during selected period:
01MAY23 – 31MAY23 1 of 7 weekly
01JUN23
05OCT23 – 20OCT23 1 of 7 weekly

Toronto – Frankfurt Operational aircraft changes
AC840/841 400-seater 777-300ER operates entire NS23 (Previous: 787-9 26MAR23 – 30APR23)
AC842/843 Planned aircraft variation:
26MAR23 – 30APR23 A330-300 replaces originally filed 400-seater 777-300ER (unchanged)
eff 01MAY23 787-9 (Selected dates are now operated by -8) replaces originally filed 777-200LR

Toronto – Lisbon A330-300 operating. Revised operational frequency for May 2023:
27MAY23 – 04MAY23 4 weekly (Previous: 5)
eff 01MAY23 1 daily (Planned reduction in May 2023to 6 weekly has been reversed)

Toronto – London Heathrow Peak season operation now scheduled with 2 daily each 777-300ER and 787-9, instead of 2 daily 777-300ER, 1 daily each A330/787-9). Planned 4th daily service resumption from 01MAY23 instead of 25MAR23 unchanged
Toronto – Manchester 17JUN23 – 30SEP23 Seasonal service now scheduled from 17JUN23, instead of 01JUN23. A330-300 operates 5 weekly (AC initially filed 5 weekly 787-8 from 01JUN23, 1 daily from 19JUN23 to mid-October)
Toronto – Munich New aircraft changes from May 2023
25MAR23 – 24APR23 Planned reduction from 7 to 6 weekly unchanged, 787-9 operating
eff 01MAY23 A330-300 replaces 787-9, 1 daily

Toronto – Rome Fiumicino
16JUN23 – 10SEP23 Planned increase from 7 to 10 weekly unchanged, additional flights by 787-8.

AC890/891 latest service revision
01JUN23 – 30SEP23 400-seater 777-300ER replacing 450-seater (Previous: 400-seater until 27OCT23)
01OCT23 – 13OCT23 450-seater 777-300ER instead of previously filed 400-seater
14OCT23 – 27OCT23 787-9 replacing 450-seater 777-300ER

Toronto – Seoul Incheon – Shanghai Pu Dong Planned 2 weekly 777-300ER service cancelled. Nonstop Toronto – Shanghai Pu Dong remains cancelled in NS23
Toronto – Tokyo Haneda Service resumption from 21APR23 unchanged. This route was initially filed with 787-9:
01MAY23 – 20SEP23 1 daily 787-8 replaces -9 (Previous: 787-8 scheduled until 27OCT23)
21SEP23 – 27OCT23 400-seater 777-300ER replaces 787-8

Toronto – Zurich
26MAR23 – 30APR23 787-8 replaces -9, 1 daily
01JUN23 – 30SEP23 400-seater 777-300ER replaces 787-9 (777-200LR now scheduled 02JUN23 – 15JUN23)

Vancouver – London Heathrow eff 01JUN23 Seasonal 2nd daily service removed. 400-seater 777-300ER replaces 787-9
Vancouver – Osaka Kansai eff 02JUN23 Service resumption with 787-9 operates 4 weekly (Previous: 787-8 from 02JUN23, -9 from 16JUN23)
Vancouver – Seoul Incheon eff 01MAY23 787-9 continues to operate 1 daily, instead of previously planned 400-seater 777-300ER
Vancouver – Shanghai Pu Dong eff 26MAR23 400-seater 777-300ER operates 4 weekly

Previously reported updates:
Montreal – Algiers
eff 16JUN23 Seasonal service in 2023 begins 2 weeks later than previously planned
26JUN23 – 29SEP23 Seasonal service increases from 3 to 4 weekly, A330-300 (Previous: eff 02JUN23)

Montreal – Athens
27MAR23 – 30APR23 787-8 replaces -9, 2 weekly
01MAY23 – 31MAY23 787-8 replaces -9, 5 weekly
01JUN23 – 30SEP23 450-seater 777-300ER replaces 787-9, 1 daily
01OCT23 – 27OCT23 5 weekly 787-9

Montreal – Barcelona Frequency variation, A330-300 operating
30APR23 – 29APR23 3 weekly instead of 5 (Previous: 4 weekly)
30APR23 – 31MAY23 4 weekly instead of 5
02JUN23 – 01OCT23 5 weekly instead of 7
eff 04OCT23 4 weekly

Montreal – Casablanca 26MAR23 – 30APR23 787-9 replaces A330-300. Revised frequency variation as follows
26MAR23 – 31MAY23 3 weekly
01JUN23 – 26JUN23 4 weekly
27JUN23 – 30SEP23 5 weekly (AC previously filed 6 weekly 01JUN23 – 02OCT23)
01OCT23 – 27OCT23 4 weekly

Montreal – Copenhagen 01JUN23 – 15OCT23 5 weekly 787-8, new route
Montreal – Delhi eff 25MAR23 3 weekly 787-9 instead of 4
Montreal – Dublin 01JUN23 – 30SEP23 787-8 replaces A330-300, 3 weekly (Previous: Service operates until 10OCT23)
Montreal – Frankfurt
25MAR23 – 30APR23 400-seater 777-300ER replaces 787-9, 1 daily
16JUN23 – 09OCT23 Increase from 7 to 12 weekly, AC846/847 with A330-300 (Previous: until 16OCT23)

Montreal – Lisbon 26MAR23 – 02JUN23 3 weekly A330-300 (Planned 5 weekly flights from 01MAY23 moved to 02JUN23)
Montreal – Lyon 12APR23 – 11OCT23 Service cancelled during this period
Montreal – Milan Malpensa eff 05JUN23 Increase from 5 to 6 weekly, A330-300
Montreal – Nice eff 04JUN23 Increase from 3 to 4 weekly, A330-300 (Seasonal service now schedules from 11MAY23, instead of 06MAY23)
Montreal – Sao Paulo Guarulhos eff 26MAR23 Increase from 3 to 4 weekly, 787-9 (5th weekly from 19JUN23 to 04SEP23 with 787-8)
Montreal – Shanghai Pu Dong Service remains cancelled in NS23, on/after 26MAR23
Montreal – Tel Aviv
01MAY23 – 31MAY23 Planned 3rd weekly removed. Planned 787-9 replaces -8 unchanged
01JUN23 – 30SEP23 Increase from 3 to 4 weekly, 787-9 replaces -8
01OCT23 – 25OCT23 787-8 replaces -9, 3 weekly

Montreal – Tokyo Narita
26MAR23 – 30APR23 787-9 replaces -8, 5 weekly (1 daily 787-9 from 01MAY23)
21SEP23 – 27OCT23 450-seater 777-300ER replaces 787-9

Montreal – Toulouse eff 01JUN23 5 weekly A330-300, new route (Previously scheduled from 04JUN20)
Montreal – Venice Seasonal 2 weekly A330-300 from 06MAY23, operates until 26OCT23 instead of 21OCT23
Toronto – Barcelona Revised frequency, A330-300
26MAR23 – 30APR23 4 weekly
01MAY23 – 31MAY23 Reduce from 7 to 6 weekly
eff 01JUN23 1 daily (Previous: eff 01MAY23)

Toronto – Beijing Capital Service remains cancelled in NS23, on/after 26MAR23
Toronto – Brussels eff 01JUN23 5 weekly 787-8 (Previous: 25MAR23. This route was originally scheduled from 01MAY20. AC previously operated Toronto – Manchester – Brussels May 1992 – Feb 1993)
Toronto – Delhi eff 26MAR23 777-200LR continues to operate 1 daily, replacing 787-9
Toronto – Dubai eff 25MAR23 Increase from 3 to 7 weekly during summer season, 787-9
Toronto – Edinburgh eff 01JUN23 Service increases from 6 weekly in NS22 to 1 daily when it resumes seasonal service, 787-8 (4 weekly from 02OCT23)
Toronto – Hong Kong Nonstop service remains cancelled in NS23
Toronto – Madrid 01JUN23 – 05OCT23 Increase from 5 weekly in NS22 to 6 weekly, A330-300 (Previous: eff 01MAY23. AC initially filed 1 daily)
Toronto – Santiago de Chile
eff 01MAY23 787-8 replaces -9
Increase from 3 to 4 weekly during following period: 26MAR23 – 31MAR23, 19JUN23 – 10SEP23

Toronto – Sao Paulo Guarulhos 19JUN23 – 10SEP23 Nonstop terminator reduces from 3 to 2 weekly, 787-9
Toronto – Sao Paulo Guarulhos – Buenos Aires Ezeiza 19JUN23 – 10SEP23 Increase from 4 to 5 weekly, 787-9
Toronto – Seoul Incheon eff 14APR23 Increase from 5 to 7 weekly, 787-9
Toronto – Tel Aviv eff 16JUN23 777-200LR replaces 787-9, 1 daily
Toronto – Tokyo Narita eff 25MAR23 Increase from 4 weekly in winter to 7 weekly, 787-9
Toronto – Venice eff 06OCT23 Reduce from 3 to 2 weekly, A330-300
Toronto – Vienna
26MAR23 – 30APR23 787-8 replaces -9, 5 weekly
01MAY23 – 31MAY23 787-8 replaces -9, 7 weekly
eff 01JUN23 1 daily 787-9

Vancouver – Beijing Capital Service remains cancelled in NS23, on/after 26MAR23
Vancouver – Delhi Service remains cancelled in NS23, on/after 26MAR23 (Reservation remains tentatively available for travel on/after 27OCT23)
Vancouver – Dublin 02JUN23 – 29SEP23 787-8 replaces A330-300, 4 weekly. Service now scheduled until 29SEP23 instead of 09OCT23
Vancouver – Tokyo Narita eff 01MAY23 400-seater 777-300ER replaces 787-9, 1 daily (Previous: eff 25MAR23)
Vancouver – Zurich eff 17JUN23 787-9 replaces -8, 3 weekly (Seasonal service operates 01JUN23 – 07OCT23)

Previously highlighted, following routes remain cancelled in 2023 when compared to Northern summer 2019:
Calgary – Tokyo Narita
Montreal – Bordeaux
Montreal – Bucharest
Montreal – Marseille
Ottawa – Frankfurt (Previously scheduled to transfer to Lufthansa in 2020)
Ottawa – London Heathrow
St. John’s NFLD – London Heathrow
Toronto – Berlin
Toronto – Bucharest
Toronto – Budapest
Toronto – Glasgow
Toronto – Porto
Toronto – Prague
Toronto – Warsaw
Toronto – Zagreb
Vancouver – Melbourne
Vancouver – Paris CDG
Vancouver – Taipei Taoyuan