Air Canada resumes US network as borders reopen

Air Canada (AC, Montréal Trudeau) will resume up to 220 daily flights between the US and Canada on 55 routes to 34 US destinations coinciding with the loosening of travel restrictions between the two countries from August 9, 2021.

This follows Ottawa’s announcement that thanks to rising vaccination rates and declining COVID-19 cases, borders would open for fully vaccinated US citizens and permanent residents from August 9, before the full re-opening of borders to any vaccinated travellers from September 7, 2021. Fully vaccinated travellers will also be exempt from quarantine. In addition, Canada from August 9 will also allow international flights to land at five more airports, namely Halifax, Québec, Ottawa Int’l, Winnipeg Int’l, and Edmonton Int’l, in addition to Montréal Trudeau, Toronto Pearson, Calgary, and Vancouver Int’l.

Air Canada said it was pleased to rebuild its Canada-US network and planned to restore services to all 57 US destinations previously served as and when conditions allowed.

“Canada and the United States share close ties, and restoring air connectivity will contribute to both countries’ economic recovery,” commented Mark Galardo, Senior Vice President (Network Planning and Revenue Management).

Air Canada flights will depart from Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, and Calgary as follows:

From Montreal:

• 3x weekly to Orlando Int’l, and Las Vegas McCarran (the latter starting on September 9);
• daily to Denver Int’l, Fort Lauderdale Int’l, Houston Intc’l, Los Angeles Int’l, San Francisco, CA; and Washington Dulles;
• twice daily to Boston, New York Newark, and Washington National (the latter starting on September 7);
• three times daily to Chicago O’Hare, and New York La Guardia;

From Toronto:

• 2x weekly to Fort Myers Southwest Florida;
• 3x weekly to Phoenix Sky Harbor;
• 4x weekly to Seattle Tacoma Int’l, and Nashville Int’l;
• 5x weekly services to Orlando and Tampa Int’l; with Austin Bergstrom Int’l from September 9;
• daily to Cleveland Hopkins, Columbus John Glenn, OH, Detroit Metropolitan, Philadelphia Int’l, and Pittsburgh Int’l; with Charlotte Int’l, Cincinnati Int’l, and Minneapolis/St. Paul starting on September 7;
• 8x weekly to Fort Lauderdale;
• twice daily to Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson, Denver, and San Francisco, CA; with Dallas/Fort Worth, Raleigh/Durham, and Washington National starting on September 7;
• three times daily to Boston, Houston, Los Angeles, and Washington Dulles;
• four daily services to Chicago and Newark;
• five daily services to La Guardia.

From Vancouver:

• 3x weekly to Honolulu, and Kahului;
• 4x weekly to Las Vegas McCarran (from September 7);
• 5x weekly to Phoenix;
• daily to San Diego Int’l; and from September 7 daily to Chicago and Newark;
• twice daily to Denver, Portland Int’l, and Seattle;
• three times daily to Los Angeles and San Francisco.

From Calgary:

• 3x weekly to Phoenix.