Air Canada posts best operational results in 10 years
Air Canada has reported a strong operational performance for the year-end holiday travel period, during which nearly 2.6 million customers were transported safely. The airline achieved some of its best operational results in a decade,...
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Air Canada releases top tips for holiday travellers
Air Canada has released its top travel tips to help customers travel like an expert during the peak holiday period, which runs from mid-December until Jan. 7. According to the airline, this holiday season, more than 3.25 million customers are...
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Air Canada’s new De-Ice technology will prevent significant delays
In an historic first, Air Canada will deploy De-Ice systems on its Airbus A320-series aircraft this winter. While the majority of chemical spray ice removal processes add approximately 30 to 45 minutes to the journey, De-Ice uses...
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Air Canada’s flights to Tulum & Charleston take off
Air Canada is boosting its North American network capacity for summer 2024. The move comes with the addition of two new destinations, five new routes, increased flight frequencies on key routes, and earlier resumption of popular seasonal...
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Air Canada Laying Off 20,000 As Of June 7
As Canadians prepared for the annual May 24 long weekend, media across the country began reporting the details of an Air Canada internal memo that indicates the carrier will be laying off 20,000 of its workers as the impact of COVID-19 cuts deep...
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Doing All That’s Necessary
Air Canada is reconfiguring the cabins of three of its Boeing 777-300ER aircraft to give them additional cargo capacity. The first aircraft conversion is complete and is now in service, with the second and third aircraft to be completed...
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Air Canada Adopting Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy
Air Canada says it intends to adopt the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) for the benefit of its 36,000 Canadian-based employee workforce. The airline’s decision to do this has received the support of all of its Canadian-based unions:...
Air Canada Has A Plan
Air Canada offered an update on its response to COVID-19, noting that like the rest of the global airline industry, it is facing a severe drop in traffic and a corresponding decline in revenue as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak...
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