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 International, Winnipeg International, and Edmonton International, in addition to Montréal Trudeau, Toronto Pearson, Calgary, and Vancouver International.
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 International, and Las Vegas Harry Reid (the latter starting on September 9);
- daily to Denver International, Fort Lauderdale International, Houston Intercontinental, Los Angeles International, San Francisco; 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 International, and Nashville International;
- 5x weekly services to Orlando and Tampa International; with Austin-Bergstrom International from September 9;
- daily to Cleveland Hopkins, Columbus John Glenn, OH, Detroit Metropolitan, Philadelphia International, and Pittsburgh International; with Charlotte International, Cincinnati International, and Minneapolis St. Paul International starting on September 7;
- 8x weekly to Fort Lauderdale;
- twice daily to Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson, Denver, and San Francisco; 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 Harry Reid (from September 7);
- 5x weekly to Phoenix;
- daily to San Diego International; and from September 7 daily to Chicago and Newark;
- twice daily to Denver, Portland International, and Seattle;
- three times daily to Los Angeles and San Francisco.
From Calgary:
- 3x weekly to Phoenix.
