Air Canada shares plans for fully restoring its international network.
“Getting the network restarted is a function of the virus and how it evolves,” he added. “There are signals that the transatlantic recovery will be pretty robust … We’re hopeful that sometime in 2022 or 2023 we’ll see a meaningful recovery in Asia and Australia.”
Areas of the world with low COVID-19 vaccination rates make restarting services to these destinations problematic in the near term, Galardo acknowledged.
Federal government to require vaccinations for all federal public servants, air and train passengers
‘We need to reach as many Canadians as we possibly can’ — Transport Minister Omar Alghabra
John Paul Tasker · CBC News · Posted: Aug 13, 2021 12:28 PM ET | Last Updated: 3 hours ago
Transport Minister Omar Alghabra announced today that the federal government will soon require that all public servants be vaccinated — a mandate that he said will also be implemented by Crown corporations and other federally regulated businesses in the coming weeks.
While Canada’s vaccination rate is among the highest in the world — 81 per cent of all eligible Canadians have had at least one dose — Alghabra said the country “must do better.”
“We need to reach as many Canadians as we possibly can,” he said.
After a blitz in April and May, the number of new first doses being administered daily has been stuck at well under 100,000 since mid-June.
There are still more than 5.7 million people over the age of 12 who have chosen to forgo a shot altogether, or to wait for a later date. The number of unvaccinated Canadians is roughly equivalent to everyone living in the Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton metropolitan areas combined.
Starting as soon as next month, the vaccine will be made mandatory for federal employees and those working in some federally regulated industries (airlines and railways, among others) in an effort to boost stalled vaccination rates.
The government says it also “expects” that other employers in federally regulated sectors— like banking, broadcasting and telecommunication — will require vaccination for their employees. “The government will work with these employers to ensure this result,” the government said in a statementannouncing the new mandate.
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Air Canada : “C’est du jamais vu, Paris-Montréal écrase Paris-New York !”
Interview de Jean-François Raudin, le directeur général France d’Air Canada.
C’est une bouffée d’oxygène, que les agents de voyages voudraient voir transformer en appel d’air généralisé, le Canada rouvre ses frontières aux touristes français. A partir du 7 septembre 2021, il est possible sous certaines conditions, dont un test PCR pour tous même pour les voyageurs vaccinés de (re)découvrir Montréal ou les larges étendues canadiennes. Nous avons fait le point avec le directeur général France d’Air Canada pour connaître l’état du marché et les ambitions pour la fin d’année de l’une des rares destinations long-courrier ouvertes depuis la France ! Rencontre avec Jean-François Raudin, directeur général France d’Air Canada.
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Pour la 1ère fois, toutes compagnies aériennes, tous canaux confondus, il y a plus de passagers prévus pour les six prochains mois qu’entre Paris-Montréal qu’entre Paris et New York. C’est du jamais vu et l’écart se creuse chaque semaine.
Actuellement 41 061 billets ont été vendus pour la ligne vers Montréal, contre 35 748 vers New York, pour des voyages entre septembre et février 2022. De plus l’accélération des ventes est phénoménale, avec 15,6% de hausse des ventes d’une semaine à l’autre.
Dans le même temps, la vélocité (croissance du nombre de billets émis, ndlr) sur New York est de 3,5%.
KLM flies to Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto and Montreal several times a week. KLM also operates an even larger network in Canada in collaboration with its partner Westjet. Vaccinated travellers who have a negative PCR test result will be able to make use of this service again starting Tuesday 7 September, when they can once again fly to Canada.
Also mentioned in this article
The return of YUL-LYS December 11th, 2021
“Nous rouvrons la liaison Lyon-Montréal, le 11 décembre 2021… Je peux vous dire que Toulouse-Montréal sera lancée, c’est certain, avec une liaison à l’année” selon Jean-François Raudin, le directeur général France d’Air Canada - DR"
As well as Air Canada’s intention to re-launch YUL-TLS, which of course was delayed, then cancelled all together due to Covid.
“Je peux vous dire que Toulouse-Montréal sera lancée, c’est certain, avec une liaison à l’année”
Ethiopian Lines Up New North American Routes
A second route to Washington Dulles and the launch of flights to Montreal are on the agenda.
GebreMariam also revealed that there are talks ongoing with relevant bodies in Canada to start Montreal (YUL) flights via Dublin (DUB).
They were eying YUL pre pandemic, so this would be so cool 
I wonder why via DUb?
Les avions ne peuvent pas décoller de Addis-Abeba à pleine capacité parce que la ville est située à 3000m d’altitude. Par contre au retour vol direct pas de problème. C’est comme ça pour tous leurs vols à destination de l’Amérique. Pour New York par exemple l’escale c’est à Lomé au Togo. D’ailleurs si ma mémoire est bonne ils ne prennent pas de passagers à Dublin, juste du kérsoène. Contrairement à Lomé, où des passagers embarquent et débarquent.
For the reasons mentioned by @OusmaneB, ETH’s flights to Pearson also fly over DUB, and they don’t take on any passengers on that leg.
Hot & high envelope, but it still seems odd.
ADD is just over 2300 m AMSL (and 6839 miles from YUL), while JNB is at 1750 m AMSL with similar 40° heat from September through May, but Delta had no issues loading up their 772s to fly direct to Atlanta — about 1600 miles and three hours longer. Now with the A350 they’ll have to “payload optimize” (weight restrict) for the return leg as they were hoping to return via Capetown — 300 miles closer but also just 50 m AMSL.
Pré-pandémie il y avait cette idée d’avoir les partenaires Star Alliance qui desservent YUL alors qu’Air Canada commençait les liaisons au départ de YYZ. Je me demande si ça a un lien
Nice to see a lineup of AC widebodies at the South Pad. Bonus points for all three still in the old livery! I’m guessing they’re coming off transpacific/transatlantic cargo service.
MONTREAL, Oct. 13, 2021 /CNW Telbec/ - Air Canada announced today a strategic expansion of its India services, with additional flights from Toronto, and a new year-round, non-stop route between Montreal and Delhi. Starting October 31, just in time for Diwali celebrations, Air Canada will offer three flights per week to the growing Indian community in Montreal. Additionally, the airline is increasing frequency to Delhi from Toronto to ten flights per week beginning Oct. 15. All flights will be operated with Air Canada’s most modern aircraft, the 298-seat Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner featuring a choice of three cabins of service: Air Canada Signature Class, Premium Economy and Economy class.
“The Canada-India market is an important and strategic one for Air Canada. These additional flights and new route demonstrate Air Canada’s anticipation about the promise and growth of the Indian subcontinent– and we also look forward to further strengthening the cultural and business ties between our two countries,” said Mark Galardo, Senior Vice President, Network Planning and Revenue Management at Air Canada. “Today’s announcement also confirms Air Canada’s commitment to growing its main hubs of Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal, with convenient non-stop service to India from each hub. Air Canada is the only carrier offering a direct service to Delhi out of Montreal, allowing for easy connections through our extensive network. We continue to focus on the growing visiting friends and relatives market and this capacity expansion is a response to increasing demand.”
As the leading carrier between the two countries, Air Canada offers daily flights from Vancouver, up to ten flights a week from Toronto and three flights a week from Montreal. The airline’s service to Mumbai will resume when conditions permit.
| Flight | From | Departure | To | Arrival | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC 50 | Montreal | 20:10 | Delhi | 20:00+1 | Tue, Thu, Sun |
| AC 51 | Delhi | 01:55 | Montreal | 06:00 | Tue, Thu, Sat |
For details on the full schedule please visit aircanada.com
Je trouve ça bien excitant une nouvelle comme ça! Je me souviens il y a quelques années combien ça avait semblé compliqué avoir une liaison directe pour la Chine et comment on ne semblait pas viser d’autre destination en Asie avant longtemps à ce moment-là. Maintenant on a un vol direct pour 2 villes de Chine, en plus de Tokyo et Delhi!
Tellement! Je m’ennuyais aussi des années 2018-2019 quand Air Canada semblait ajouter des liaisons tous les mois au départ de Montréal.
These fins don’t operated cargo flights, they still have all their seats on-board. If you took the photos today these planes are or were doing.
845 (789) YUL-YYZ 10/13
808 (788) YUL-TLV 10/13
740 (77W) YUL-CDG 10/13
Merci Alex!
