Air Canada

[Alexcaban]

12 minutes ago, Exposteve said:

Are these typical seasonal changes or a signal that things are slowing down (for reasons other than seasonality)?  Seems like a notable drop on some transborder routes.

US travel has not returned back to 2019 levels, besides FL. 

AC is targeting US passengers to transit via Toronto/Montreal/Vancouver to Europe/Africa/Asia. In the summer it works super well, but in the winter when traffic dips to those destinations, it's really hard to serve destinations like Pittsburg, Raleigh, Seattle, etc. And we all know where QCers go in the winter, FLL/Miami, not Seattle. 

[mtlurb]

On 2023-05-26 at 7:01 AM, couz said:

Air Canada Unveils its Most Comprehensive Winter Sun Schedule to Popular Vacation Destinations

• New flights from Montreal to La Romana and Los Cabos

 

Montreal- Los Cabos, Mexico (seasonal)*

• New flights from Montreal complements services from Toronto and Vancouver to this popular Mexican leisure destination.

Flight	From	To	Days of  Week	Departure  Time	Arrival  Time	Flight  Begins
AC975	Montreal (YUL)	Los Cabos (SJD)	Fri	08:00	12:40	Dec. 1
AC974	Los Cabos (SJD)	Montreal (YUL)	Fri	13:40	21:05	Dec. 1

Montreal-La Romana (seasonal)

Flight	From	To	Days of  Week	Departure  Time	Arrival  Time	Flight  Begins
AC1756	Montreal (YUL)	La Romana (LRM)	Sun	09:10	15:10	Dec. 17
AC1757	La Romana (LRM)	Montreal (YUL)	Sun	16:10	20:05	Dec. 17

 

 

Montreal-Cancun	14 weekly flights (up from 11)
Montreal-Barbados	4 weekly flights (up from 3)
Montreal-Fort-de-France	6 weekly flights (up from 4)
Montreal-Miami	14 weekly flights (up from 11)
Montreal-Orlando	+45% capacity increase with larger aircraft
Montreal-Palm Beach	4 weekly flights (up from 2)
Montreal-Pointe-a-Pitre	6 weekly flights (up from 5)
Montreal- Puerto Plata	1 weekly flight (resumption)
Montreal-Turks and Caicos	+30% capacity increase with larger aircraft

 

https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/air-canada-unveils-its-most-comprehensive-winter-sun-schedule-to-popular-vacation-destinations-849916247.html

 

Sorry for the late reaction, but are the Cancun, Miami and Orlando increases get us back to pre-pandemic levels? (my personal favorite south vacations )

[mtlurb]

19 hours ago, bxlmontreal said:

Following routes has been removed for Northern winter 2023/24 season:

Montreal – Fort Myers eff 29OCT23
Montreal – Nashville eff 29OCT23
Montreal – Phoenix eff 07DEC23
Montreal – Pittsburgh eff 29OCT23
Montreal – Raleigh/Durham eff 29OCT23
Montreal – San Diego eff 09JAN24 (Service not offered Jan – Apr 2024)
Montreal – Seattle eff 11JAN24 (Service not offered Jan – Apr 2024)

Montreal – Atlanta eff 29OCT23 Reduce from 2 to 1 daily, CRJ900
Montreal – Chicago O'Hare eff 29OCT23 Reduce from 4 to 3 daily, Embraer E175
Montreal – Detroit eff 29OCT23 Reduce from 2 to 1 daily, CRJ900 replaces CRJ200
Montreal – Fort Lauderdale
eff 29OCT23 2 daily each A330-300/737 MAX 8, instead of A220/330
eff 01DEC23 Planned 5th daily service removed

Montreal – Houston eff 29OCT23 Reduce from 2 to 1 daily, A220-300 replaces E175
Montreal – Las Vegas eff 29OCT23 Reduce from 2 to 1 daily, rouge A321 replaces rouge A319
Montreal – Los Angeles eff 29OCT23 Reduce from 2 to 1 daily, 787-8 replaces A220-300
Montreal – Miami eff 29OCT23 Increase from 10 to 14 weekly, A220-300
Montreal – Minneapolis/St. Paul eff 29OCT23 Reduce from 2 to 1 daily, CRJ900
Montreal – Newark Increase from 26 to 28 weekly, Embraer E175
Montreal – New Orleans Service operates from 02NOV23 instead of 01DEC23. Overall service reduces from 4 to 2 weekly. rouge A319 replaces CRJ900
Montreal – New York JFK 1 daily service maintained
Montreal – New York LaGuardia Increase from 55 to 56 weekly
Montreal – Orlando eff 29OCT23 Increase from 17 to 21 weekly, rouge A321 replaces A319 (Previous: 21 weekly scheduled from 22FEB24)
Montreal – Philadelphia eff 29OCT23 Reduce from 13 to 7 weekly, CRJ900 replaces CRJ200
Montreal – Phoenix 29OCT23 – 06DEC23 Reduce from 6 to 2 weekly, rouge A319
Montreal – Tampa eff 29OCT23 Mainline A220-300 replaces rouge A319, 3 weekly (7 from 16DEC23)
Montreal – Washington Dulles eff 29OCT23 Reduce from 2 to 1 daily, CRJ900
Montreal – Washington Reagan eff 29OCT23 Increase from 2 to 3 daily, CRJ900 replaces CRJ200
Montreal – West Palm Beach eff 29OCT23 4 weekly A220-300 operates entire season, instead of previously filed 3 weekly in Nov 2023 and 6-7 weekly from 01DEC23

 

 

 

Very sad, but it was expected with the "all virtual" world we live in now... business travel is almost non-existant.

[bxlmontreal]

Il y a 4 heures, Exposteve a dit :

Are these typical seasonal changes or a signal that things are slowing down (for reasons other than seasonality)?  Seems like a notable drop on some transborder routes.

Toronto est touchée aussi

[bxlmontreal]

il y a 33 minutes, mtlurb a dit :

Very sad, but it was expected with the "all virtual" world we live in now... business travel is almost non-existant.

En Europe le business travel et le MICE est enfin en forte expansion...ça a pris 3 ans 1/2

[peekay]

Losing San Diego is a big one. Of course all loses are big. This is terrible. The list is huge! 

[Alexcaban]

It's only for the winter folks, they'll be back. 

When AC receives more A220s they'll be able to shuffle stuff around.  

[mont royal]

Most of these decreases are seasonal and similar to last winter. Meanwhile there are many seasonal increases:

New service to Los Cabos and La Romano

Increases to West Palm Beach, Bridgetown, Cancun, Cayo Coco, Fort de France, Montego Bay, Nassau, Puerto Plata, San Jose and San Juan.

The big loser is Puerto Vallarta, as it is with air Transat as well. Is something happening down there?

Other AC additions this winter include: new daily service to JFK, new 5 weekly to Barcelona, also 5 weekly to Toulouse and the return  of 5 weekly to Lyon.

 

[Alexcaban]

20 hours ago, mont royal said:

Most of these decreases are seasonal and similar to last winter. Meanwhile there are many seasonal increases:

New service to Los Cabos and La Romano

Increases to West Palm Beach, Bridgetown, Cancun, Cayo Coco, Fort de France, Montego Bay, Nassau, Puerto Plata, San Jose and San Juan.

The big loser is Puerto Vallarta, as it is with air Transat as well. Is something happening down there?

Other AC additions this winter include: new daily service to JFK, new 5 weekly to Barcelona, also 5 weekly to Toulouse and the return  of 5 weekly to Lyon.

 

Also not mentioned but added to the schedule:

FCO Rome use to be cut from mid Jan until mid Feb for the really low season, however it is loaded 3 weekly during this period next winter.   

As well, LIS Lisbon starts back up much earlier, mid Feb instead of late March. 

TLS Toulouse continues thru the winter, 4 weekly. 

LYS Lyon returns, 4 weekly 

[Rocco]

Broche à foin. J'imagine que les excuses seront publiées en anglais seulement.