Air Canada Unveils First Upgraded Airbus A321 with an All New Interior and Industry-Leading Cabin Technology
MONTREAL, Oct. 23, 2023 /CNW/ – Customers on board Air Canada flight AC692 operated with Fin 451 (C-GITU) Saturday shared a pilot’s eye view of the take-off due to new exterior cameras connected to the aircraft’s seatback entertainment system. The new camera feature, a first for a narrow-body aircraft, is one of several innovations unveiled with the […]
Air Transat to offer direct flights to Lima, Peru from Montreal and Toronto
The airline also resumes operations to Cozumel MONTREAL, Aug. 11, 2023 /CNW/ – Air Transat, recently voted World’s Best Leisure Airline for the fifth time at the Skytrax World Airline Awards, is proud to announce it will offer exclusive direct flights to Lima, Peru, from both Montreal and Toronto this winter*. This program expansion will create a new gateway to South America for fans of gastronomy, history and […]
A321XLR programme completes second cold-weather testing campaign
March 28, 2023 This week the A321XLR development flight-test aircraft (“FT3”, MSN11080) dedicated to the cabin returned from its four-day cold-weather ground testing at Iqaluit in northern Canada. A few weeks earlier, one of the other A321XLR test aircraft (“FT2”, MSN11058) made a similar visit to Iqaluit. On that initial occasion the mission was to […]
Three Decades Of Service: Which Airbus A321s Have Flown The Most Hours?
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Air Transat expects delivery delays for three Airbus A321LRs
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Air Lease Corporation Announces Lease Placement of Four New Airbus A321XLR Aircraft with Air Transat
LOS ANGELES, California, September 8, 2022 – Today Air Lease Corporation (NYSE: AL) announced long-term lease placements for four new Airbus A321XLR aircraft with Air Transat (Canada). Three new aircraft are confirmed to deliver to the airline starting at the end of 2025 through 2026 from ALC’s order book with Airbus. The agreement also includes an […]
Air Canada Selects Pratt & Whitney GTF™ Engines to Power Up to 44 Airbus A320neo Family Aircraft
EAST HARTFORD, Conn., April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Pratt & Whitney, a division of Raytheon Technologies Corp. (NYSE: RTX) and Air Canada have announced the selection of Pratt & Whitney GTF™ engines to power 30 firm and 14 purchase right Airbus A321XLR aircraft. Pratt & Whitney will also provide Air Canada with engine maintenance through an EngineWise® Comprehensive service […]
Air Canada Announces the Acquisition of 26 Airbus A321neo Extra-Long Range Aircraft
State–of–the–art, single-aisle aircraft offers greater comfort and range Projected fuel efficiency gain of up to 23%, yielding environmental benefits Order drives corporate priorities to elevate customer experience, expand network and lower costs MONTREAL, March 22, 2022 /CNW Telbec/ – Air Canada today announced it is acquiring 26 extra-long range (XLR) versions of the Airbus A321neo aircraft. The aircraft has sufficient range to serve all North American and select transatlantic markets, while […]
Air Canada reportedly in talks to add Airbus A321s as COVID subsides
From BNN Bloomberg News 🔗 link to source story Charlotte Ryan, Siddharth Philip and Layan Odeh, Bloomberg News | 23 February 2022 Air Canada is in talks with Airbus SE about adding longer-distance A321neo jets alongside its fleet of Boeing Co. 737 narrowbodies as travel demand rebounds, people with knowledge of the matter said. The carrier […]
New Year Prospects: Air Canada’s Fleet In 2022
From Simple Flying – link to source story by Chris Loh | January 1, 2022 Continuing its slow recovery from the worst of the global health crisis, major Canadian airline Air Canada the growth of its fleet in 2021. Notably, this consisted of the addition of a number of Airbus A220-300s as well as several […]