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Air Canada elevates the North American travel experience with a comprehensive fleet upgrade

Air Canada unveils extensive cabin renewal programme

Air Canada has unveiled its most extensive cabin renewal programme to date, covering Air Canada mainline, Air Canada Rouge, and Air Canada Express. This multi-year investment reshapes the onboard experience with refreshed interiors, next-generation technology, and thoughtful touches shaped by passenger and employee feedback. Central to the upgrade is the industry’s most comprehensive fast, free […]

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Air Canada prepares for a new era with Airbus A321XLR arrival

Air Canada’s network planning team is eagerly awaiting the arrival of its first Airbus A321XLR. The aircraft will open new markets and reshape the airline’s medium-haul international network. For years, the team has been studying data to decide where this new aircraft can have the greatest impact. With the first delivery approaching, those plans are

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Travelport and Air Canada have signed a new content distribution agreement

Air Canada flags softer Q3 on strike impact, cuts 2025 outlook

Air Canada has provided an early look at its third-quarter 2025 performance, signalling a significant hit from August’s cabin-crew strike and trimming full-year guidance as a result. For the quarter ending September 30, 2025, the airline now anticipates operating income of CA$250–300 million and adjusted EBITDA of CA$950 million–CA$1.0 billion, well below last year’s third-quarter

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Air Canada flight attendants defy government back-to-work order

More than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants are continuing their strike in open defiance of a federal back-to-work order, escalating a dispute that has disrupted flights and raised questions about the limits of government intervention in industrial action. The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), which represents the airline’s cabin crew, confirmed on Sunday that

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Lufthansa Technik extends support deals with Air Canada

Lufthansa Technik and Air Canada have reinforced their longstanding partnership by renewing and extending multiple exclusive agreements for aircraft technical services ahead of schedule. The extended contracts include engine maintenance services for the CFM56-5B engines and total component support (TCS) for Air Canada’s Boeing 777 and 737 MAX fleets. Under the renewed engine maintenance agreement,

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MTU will provide MRO services for Air Canada's CF6-80C2 engines © MTU Maintenance

MTU signs CF6-80C2 engine MRO deal with Air Canada

MTU Maintenance (MTU) has signed an exclusive contract with Air Canada for the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of CF6-80C2 engines that power the flag carrier’s Boeing 767 cargo aircraft. The agreement marks a continuation of the strong partnership between the two companies—MTU Maintenance has been the exclusive MRO service provider for Air Canada’s CF6-80C2

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Air Canada and AFI KLM E&M have signed a ten-year contract for component support services for 58 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft

Air Canada and AFI KLM E&M sign component support deal for Boeing 787 fleet

Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) and Air Canada have signed a ten-year contract for component support services for 58 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. This agreement, the first major component support contract between the two airlines, includes the creation of a dedicated pool stock in Toronto, Canada, to support Air Canada’s

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Theo Panagiotoulias (l) and Michael Rousseau (r)

Michael Rousseau elected new chairperson of Star Alliance Chief Executive Board 

Michael Rousseau, President and CEO of Air Canada, has been elected as the new Chairperson of the Star Alliance Chief Executive Board (CEB), succeeding Scott Kirby, CEO of United Airlines, who served in the role since December 2020. As Chairperson, Rousseau will oversee the strategic direction of Star Alliance, which is the world’s largest airline

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