Aviation News — February 2018

and Lyon and  nally Vancouver to Delhi,

Brisbane, Warsaw and Dublin, using a

combination of the main carrier and Rouge

to operate these  ights.

Four main hubs are used. Toronto

Pearson is its primary global hub.

Vancouver is the premier gateway to the

Asia/Paci c region. Montreal is the main

gateway to French international markets.

Plus, there is also Calgary.

The aircraft  eet is currently being

painted in a new black and white design

while maintaining the iconic red maple leaf

now returned to the tail in the encircled

ensign or ‘rondelle’ last seen 24 years

ago. The company’s President, Passenger

Airlines, Ben Smith, said: “Air Canada’s new

livery signals a pivotal in ection point in our

80-year history.”

Speaking at an event in Toronto on

February 9, 2017, Smith continued: “On the

occasion of Canada’s 150th anniversary

year, with our new livery, new uniforms

for our employees, the award-winning

international cabin standard introduced with

the launch of our Boeing 787 aircraft, and

enhanced on board offerings, the future Air

Canada represents the strength of our nation

and the future-looking spirit of our airline.”

CONTINUED EXPANSION

Last year (2017) saw Air Canada and Air

Canada Rouge continue global strategic

expansion, launching new international

services between Toronto and Mumbai,

Berlin, Reykjavík (Ke avík) – also from

Montreal. A total of 182 destinations in 47

countries on six continents are now served.

Air Canada received its  rst Boeing

737 MAX 8 (C-FTJV) on November 1,

2017, marking the start of its narrowbody

 eet renewal programme. Its  rst Boeing

737 MAX 8 entered scheduled service on

 ight AC137 from Toronto to Calgary on

December 11, 2017. Initially used on

domestic rotations the type is expected

to be operating transatlantic routes to

Ke avik, Shannon and Dublin this summer.

In addition to the 33 MAX 8s it has ordered,

the airline has also signed up for 28 MAX 9s.

In 2019 the  rst of its Bombardier C

Series aircraft will arrive. The carrier has a

 rm order for 45 CS300s and 30 options.

The current mainline  eet is made

up of 172 aircraft. It consists of Boeing

777-200LRs and -300ERs, 787-8s and 9s

(another 12 of the -9 are on order) and

Airbus A330-300s in the long-haul  eet with

the A321, A320 and A319 serving its short to

medium routes. The airline has completed

the recon guration of its entire 777  eet of

25 aircraft with a Dreamliner-style cabin and

in ight entertainment systems.

The airline has encountered many

difficulties in its history and having beaten

them all and with pro ts steadily rising

over the last few years it can look forward

to reaching many more milestones in the

future.

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The Rouge leisure arm  ies some

mainline routes in addition to its own.

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