MONTREAL — Air Canada plans to resume its flights connecting Ottawa and London Heathrow.

The nonstop service is scheduled to start March 31, 2025.

Flights will be operated four-times weekly with Air Canada’s Dreamliner fleet offering a choice of three cabins.

“We are very pleased to solidify Air Canada’s leadership serving our country’s capital with the resumption of trans-Atlantic services beginning next spring,” said Mark Galardo, Executive Vice President – Revenue and Network Planning at Air Canada.

Galardo added: “In addition to London being a top global destination, Heathrow is one of the world’s primary global gateways as well as home to Air Canada’s largest international operations. Conveniently located together with our Star Alliance partner airlines in The Queen’s Terminal, Air Canada offers customers easy connections to a vast array of more than 30 destinations across Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa with our airline partners. With continued demand for visiting friends, relatives, leisure and tourism, as well as supporting business and corporate travel, this route gives customers from both the National Capital Region and abroad direct, convenient international travel options to and from Ottawa.”

The delivery of Air Canada’s new Airbus A321XLR fleet later in 2025 offers ideal economics, optimum cabin size and range, noted Galardo. “It will enable us to consider operating this important international route with greater frequencies and potentially with year-round service.”

Air Canada’s Ottawa-London Heathrow flight resumption announcement follows its recent announcement significantly expanding services from Ottawa to points across Canada and sun leisure destinations this winter. Air Canada will operate up to 229 weekly flights to and from Ottawa next year across a range of regional, domestic, international and transborder flights.

Air Canada has designated Ottawa as a test location “for trialing and refining new customer service initiatives designed to improve the customer journey.”