OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear an appeal from several airlines looking to quash rules that boost compensation to passengers for delayed flights or damaged luggage.

Air Canada ramps up Ottawa schedule by close to 60%

MONTREAL — Air Canada is boosting its schedule serving Canada’s capital by close to 60%.

In and out of Ottawa, Air Canada will now offer flights to Calgary and Winnipeg year-round, increased flights providing additional capacity to Halifax and Quebec City, and the addition of widebody service to Vancouver.

Additional schedule improvements include more winter sun flights to top leisure destinations including Fort Lauderdale, Tampa, Orlando, Cancun and Punta Cana.

Mark Galardo, Executive Vice President, Revenue and Network Planning, at Air Canada, says: “Ottawa is an important part of Air Canada’s network and in response to demand, we are growing our capacity to our nation’s capital city by almost 60 per cent compared to 2023. We are very excited to add more flights to the rest of the country with the extension of key nonstop routes to year-round and additional capacity to other cities. We are also adding capacity to popular sun destinations and in conjunction with our joint venture partner United Airlines, increasing options for travel to and from the U.S.”

Here’s a look at the boosted Ottawa schedule in more detail …

Increased domestic schedule:

From Ottawa Schedule resumptions and service improvements
Ottawa (YOW) – Calgary (YYC) Daily service resumed May 1 now extended to year-round
Ottawa (YOW) – Winnipeg (YWG) Daily service resumed April 30 now extended to year-
round
Ottawa (YOW) – Halifax (YHZ) Increases to three times daily from once daily as of July 1
Ottawa (YOW) – Quebec (YQB) Increased to daily service as of May 1
Ottawa (YOW) – Vancouver (YVR) Two times daily, with one flight on a Boeing 787-9
Dreamliner

Transborder schedule improvements:

From Ottawa Winter 2024 service improvements
Ottawa (YOW) – Fort Lauderdale (FLL) Increases from four to six times weekly – seasonal
Ottawa (YOW) – Orlando (MCO) Increases from two to four times weekly – seasonal
Ottawa (YOW) – Tampa (TPA) Increases from one to two times weekly – seasonal

Air Canada’s joint venture partner United Airlines is increasing Ottawa capacity this winter season with an additional frequency each day to Chicago and to Washington-Dulles. In total, the combined Air Canada and United Airlines U.S. schedule from Ottawa will offer (excluding services to Florida):

  • Ottawa to Chicago (three times daily)
  • Ottawa to New York-Newark (three times daily)
  • Ottawa to Washington-Dulles (three times daily)
  • Ottawa to Washington-Reagan (once daily)

Sun Destinations:

From Ottawa Winter 2024 service improvements
Ottawa (YOW) – Cancun (CUN) Increase from three to four times weekly – seasonal
Ottawa (YOW) – Punta Cana (PUJ) Increase from three to four times weekly – seasonal
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