MONTREAL — With travel restrictions easing for fully vaccinated Canadian travellers and permanent residents, and with more reopenings potentially weeks away, airlines are starting to ramp up their schedules.
Last week Air Canada released its domestic schedule for summer 2021, with flights out of 50 airports in Canada, and three new routes.
Air Canada has also posted details about its international flights, with many routes resuming in the weeks ahead.
As reported on Travelweek.ca, yesterday Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said further easing of Canada’s travel restrictions could be weeks away, not months, provided vaccination rates stay strong and COVID numbers continue to trend down.
Earlier the federal government announced that effective 11:59 p.m. on July 5, fully vaccinated Canadian travellers and permanent residents returning to Canada from abroad would no longer be required to quarantine, and would not need to do the day 8 PCR test. The pre-departure and on-arrive PCR tests are still mandatory.
Canada’s travel advisory against non-essential travel is still in effect.
The federal government has also extended the closure of the Canada-U.S. border to July 21, however based on Trudeau’s remarks yesterday, it’s possible this could be the last closure renewal. The government is also pursuing a 2-track system of proof of vaccination, starting with the ArriveCAN app, allowing travellers to upload proof of full vaccination either as documents or photos.
Here’s a look at Air Canada’s U.S. and international flights for the coming weeks and months, with flights so far using the four Canadian gateways currently approved for international travel (Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary) …
THE U.S.
For more details about Air Canada’s service to the U.S. click here (and for Canada flights, click here).
Atlanta – Daily flights from Toronto resuming July 1
Boston – Daily flights from Toronto and Montreal
Chicago – Daily flights from Toronto and Montreal
Cleveland – Daily flights from Toronto resuming Aug. 1
Columbus – Daily flights from Toronto resuming July 1
Denver – Daily flights from Toronto; 4 flights per week from Montreal (restarted June 19); daily flights from Vancouver resuming July 1
Detroit – Daily flights from Toronto resuming July 1
Fort Lauderdale – Three flights per week from Toronto; three flights per week from Montreal
Honolulu – Three flights per week from Vancouver resuming Aug. 1; two flights per week from Montreal starting Dec. 12; three flights per week from Toronto resuming Dec. 17; three flights per week from Calgary starting Dec. 18
Houston – Daily flights from Toronto resumed June 1; daily flights from Montreal resuming Aug. 1
Las Vegas – Four flights per week from Vancouver resuming Aug. 1
L.A. – Four flights per week from Vancouver; three flights per week from Toronto (resumed May 21); daily flights from Montreal (resumed June 1)
Maui – Three flights per week from Vancouver resuming August 3; four flights per week from Calgary resuming December 17; one flight per week from Toronto, starting Dec. 18
New York (LaGuardia) – Twice daily flights from Toronto and daily flights from Montreal
Newark – Daily flights from Toronto and Montreal
Orlando – Weekly flights from Toronto; three flights per week from Montreal resuming July 2
Philadelphia – Two daily flights resuming Aug. 1
Pittsburgh – Two daily flights from Toronto resuming Aug. 1
Phoenix – Weekly flights from Vancouver
Portland – Weekly flights from Vancouver
San Francisco – Daily flights from Vancouver; five flights per week from Toronto; four flights per week from Montreal resuming July 1
Seattle – Daily flights from Vancouver; daily flights from Toronto resuming Aug. 1
Tampa – Two flights per week resuming July 17
Washington, D.C. – Daily flights from Toronto and Montreal
THE CARIBBEAN
For more details about Air Canada’s service to the Caribbean click here.
Barbados – Weekly flights from Toronto
Bermuda – Weekly flights from Toronto resuming Aug. 7
Cancun – Weekly flights from Toronto and Montreal resuming June 26
Cayo Coco – Weekly flights from Toronto and Montreal resuming July 3
Kingston – Weekly flight from Toronto
Mexico City – Four flights per week from Toronto; two flights per week from Montreal and two flights per week from Vancouver
Montego Bay – Weekly flights from Toronto resuming July 4
Nassau – Weekly flights from Toronto resuming July 3
Punta Cana – Weekly flights from Toronto and Montreal resuming June 26
Varadero – Weekly flights from Toronto resuming July 3; weekly flights from Montreal resuming July 4
EUROPE, THE MIDDLE EAST AND INDIA
For more details about Air Canada’s service to Europe, the Middle East and India click here.
Athens – Two flights per week from Toronto and Montreal
Brussels – Two flights per week from Montreal
Cairo – Three flights per week from Montreal
Casablanca – Three flights per week from Montreal
Delhi – Daily flights from Toronto resuming July 29; daily flights from Montreal resuming July 31
Doha – Three flights per week
Dubai – Three flights per week
Dublin – Three flights per week from Toronto resume Aug. 1
Frankfurt – Five flights per week from Toronto; five flights per week from Montreal; three flights per week from Calgary resuming Aug. 1
Lisbon – Two flights per week from Toronto resuming July 3; one flight per week from Montreal resuming July 2
London – Daily flights from Toronto; three flights per week from Vancouver (resumed June 20); three flights per week from Montreal resuming August 3
Paris – Daily flights from Montreal
Rome – Two flights per week from Toronto resuming July 2; one flight per week from Montreal resuming July 3
Tel Aviv – Two flights per week from Toronto; two flights per week from Montreal resuming August 1
Zurich – Three flights per week from Toronto resuming Aug. 3
ASIA / PACIFIC
For more details about Air Canada’s service to Asia / Pacific click here.
Hong Kong – Two flights per week from Toronto and Vancouver
Seoul – Two flights per week from Toronto and Vancouver
Shanghai – Weekly flights from Toronto and Vancouver (include a technical stop in Seoul)
Tokyo – Three flights per week from Vancouver
SOUTH AMERICA
For more details about Air Canada’s service to South America click here.
Bogota – Two flights per week from Toronto; Weekly flights from Montreal resuming August 5
Sao Paulo – Three flights per week from Toronto resuming Aug. 2
