Air Canada Boosts Capacity in "Most Comprehensive" Winter Sun Schedule to Date

Air Canada announced the expansion of its winter sun network to include four new routes from Toronto and Montreal to Monterrey and Los Cabos in Mexico, as well as La Romana and Fort-de-France in the Caribbean.

The airline is also deploying an increase in capacity from its Vancouver hub to popular destinations such as Mexico, Miami, Phoenix, Las Vegas and San Diego, as well as additional flights from coast to coast to popular winter vacation destinations in Florida, Mexico and the Caribbean.

"We are seeing strong, ongoing interest for winter leisure travel, and as the leading carrier from Canada to popular sun destinations with up to 683 weekly flights planned this winter, we are thrilled to add exciting new services from Toronto and Montreal to the Caribbean and Mexico and significant increases from our Vancouver hub in response to pent up demand," said Mark Galardo, Executive Vice President, Revenue and Network Planning at Air Canada.

"With the most flights to choose from coast to coast this winter to popular leisure sun destinations and convenient travel package options through Air Canada Vacations, customers can begin booking their vacation to their preferred destination now."

Air Canada's winter sun schedule anticipates an 11 per cent capacity increase from 2022 and plans to operate eight per cent more than its 2019 pre-pandemic sun schedule. Highlights include up to 20 routes from across Canada to Florida, increased flights from across Canada to Cancun, Montreal to Palm Beach, Toronto to Fort Myers, and from Vancouver to Miami, Cancun, Los Cabos, Puerto Vallarta, Las Vegas and Phoenix.

New route details:

Toronto – Monterrey, Mexico (year-round)

Flight	From	To	Days of Week	Departure Time	Arrival Time	Flight Begins
AC1359	Toronto (YYZ)	Monterrey (MTY)	Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun	18:00	21:35	29OCT
AC1358	Monterrey (MTY)	Toronto (YYZ)	Mon, Tue, Thur, Sat	10:05	14:55	30OCT

Toronto-Fort-de-France, Martinique (seasonal)

Flight	From	To	Days of Week	Departure Time	Arrival Time	Flight Begins
AC950	Toronto(YYZ)	Fort-de-France (FDF)	Sat	08:15	14:20	16DEC
AC951	Fort-de-France (FDF)	Toronto (YYZ)	Sat	15:25	20:05	16DEC

Montreal- Los Cabos, Mexico (seasonal)

Flight	From	To	Days of Week	Departure Time	Arrival Time	Flight Begins
AC975	Montreal (YUL)	Los Cabos (SJD)	Fri	08:00	12:40	01DEC
AC974	Los Cabos (SJD)	Montreal (YUL)	Fri	13:40	21:05	01DEC

Montreal-La Romana (seasonal)

Flight	From	To	Days of Week	Departure Time	Arrival Time	Flight Begins
AC1756	Montreal (YUL)	La Romana (LRM)	Sun	09:10	15:10	17DEC
AC1757	La Romana (LRM)	Montreal (YUL)	Sun	16:10	20:05	17DEC

Increased capacity from Vancouver year-over-year is as follows:

Route	Increase from 2022
Vancouver-Las Vegas	14 weekly flights (up from 7)
Vancouver-Phoenix	14 weekly flights (up from 7)
Vancouver-Puerto Vallarta	7 weekly flights (up from 3)
Vancouver-Cancun	7 weekly flights (up from 4)
Vancouver-Miami	6 weekly flights (up from 3)
Vancouver-Los Cabos	5 weekly flights (up from 3)
Vancouver-San Diego	+110 per cent capacity increase with larger aircraft

Increased capacity from across Canada on key routes year-over-year are as follows:

Route	Increase from 2022
Halifax-Cancun	3 weekly (up from 2)
Montreal-Cancun	14 weekly (up from 11)
Montreal-Barbados	4 weekly (up from 3)
Montreal-Fort-de-France	6 weekly (up from 4)
Quebec City-Cancun	4 weekly (up from 3)
Ottawa-Cancun	3 weekly (up from 2)
Ottawa-Punta Cana	4 weekly (up from 2)
Toronto-Cancun	21 weekly flights (up from 11)
Toronto-Fort Myers	21 weekly flights (up from 14)
Toronto-Grenada	4 weekly flights (up from 2)
Toronto-Punta Cana	14 weekly flights (up from 10)
Toronto- Saint Vincent	4 weekly flights (up from 2)
Edmonton-Cancun	3 weekly flights (up from 2)