As part of the airline's Winter Sun schedule, Air Canada is set to commence new services later this year, which will be an 11% increase in capacity from the carrier's 2022 Winter Sun schedule and an 8 % increase from their 2019 Winter Sun schedule.

The carrier has planned four new routes, split equally between their Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) hubs and Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport (YUL). On the one hand, Toronto will be connected to Monterrey in Mexico and Fort De France in Martinique. On the other hand, Montreal will be connected to Los Cabos in Mexico and La Romana in the Dominican Republic.

Toronto routes

Toronto (YYZ) - Monterrey (MTY): Beginning on October 29th, this will be a year-round service, operating four days a week. The outbound flight, AC1359 to MTY, will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, with a departure time of 18:00 and an arrival time of 21:35. The return flight, AC1358, will operate on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays with a departure time of 10:05 and arrival time of 14:55.

This service will be operated by the carrier's 137-seater Airbus A220-300 aircraft configured with 12 business class seats in a 2-2 configuration and 125 economy seats in a 2-3 configuration.

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Toronto (YYZ) - Martinique (FDF): This will be once a week, seasonal service commencing on December 16th, and the airline's A220-300 will also operate the route. Flight AC950 to FDF will depart on Saturdays at 08:15 and arrive at 14:20. The return service AC951 will also depart on Saturdays at 15:25 from FDF and arrive in YYZ at 20:05.

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Montreal routes

Montreal (YUL) - Los Cabos (SJD): This will be a new seasonal route commencing on December 1st, operating once a week on Fridays. The outbound flight AC975 to SJD will depart at 08:00 and arrive at 12:40. The return service AC974 to YUL will depart at 13:40 and arrive at 21:05. This route will be operated by the carrier's larger 169-seater Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, which has 16 business class seats in a two-two configuration and 153 economy class seats in a three-three configuration.

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Montreal (YUL) - La Romana (LRM): This new seasonal service, commencing on December 17th, will be operated once a week on Sundays by Air Canada's subsidiary, Air Canada Rouge. Flight AC1756 to LRM will depart at 09:10 and arrive at 15:10. The return flight AC1757 to YUL will depart at 16:10 and arrive at 20:05.

Air Canada Rouge's Airbus A319-100 aircraft will carry out this service. This aircraft has 136 seats split between 12 in the business class cabin in a 2-2 layout and 124 in the economy class cabin in a 3-3 configuration.

Find flights from Montreal to La Romana here

Part of the greater expansion plan

With the entire aviation industry going through a post-pandemic recovery phase, Air Canada certainly has been doing its part in network recovery and going further with network expansions.

The airline has increased its capacity from Vancouver International Airport (YVR) by up to 50% to destinations such as Mexico, Miami, Phoenix, and Las Vegas. Apart from regional expansions, Air Canada has been making great strides in recent months in its international long-haul expansions by introducing a new codeshare with flydubai, which allows further connections to Air Canada's Toronto - Dubai and Vancouver - Dubai routes.

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  Air Canada

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  Aeroplan

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  Toronto Pearson International Airport

  IATA/ICAO Code:

  YYZ/CYYZ

  Country:

  Canada

  CEO:

  Deborah Flint

  Passenger Count :

  13,300,000 (2020)

  Runways :

  05/23 - 3 ,389m (11,119ft) | 06L/24R - 2,956m (9,698ft) | 06R/24L - 2,743m (8,999ft) | 15L/33R - 3,368m (11,050ft) | 15R/33L - 2,770m (9,088ft)

  Terminals:

  Terminal 1 | Terminal 3