Air101: Air Canada updates winter schedule to offer 55 Caribbean and US Destinations.......

27 June, 2024

Air Canada updates winter schedule to offer 55 Caribbean and US Destinations.......

New Montreal-Saint Maarten*, Ottawa-Tulum*, Quebec City-Tulum* routes
Non-stop flights from Quebec City to Florida, Mexico, Caribbean
More flights from Halifax, Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver to popular vacation destinations

Air Canada has updated its 2024-25 winter sun network, with increased frequencies and featuring new routes from Ottawa and Quebec City to Tulum and from Montreal to Saint Maarten. In addition, more flights are scheduled from Halifax, Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver to popular vacation destinations in Florida and the Caribbean. This winter, Air Canada plans to operate up to 50 flights departing Canada every day, serving a total of 55 Caribbean and US Sun vacation destinations.

"Air Canada continues to expand the breadth of its winter leisure network by adding new routes to in-demand leisure destinations, including Saint Maarten and Tulum. Air Canada was the first Canadian carrier to launch service to Tulum, the newest airport in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, and we are thrilled to expand our services to offer non-stop flights from both Ottawa and Quebec City to this exciting destination. With the addition of new services to SaintMaarten from Montreal complementing our services from Toronto, Air Canada offers the most weekly frequencies from Canada to this binational, multicultural Caribbean island," said Mark Galardo, Executive Vice President, Revenue and Network Planning, at Air Canada.

"Air Canada and Air Canada Vacations will offer a multitude of travel options and increased frequencies from airports across Canada so customers can conveniently reach popular winter sun destinations. These flights are already available for sale and customers can make their winter travel plans now. We look forward to welcoming you onboard."

Increases in winter flying from Toronto

Toronto	Peak winter 2024 service improvements and seasonal resumptions
Toronto (YYZ) – Sarasota (SRQ)	Increases to 4 weekly flights from 3
Toronto (YYZ) – New Orleans (MSY)	Increases to 5 weekly flights from 4
Toronto (YYZ) – Los Cabos (SJD)	Increases to 5 weekly flights from 3
Toronto (YYZ) – Saint Martin (SXM)	Increases to 4 weekly flights from 2
Toronto (YYZ) – Bermuda (BDA)	Increases to 4 weekly flights from 3
Toronto (YYZ) – Tulum (TQO)	New winter route, 4 weekly flights

Increases in winter flying from Montreal

Montreal	Peak winter 2024 service improvements and seasonal resumptions
Montreal (YUL) – Saint Maarten (SXM)	New route, 1 weekly flight
Montreal (YUL) – Miami (MIA)	Increases to 3 daily flights from 2
Montreal (YUL) – Phoenix (PHX)	Increases to 4 weekly flights from 2
Montreal (YUL) – San José (SJO)	Increases to 1 daily flight from 3 weekly
Montreal (YUL) – Providenciales (PLS)	Increases to 3 weekly flights from 2
Montreal (YUL) – Fort-de-France (FDF)	Increases to 6 weekly flights from 5
Montreal (YUL) – Tulum (TQO)	New winter route, 5 weekly flights

Increases in winter flying from Quebec City

Quebec	Peak winter 2024 service improvements and seasonal resumptions
Quebec (YQB) – Tulum (TQO)	New route, 1 weekly flight
Québec (YQB) – Orlando (MCO)	Resumed October 30, with 2 weekly flights
Québec (YQB) – Fort Lauderdale (FLL)	Resumed October 31, with 2 weekly flights
Québec (YQB) – Punta Cana (PUJ)	Resumed October 30, with 2 weekly flights
Québec (YQB) – Cancún (CUN)	Resumed October 31, with 1 weekly flights

Increases in winter flying from Ottawa

Ottawa	Peak winter 2024 service improvements and seasonal resumptions
Ottawa (YOW) – Tulum (TQO)	New route, 1 weekly flight
Ottawa (YOW) – Tampa (TPA)	Increases to 2 weekly flights from 1
Ottawa (YOW) – Orlando (MCO)	Increases to 4 weekly flights from 2
Ottawa (YOW) – Fort Lauderdale (FLL)	Increases to 6 weekly flights from 4
Ottawa (YOW) – Punta Cana (PUJ)	Increases to 4 weekly flights from 3

Increases in winter flying from Halifax and Vancouver

Vancouver	Peak winter 2024 service improvements and seasonal resumptions
Vancouver (YVR) – Cancún (CUN)	Increases to 2 daily flights from 1

Halifax	Peak winter 2024 service improvements and seasonal resumptions
Halifax (YHZ) – Tampa (TPA)	Increases to 3 weekly flights from 2

*subject to final government approval

Jason Shaw

Editor in Chief. Jason's many years within the media and aviation industries have seen him working for airlines, tour operators, travel agents, radio stations, magazines and media consultancy operations. He loves to travel, often more for the journey than arriving at the destination. Strolling along a beach at dusk, red wine, reading and cheesecake are some of his favourite things.

Jason Shaw.

Jason Shaw's love of the aviation industry started at a young age when he used to watch the whirlybirds of Bristow Helicopters coming and going from the garden of his Surrey childhood home. Since those days he's worked in a number of key areas within the aviation industry from airlines, travel agents, holiday companies and product selection to reporting on it for local radio and making video travel brochures.

Jason is also an experienced broadcaster, having presented on radio, television, corporate videos and video travel brochures.

He's an avid reader and has also written a number of books, articles, features and reports.

Jason loves to travel, eat cheesecake and his favourite destinations include Port Douglas, Singapore and Copenhagen.

Joshua Jordan.

Josh loves to travel and has a passionate interest in the airline industry. He's worked in both travel and the media for a number of years. His voice can often be heard on Internet-based radio stations as well and the odd commercial! The destination he calls his favourite is - New York.

Adam Shaw

Adam is the youngest member of the team, no relation to Jason and like the rest of the team, he has a keen interest in airlines, aircraft and aviation. His favourite destination is Prague and has just started taking flying lessons.