MONTREAL — With travel poised for a strong resurgence, Air Canada is gearing up for busy months ahead with a vastly restored network for summer 2022, both internationally and in North America.

 “This is very exciting news for our customers especially now that omicron is behind us, countries are reopening and border measures are being eased around the world for fully vaccinated travellers,” said Mark Galardo, Air Canada’s Senior Vice President, Network Planning and Revenue Management.

Air Canada’s refund policy is applicable to all tickets purchased, and offers passengers the option of a full refund to the original form of payment, an Air Canada Travel Voucher or the equivalent value in Aeroplan Points with a 65% bonus should the airline cancel or reschedule a flight by more than three hours.

For international travel, Air Canada’s Travel Ready Hub outlines all the latest government entry requirements. Passengers are responsible for ensuring they meet all government entry requirements, including holding the correct travel documents, visas, any required health certificates, and all other eligibility requirements for any flights they purchase. Air Canada also notes that government requirements may change with little notice.

Canada’s eased travel measures, effective Feb. 28, 2022, for fully vaccinated travellers, include: the option of antigen tests instead of PCR tests for the pre-arrival testing requirement; a return to randomized on-arrival PCR testing with no isolation while waiting for test results; no isolation requirement for unvaccinated kids under 12 travelling with fully vaccinated adults; and a downgraded travel advisory, to Level 2.

Here’s a look at Air Canada’s international and North American network news for summer 2022…

INTERNATIONAL

Air Canada’s expanded summer 2022 international schedule includes 34 routes relaunching across the Atlantic and Pacific.

The airline says it will offer the country’s most extensive schedule to global destinations this summer, with increased connectivity to Air Canada’s large North American network.

Among the highlights, Air Canada is restoring popular European destinations, including Barcelona, Budapest, Copenhagen, Madrid, Milan and Venice, which have been suspended since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020.

Plus, starting in March 2022, nonstop service will begin resuming from Toronto to Tel Aviv, Paris, Tokyo and Amsterdam; from Montreal to Casablanca, Nice, Algiers, Rome, Tel Aviv and Tokyo; and from Vancouver to Frankfurt, Dublin and Zurich.

“Air Canada’s recovery is well underway and gaining strength, and we are pleased to expand our international network across four continents as we respond to pent-up demand. Our vast and growing network has been built to conveniently increase connectivity to and from global destinations through our Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver hubs Combined with the networks of our Joint Venture and Star Alliance partners, we can offer customers easy access to virtually any destination in the world,” said Galardo.

Summer 2022 International Route Resumptions

Toronto

Vancouver

Montreal

Halifax

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NORTH AMERICA

Air Canada’s relaunch of international routes builds on its major expansion in the North American market, where seven new routes are launching from three Canadian hubs in summer 2022, and 41 previously suspended routes are resuming.

Flights are timed to optimize connectivity to Air Canada’s extensive North American network, including 46 airports in the U.S. Air Canada also notes that it’s offering the most seats and frequencies of any Canadian carrier with 90% of its pre-pandemic North American capacity this summer.

New Transborder and Domestic Routes

Returning and Previously Announced New Routes