Air Canada to serve Toronto hub year-round from Manchester 

Air Canada’s Manchester-Toronto service is to operate year-round from the autumn.

Flights will operate four days a week throughout the year from the October 26 start of the winter schedule with departures on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

The route will be operated by new extended range Airbus A321XLR, the airline’s first narrow-body aircraft to offer lie-flat seats in business class. 

The move is being enabled by a new base for Airbus A321XLRs at Toronto-Pearson Airport, complementing a previously announced base at Montreal.

The airline said: “Flights from Toronto to Manchester and Copenhagen will become year-round as of October, further building scale at Air Canada’s primary global hub.” 

Chief commercial officer Mark Galardo said: “With a comprehensive network spanning all six inhabited continents, Air Canada’s expanded winter schedule further cements our hubs as premier global gateways facilitating fast, convenient travel. 

“These exciting new additions and enhancements are a catalyst to facilitating tourism, trade and connectivity, and deliver more compelling opportunities for our customers and Aeroplan members to travel almost anywhere in the world to, from or via Canada.” 

He added: “We are continuing our strategic expansion into Latin America, taking advantage of continued demand strength and cargo opportunities, while leveraging a new Airbus A321XLR base at our Toronto-Pearson global hub to enable year-round service to Copenhagen and Manchester. 

“We are also capitalising on growing demand and Vancouver’s unique geography to add our first-ever service to Sapporo, the only non-stop from North America to this world-recognised winter leisure destination, while bringing two new options for our brand loyal customers in Calgary seeking out the warmth of Mexico’s beaches.”