Air Canada begins relaunching flights so clients can journey once more
First departures are AC009 from Toronto to Tokyo-Narita, AC556 from Vancouver to Los Angeles and AC489 from Montreal to Toronto
155 flights scheduled to depart at the moment from Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver throughout North America and to Europe, Asia, South Pacific
Distinctive disruption coverage to be applied to cowl transport bills
MONTREAL, Aug. 19, 2025 /CNW/ – With the departures of AC009 from Toronto to Tokyo-Narita, AC556 from Vancouver to Los Angeles and AC489 from Montreal to Toronto, Air Canada resumed operations at the moment to get Canadians transferring once more. The three flights have been the primary of 155 scheduled for the day because the airline step by step resumes service, starting with a restricted variety of worldwide flights this night. This can step by step enhance because the airline restores service in Canada, the U.S. and all over the world over the approaching days.
“We’re laser-focused on getting our clients transferring once more. Restoring world operations will take as much as ten days, as plane and crew are out of place. Moreover, obligatory upkeep checks are required, as plane have been on the bottom for greater than three days. Regrettably, throughout this era some flights shall be canceled till the schedule is stabilized, and we’ll notify clients effectively prematurely and supply choices,” mentioned Mark Nasr, Govt Vice President and Chief Operations Officer, at Air Canada.
“When clients purchase a ticket on Air Canada, we’re making a dedication to ship them safely and on schedule. Following this disruption, we all know confidence has been shaken. We’re working onerous to totally restore their belief, beginning by getting clients on their means once more. To try this, we shall be introducing an distinctive coverage tomorrow, in direction of overlaying transportation bills which clients could have incurred to get to their vacation spot throughout this disruption. As effectively, we’ve created a dashboard on our web site so anybody can transparently monitor our progress as our operations return to regular. We sit up for welcoming our clients and flight attendants again onboard,” concluded Mr. Nasr.
Air Canada’s restoration dashboard is offered now at www.aircanada.com/motion. The airline’s distinctive disruption coverage shall be obtainable starting August 20, 2025 at www.aircanada.com/motion.
As Air Canada ramps up, clients ought to solely go to the airport in the event that they maintain a confirmed reserving, and their flights present as working. Flight standing might be checked on aircanada.com or on the Air Canada app. These with cancelled flights can acquire a full refund, a journey credit score, or, ask to be rebooked on our Star Alliance companions or different airways, though capability is restricted attributable to peak summer season journey. To help within the rebooking course of, Air Canada has designated 5,000 brokers to help clients find various journey. Extra data for purchasers about journey choices together with an FAQ is at: www.aircanada.com/motion.
Air Canada Specific flights operated by Jazz or PAL proceed to function as regular.
