As of December 2023 [update], the Air Canada fleet consists of 187 mainline passenger aircraft, a mix of Airbus and Boeing narrow-body and wide-body jets.
Additionally, Air Canada's various brands each have smaller fleets. Air Canada Cargo operates a fleet of seven Boeing 767-300F freighter aircraft, Air Canada Express has a fleet of 50 turboprop aircraft and 67 regional jets, Air Canada Jetz operates four Airbus A320 aircraft in an all-Business class configuration, and leisure brand Air Canada Rouge has 40 jets from the Airbus A320 family of narrow-body aircraft.
This section only covers Air Canada's mainline passenger fleet. It does not include the fleets of Air Canada Cargo, Air Canada Express, Air Canada Jetz or Air Canada Rouge.
Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J | W | Y | Total | ||||
Airbus A220-300 | 33 | 27 [2] | 12 | — | 125 | 137 | Deliveries until 2026.
[3] Order with 15 options. [3] |
Airbus A319-100 | 3 | — | 14 | — | 106 | 120 | |
2 | 12 | 124 | 136 | Aircraft transferred from and still in Air Canada Rouge configuration. | |||
Airbus A320-200 | 19 | 2 | 14 | — | 132 | 146 | 8 aircraft to be retrofitted by 2025. [4] |
Airbus A321-200 | 14 | — | 16 | — | 174 | 190 | All aircraft to be retrofitted to 196 seats by 2025. [4] |
2 | 180 | 196 | |||||
Airbus A321XLR | — | 30 | 14 | — | 168 | 182 | Deliveries from Q3 2025 to 2029. [5] [6] [7] |
Airbus A330-300 | 16 | 2 | 32 | 24 | 241 | 297 | To be delivered in 2024. [8] |
2 | — | 30 | 255 | 285 | |||
Boeing 737 MAX 8 | 40 | 5 | 16 | — | 153 | 169 | |
Boeing 777-200LR | 6 | — | 40 | 24 | 236 | 300 | |
Boeing 777-300ER | 12 | — | 40 | 24 | 336 | 400 | |
7 | 28 | 398 | 450 | ||||
Boeing 787-8 | 8 | — | 20 | 21 | 214 | 255 | |
Boeing 787-9 | 31 | 1 | 30 | 21 | 247 | 298 | Deliveries until 2024. [3] |
Boeing 787-10 | — | 18 | TBA | Deliveries begin late 2025. [9] | |||
Heart ES-30 | — | 30 | — | — | — | 30 | Deliveries begin 2028. [10] |
Total | 195 | 115 |
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verification. (March 2023) |
Aircraft that Air Canada has operated since 1937, but are no longer in the fleet:
Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired | Notes | Refs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Airbus A340-300 | 13 | 1995 | 2008 | Replaced by Boeing 777-300ER. | [14] |
Airbus A340-500 | 2 | 2004 | 2007 | Disposed to
TAM Airlines. Replaced by Boeing 777-200LR. |
[14] |
Avro Lancastrian | Unknown | 1943 | 1947 | [14] | |
BAe 146-200 | 5 | 1990 | 2005 | Operated by Air BC. | [14] |
5 | Operated by Air Nova. | ||||
Boeing 727-200 | 30 | 1974 | 1992 | [14] | |
Boeing 737-200 | 44 | 1976 | 2004 | Taken over from merged Canadian Airlines International. | [14] |
Boeing 747-100 | 5 | 1971 | 1998 | [14] | |
Boeing 747-200M | 3 | 1975 | 1999 | [14] | |
Boeing 747-400 | 4 | 1990 | 2004 | Taken over from merged
Canadian Airlines International. Fleet sold to Aerolineas Argentinas and Philippine Airlines due to Air Canada's 2003 bankruptcy caused by the 9/11 attacks. [15] |
[14] |
Boeing 747-400M | 3 | 1990 | 2004 | Fleet sold to Air India, Air Cargo Global, and Guggenheim Aviation Partners due to Air Canada's 2003 bankruptcy caused by the 9/11 attacks. [15] | [14] |
Boeing 767-200 | 23 | 1983 | 2008 | C-GAUN, nicknamed Gimli Glider, was also in service until 2008. | [14] |
Boeing 767-300ER | 44 | 1988 | 2020* | 23 aircraft taken over from merged
Canadian Airlines International. 25 aircraft transferred to Air Canada Rouge. Fleet replaced by Boeing 787-9 and Airbus A330-300. *Certain aircraft are being reintroduced into the fleet as Boeing 767-300ER/BDSF cargo aircraft. [13] |
[14] |
Bombardier CRJ100 | 26 | 1994 | 2002 | Transferred to Jazz Aviation. | |
Bristol Freighter | Unknown | 1953 | 1955 | [14] | |
Canadair North Star | Unknown | 1946 | 1961 | [14] | |
Douglas DC-3 | Unknown | 1945 | 1963 | [14] | |
Douglas DC-8-40 | 11 | 1974 | 1979 | [14] | |
Douglas DC-8-50 | 3 | 1968 | 1980 | [14] | |
Douglas DC-8-50CF | 7 | 1964 | 1985 | [14] | |
Douglas DC-8-60 | 14 | 1970 | 1986 | CF-TIW, operating as Air Canada Flight 621, crashed while attempting a second landing at Toronto. Premature deployment of the spoilers on the first attempt resulted in a hard landing and structural damage. | [14] |
Douglas DC-8-70F | 8 | 1974 | 1994 | [14] | |
Embraer E175 | 15 | 2005 | 2013 | Launch Customer, Transferred to Sky Regional Airlines. | |
Embraer E190 | 45 | 2005 | 2020 | Aircraft were leased to Nordic Aviation Capital and were later on sold to Breeze Airways. Fleet replaced by Airbus A220-300. | [14] [16] |
Fokker F28 Fellowship | 30 | 1986 | 2004 | Operated by Canadian Regional Airlines. | [14] |
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar Series | 18 | 1973 | 1999 | Fleet replaced by
Boeing 767-300ER. Initially retired in 1991. Three aircraft returned to service through 1999. [17] |
[14] |
Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation | Unknown | 1953 | 1963 | [14] | |
Lockheed Model 10 Electra | Unknown | 1937 | 1941 | [14] | |
Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra | Unknown | 1941 | 1949 | [14] | |
Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar | Unknown | 1941 | 1949 | [14] | |
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-10 | 14 | 1966 | 1981 | [14] | |
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 | 50 | 1967 | 2002 | C-FTLU caught fire as Flight 797 in 1983 at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. | [14] |
Stearman 4-EM Senior Speedmail | Unknown | 1937 | 1939 | [14] | |
Vickers Viscount | 51 [18] | 1955 | 1974 | 15 – model V.724, 36 – model V.757 [19] | [14] |
Vickers Vanguard | 23 | 1961 | 1972 | 23 – Type 952 | [14] |
British Aerospace 146-200 and Fokker F28 jet aircraft were operated by regional airline affiliates of Air Canada via code sharing agreements.