A sign that international tourism is slowly resuming as health restrictions fall in many countries around the world, Air Canada announced on Tuesday the resumption of 34 international routes, including 14 from Montreal-Trudeau, for next summer. .
Posted at 1:44 p.m.
Australia has just reopened its borders to foreigners, air traffic is reaching new (post-pandemic) heights in the United States and more and more countries, like the United Kingdom, are forgoing drug tests. COVID-19 for visitors… After months of depression, the horizon finally seems to be clearing up for international tourism.
In this more favorable context, Air Canada is announcing next month the resumption of a series of transatlantic and transpacific routes. From Montreal, year-round service to Casablanca, Nice, Algiers, Rome, Tel Aviv and Tokyo will gradually resume between March 26 and June 8.
The carrier will also restore in time for the summer holidays a series of seasonal services, abandoned due to the pandemic. Among them, still departing from Montreal, there are direct flights to Athens, Barcelona, Dublin, Lisbon, Cairo, Reykjavík, Milan and Venice.
Air Canada also announces the resumption of service to 16 destinations from Toronto, three from Vancouver and one from Halifax.
“This is great news for our customers now that Omicron has lost ground,” said Mark Galardo, Senior Vice President, Air Canada. We are very pleased to densify our international network on four continents to satisfy the pent-up demand. »
Also for next summer, Air Canada is also announcing seven new routes on the North American market, as well as the resumption of 41 routes interrupted by the pandemic.