Air Canada continues Montreal hub buildup with Tokyo Narita 787 flights

Air Canada will launch Montreal Trudeau-Tokyo Narita Boeing 787 flights in June 2018, the latest move by the carrier to make Montreal into its third major international gateway along with Toronto and Vancouver. Montreal-based Air Canada is aiming to use the 787, of which it has taken delivery of more than 30 so far, to make Canadian hubs into transit points for international passengers, particularly US passengers traveling to points around the globe. Toronto and Vancouver are already major international hubs for Air Canada and this year Montreal has become formidable in its own right. In 2017 alone, Air Canada has launched flights from Montreal to Shanghai, Marseille (France), Dallas/Fort Worth, Washington Dulles, Reykjavik, Tel Aviv and Algiers. It will start Montreal-Lima flights in December 2017. “Air Canada is continuing its global expansion by strategically building its Montreal hub,” Air Canada president and CEO Calin Rovinescu said.<br/>