Air Canada's rouge swaps out 767-300s to 737-8s

Air Canada’s recently announced plans to increase frequencies on several North American leisure routes next winter includes swapping rouge-branded Boeing 767-300s to mainline flying with 737-8s. The service changes affect a total of seven routes linking Western Canada—five out of Vancouver (YVR) and two out of Calgary (YYC)—with Hawaii and Mexico. Current daily flights in the YVR-Honolulu and YVR-Maui markets will be upgraded to double-dailies. Weekly frequencies between YVR and Ixtapa, Mexico, will be upgraded to 3X-weekly. Twice-weekly frequencies in the YVR-Kona and YVR-Cancun markets will be increased to 4X-weekly. The carrier’s YYC-Maui route will see one additional weekly frequency, for a total of four. Air Canada also plans to change from Rouge 767s to mainline 737-8s on its 3X-weekly YYC-Cancun route. Rouge’s 767-300s are configured with 282 seats, while its 737-8s have 169 seats.<br/>