Air Canada to reinstate some international routes to repatriate citizens

Air Canada will reinstate some international connections in an effort to repatriate citizens who have become stranded overseas as a result of the global coronavirus pandemic. The carrier says it will operate 6 flights to destinations in Spain and South America to pick up travellers who have been stuck there since much of global aviation shut down in the past week. “Several hundred Canadians trapped in Peru, Ecuador and Spain since the imposition of restrictive travel measures by the authorities will finally be able to return home,” Calin Rovinescu, the carrier’s CE, said Monday. “Air Canada remains fully mobilised [in] dealing with this global health crisis and we have committed to keep operating internationally, transborder to the US and across Canada to allow people to return to Canadian soil as quickly as possible.” <br/>