Air Canada will fly all-business-class A319s to warm-weather cities this winter

Air Canada will fly all-business-class configured Airbus A319s on several scheduled routes this winter as it searches for passengers after the coronavirus decimated Canada’s air transport industry. The carrier says on 21 October it will deploy the A319s – which are part of the company’s Jetz charter fleet – on Air Canada routes to warm-weather destinations during the all-important Christmas travel season. The A319s have only 58 seats, all in business class. “Customers booking on a Jetz flight will enjoy such amenities as its all-business-class seating configuration, upgraded meal service and shorter boarding and deplaning times. These features, combined with Jetz’s other attributes, create a private-jet-like experience,” says Air Canada VP network planning and alliances, Mark Galardo. The aircraft, which are typically available for charter by professional sports teams, touring music bands or corporate clients, will be used for commercial service between 12 December and 6 January. They will fly nonstop from Air Canada’s hubs of Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal to southern sun destinations in the US, Mexico and Caribbean. Such destinations, popular with Canadian snowbirds, include Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Fort Myers, Cancun, Barbados and Puerto Vallarta. In addition, Air Canada will offer the aircraft on flights from Toronto to western Canadian destinations Kelowna and Vancouver.<br/>