Air Canada plans to add up to 15 new US destinations by 2028
Air Canada plans to add 10 to 15 new destinations in the U.S. over the next three years as it works to bring more American travelers through its hubs on their way to Europe and Asia. The Montreal-based Star Alliance carrier plans to serve 60 to 65 U.S. "stations" — or airports, such as New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and LaGuardia Airport (LGA), both of which are considered separate stations — by 2028, Alexandre Lefèvre, Air Canada's vice president of planning and scheduling, said at the Routes Americas conference in Nassau, Bahamas, on Tuesday. Schedule data from aviation analytics firm Cirium shows that Air Canada will serve 50 U.S. destinations in the second quarter. The airline has unveiled one new U.S. destination to date this year: Jacksonville International Airport (JAX). "We need to offer more connectivity," Lefèvre said. "We need to offer more dots on the map, [and] basically create more value." Air Canada's planned U.S. expansion follows an established playbook. The airline focuses primarily on midsize American cities where connections over one of its three hubs — Montreal-Trudeau International Airport (YUL), Toronto Pearson Airport (YYZ) and Vancouver International Airport (YVR) in British Columbia — make sense for trips to Asia or Europe. These are known as "sixth-freedom" itineraries where travelers originate in one country, change planes in another country and arrive in a third country.<br/>
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Air Canada plans to add up to 15 new US destinations by 2028
Air Canada plans to add 10 to 15 new destinations in the U.S. over the next three years as it works to bring more American travelers through its hubs on their way to Europe and Asia. The Montreal-based Star Alliance carrier plans to serve 60 to 65 U.S. "stations" — or airports, such as New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and LaGuardia Airport (LGA), both of which are considered separate stations — by 2028, Alexandre Lefèvre, Air Canada's vice president of planning and scheduling, said at the Routes Americas conference in Nassau, Bahamas, on Tuesday. Schedule data from aviation analytics firm Cirium shows that Air Canada will serve 50 U.S. destinations in the second quarter. The airline has unveiled one new U.S. destination to date this year: Jacksonville International Airport (JAX). "We need to offer more connectivity," Lefèvre said. "We need to offer more dots on the map, [and] basically create more value." Air Canada's planned U.S. expansion follows an established playbook. The airline focuses primarily on midsize American cities where connections over one of its three hubs — Montreal-Trudeau International Airport (YUL), Toronto Pearson Airport (YYZ) and Vancouver International Airport (YVR) in British Columbia — make sense for trips to Asia or Europe. These are known as "sixth-freedom" itineraries where travelers originate in one country, change planes in another country and arrive in a third country.<br/>
