June 13th, 2016 - Air Canada Rouge began summer seasonal service between Toronto and Glasgow aboard Boeing 767-300ER aircraft. Air Canada last served the Glasgow market in 2005. The Glasgow service will operate until September 25, 2016.
June 14th, 2016 - Toronto-Warsaw launched! summer seasonal service by Air Canada Rouge.
June 16th, 2016 - Air Canada l added Montreal - Lyon to its route network when an Air Canada Boeing 767-300ER.
June 17th, 2016 - launch of daily, year-round 787-9 Dreamliner service non-stop between Toronto and Seoul,
- Air Canada mainline has also started non-stop, year-round 787-8 Vancouver - Brisbane service .
- Launched daily 787 Dreamliner service on its Vancouver - Newark route.
June 26th, 2016 - resumption of Rouge seasonal service between Toronto – Abbotsford.
LOTAMS to support Air Canada Rouge 767.
LOT Aircraft Maintenance Services (LOTAMS) has been selected by Air Canada Rouge to provided MRO services on its fleet of 767-300 aircraft. The Poland-headquartered firm said it won the contract thanks to its technical experience on the aircraft type, acquired during co-operations with 767 operators including LOT Polish Airlines, NEOS, TUI Airlines Netherlands, CargoJet, Ukraine International Airlines and UTair.
LOTAMS added it was aided by the fact that it was issued with a Transport Canada Civil Aviation authority certificate in 2010. (source MRO Jun 22/16)
Air Canada has finalized an order for 45 Bombardier CS300s, plus options for 30 additional aircraft. The letter of intent was previously announced in February. According to Bombardier, deliveries are sheduled to begin in late 2019 and extend to 2022. The firm order is valued at approximately $3.8 billion, which would increase to $6.3 billion if Air Canada exercises all 30 options.