Air Canada fleet

As of January 2025^[update], the Air Canada fleet consists of 199 mainline passenger aircraft, a mix of Airbus and Boeing narrow-body and wide-body jets.

A Boeing 737 MAX 8 operated by Air Canada

Additionally, Air Canada's various brands each have smaller fleets. Air Canada Cargo operates a fleet of six Boeing 767-300F freighter aircraft, Air Canada Express, as of September 2024^[update], has a fleet of 46 turboprop aircraft and 70 regional jets,^[1][2][3] Air Canada Jetz operates four Airbus A320 aircraft in an all-Business class configuration, and leisure brand Air Canada Rouge has 40 jets from the Airbus A320 family of narrow-body aircraft.

Current fleet

As of January 2025^[update], Air Canada operates the following mainline aircraft:

Air Canada mainline passenger fleet^[4]

Aircraft	In service	Orders	Passengers				Notes
			J	W	Y	Total
Airbus A220-300	34	31[5]	12	—	125	137	Deliveries until 2026.[6] 5 options exercised in December 2024.[7][8] Order with 15 options.[6]
Airbus A319-100	2	—	14	—	106	120
	2		12		124	136	Transferred from Air Canada Rouge with its configuration.
Airbus A320-200	18	—	12	—	132	146	8 aircraft to be retrofitted by end of 2025.[9]
Airbus A321-200	15	—	16	—	174	190	To be retrofitted to 196 seats by end of 2025.[9]
					180	196
	2		8		176	184	Transferred from EVA Air with its configuration.
Airbus A321XLR	—	30	14	—	168	182	Deliveries from Q3 2025 to 2029.[10][11][12]
Airbus A330-300	20	—	32	24	241	297
			30	—	255	285
Boeing 737 MAX 8	41	12	16	—	153	169	8 leases expected Q4 2024 to be put into service 2025. 5 leases announced in Q4 2023 to enter service in 2025.[13] All to be transferred to Air Canada Rouge by 2028.[14]
Boeing 767-300ER	—	2	24	—	187	211	To be return from service on 1 February 2025.[15]
Boeing 777-200LR	6	—	40	24	236	300
Boeing 777-300ER	19	—	40	24	336	400
			28		398	450
Boeing 787-8	8	—	20	21	214	255
Boeing 787-9	31	1	30	21	247	298	Deliveries until 2025.[6]
Boeing 787-10	—	18	42	28	262	332[16]	Deliveries begin in early 2026.
Heart ES-30	—	30	—	—	—	30	Deliveries begin in 2028.[17]
Total	199	124

Gallery

• Hover over each photo to view label detail
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  Airbus A220-300
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  Airbus A319-100 in older livery
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  Airbus A320-200
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  Airbus A321-200
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  Airbus A330-300
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  Boeing 737 MAX 8
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  Boeing 777-200LR
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  Boeing 777-300ER
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  Boeing 787-8
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  Boeing 787-9

Historical fleet

• Air Canada's Douglas DC-8-63 fleet was withdrawn from passenger service in 1983. Six of these were converted to DC-8-73 with new CFM engines and converted to freighters (DC-8-73F) in 1984 and retained for use by Air Canada Cargo eventually being sold off to DHL between 1990 and 1994.
• Air Canada's Douglas DC-9-15s were used up to 1968. One DC-9-32CF was used for cargo flights until 1977. The McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32s were used from 1967 to 2002.
• Air Canada's Canadair CRJ-100 aircraft were used from the mid-1990s until the early 2000s when they were transferred to regional affiliate Jazz Air LP operating as Air Canada Jazz.
• Air Canada's Airbus A340-500s were retired in November 2007 and replaced by Boeing 777-200LRs.^[18]
• Air Canada's Airbus A340-300s were retired in November 2008 and replaced by Boeing 777-300ERs.^[19]
• Air Canada's Boeing 767-200ER fleet was retired from service by the end of 2008.
• The McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 aircraft were operated from 1979 to 2000 by Canadian Pacific Air Lines and its successors Canadian Airlines International.
• The Boeing 737-200 aircraft were operated from 1968 to 2000 by Canadian Pacific Air Lines and its successors Canadian Airlines International. Subsequent to the merger with Canadian Airlines International, Air Canada operated these aircraft in a mainline two-class configuration, as well as in an all-economy class configuration with the Air Canada Tango and the Zip low-cost carrier brands.
• In 2020, Air Canada retired their entire Embraer E190 and Boeing 767-300ER fleets. The Embraer E190s were replaced by the Airbus A220-300 and Boeing 737 MAX 8, while the Boeing 767-300ER was replaced by the Airbus A330-300 and Boeing 787s. As of December 2021, certain previously retired Boeing 767-300ER (legacy passenger variant) aircraft are being converted and reintroduced into the fleet as Boeing 767-300ER/BDSF cargo aircraft.^[20] as of August 2024, Air Canada plans to reintroduce the Boeing 767-300ER type to its fleet at some point in 2025.
• Air Canada additionally planned to completely retire its Airbus A319 fleet in May 2020, replacing them with further Airbus A220-300s. The mainline A319s were tentatively retired later than previously planned on February 7, 2021, with the final mainline A319 operating a flight from Calgary to Phoenix; however, Air Canada continued to operate A319s as part of its charter fleet under Air Canada Jetz. Subsequently, mainline A319 service resumed in March 2022. As of September 2023, Air Canada operates 5 A319s as part of its mainline fleet.

Aircraft that Air Canada has operated since 1937, but are no longer in the fleet:

Previously operated

Aircraft	Total	Introduced	Retired	Notes	Refs
Airbus A340-300	13	1995	2008	Replaced by Boeing 777-300ER.	[21]
Airbus A340-500	2	2004	2007	Disposed to TAM Airlines. Replaced by Boeing 777-200LR.	[21]
Avro Lancastrian	Un­known	1943	1947		[21]
BAe 146-200	5	1990	2005	Operated by Air BC.	[21]
	5			Operated by Air Nova.
Boeing 727-200	30	1974	1992		[21]
Boeing 737-200	44	1976	2004	Former Canadian Airlines International fleet.	[21]
Boeing 747-100	5	1971	1998		[21]
Boeing 747-200M	3	1975	1999		[21]
Boeing 747-400	4	1990	2004	Former Canadian Airlines International fleet.	[21]
Boeing 747-400M	3	1990	2004		[21]
Boeing 767-200	23	1983	2008	C-GAUN, nicknamed Gimli Glider made an emergency landing at Gimli Industrial Park Airport on July 23, 1983 after running out of fuel at 41,000ft.	[21]
Boeing 767-300ER	44	1988	2020*	Replaced by Airbus A330-300 and Boeing 787-9. *Certain aircraft are being reintroduced into the fleet as Boeing 767-300ER/BDSF cargo aircraft.[20] To be put into passenger service on February 1, 2025[22]	[21]
Bombardier CRJ100	26	1994	2002	Transferred to Jazz Aviation.
Bristol Freighter	Un­known	1953	1955		[21]
Canadair North Star	Un­known	1946	1961		[21]
Douglas DC-3	27	1945	1963		[21]
Douglas DC-8-40	11	1974	1979		[21]
Douglas DC-8-50	3	1968	1980		[21]
Douglas DC-8-50CF	7	1964	1985		[21]
Douglas DC-8-60	14	1970	1986	CF-TIW, operating as Air Canada Flight 621, crashed while attempting a second landing at Toronto. Premature deployment of the spoilers on the first attempt resulted in a hard landing and structural damage.	[21]
Douglas DC-8-70F	8	1974	1994		[21]
McDonnell Douglas MD-11F	3	2005	2008	Leased from World Airways	[21]
Embraer 175	15	2005	2013	Launch Customer. Transferred to Sky Regional Airlines.
Embraer 190	45	2005	2020	Aircraft were leased to Nordic Aviation Capital and were later sold to Breeze Airways. Replaced by Airbus A220-300.	[21][23]
Fokker F28 Fellowship	30	1986	2004	Operated by Canadian Regional Airlines.	[21]
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar	12	1973	1996	Replaced by Boeing 767-300ER.	[21]
Lockheed L-1011-500 Tristar	6	1981	1992	Sold to Delta Airlines and replaced by Boeing 767-300ER.
Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation	Un­known	1953	1963		[21]
Lockheed Model 10 Electra	Un­known	1937	1941		[21]
Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra	Un­known	1941	1949		[21]
Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar	Un­known	1941	1949		[21]
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-10	14	1966	1981		[21]
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30	50	1967	2002	CF-TLU caught fire as Flight 797 in 1983 at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. CF-TLV crashed as Air Canada Flight 189 in 1978 at Toronto Pearson International Airport after a high speed rejected takeoff due to landing gear issues.	[21]
Stearman 4-EM Senior Speedmail	Un­known	1937	1939		[21]
Vickers Viscount	51[24]	1955	1974	15 – model V.724, 36 – model V.757[25]	[21]
Vickers Vanguard	23	1961	1972	23 – Type 952	[21]

British Aerospace 146-200 and Fokker F28 jet aircraft were operated by regional airline affiliates of Air Canada via code sharing agreements.

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