{"id":439582,"date":"2026-01-28T22:50:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T22:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/439582\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T22:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T22:50:13","slug":"air-canada-adds-flights-to-ecuador-europe-amid-rising-demand-for-premium-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/439582\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Canada adds flights to Ecuador, Europe amid rising demand for premium travel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An Air Canada airliner takes off from Los Angeles International Airport in California, on Nov. 6, 2025.Mike Blake\/Reuters<\/p>\n

Air Canada AC-T<\/a> on Wednesday said it expanded its winter network to Europe and Latin America, betting on growing demand for premium international travel.<\/p>\n

It will launch new flights to Ecuador\u2019s capital, Quito, from its Toronto and Montreal hubs starting in December this year, using a Boeing 787 Dreamliner.<\/p>\n

Airlines in North America are increasingly relying on premium cabins, corporate travel and loyalty programs to drive bottom-line growth.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are continuing our strategic expansion into Latin America, taking advantage of continued demand strength and cargo opportunities, while leveraging a new Airbus A321 XLR base at our Toronto-Pearson global hub to enable year-round service to Copenhagen and Manchester,\u201d said Mark Galardo, president of cargo at Air Canada.<\/p>\n

How WestJet\u2019s seating U-turn highlights the risks of a bigger trend in economy travel<\/a><\/p>\n

Last week, Air Canada said it was expanding its route with non-stop flights to Sapporo, beginning in December, 2026.<\/p>\n

Separately, Unifor, which represents 6,000 members working at the carrier, said it had opened collective bargaining for airport and customer service staff ahead of a Feb. 28, 2026 contract expiration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: An Air Canada airliner takes off from Los Angeles International Airport in California,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439583,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,45,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,875,46,549,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,885,909,910,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,865,61,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":{"0":"post-439582","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-alberta","9":"tag-arts-news","10":"tag-bc","11":"tag-breaking-news","12":"tag-breaking-news-video","13":"tag-british-columbia","14":"tag-business","15":"tag-ca","16":"tag-canada","17":"tag-canada-news","18":"tag-canada-sports","19":"tag-canada-sports-news","20":"tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","21":"tag-canadian-breaking-news","22":"tag-canadian-news","23":"tag-economy","24":"tag-education","25":"tag-environment","26":"tag-federal-government","27":"tag-foreign-news","28":"tag-globe-and-mail","29":"tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","30":"tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","31":"tag-government","32":"tag-life-news","33":"tag-lifestyle","34":"tag-local-news","35":"tag-manitoba","36":"tag-national-news","37":"tag-new-brunswick","38":"tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","39":"tag-northwest-territories","40":"tag-nova-scotia","41":"tag-nunavut","42":"tag-ontario","43":"tag-pei","44":"tag-photos","45":"tag-political-news","46":"tag-political-opinion","47":"tag-politics","48":"tag-politics-news","49":"tag-quebec","50":"tag-sports-news","51":"tag-technology","52":"tag-travel","53":"tag-trudeau","54":"tag-us-news","55":"tag-world-news","56":"tag-yukon"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}