Air Canada to operate year-round flights between Manchester and Toronto

Air Canada has announced it will operate its Toronto to Manchester Airport service all year round as part of a wider expansion of the airline’s winter network.

Flights from Manchester to Toronto will become year-round as of October, further building scale at Air Canada’s primary global hub. The route will be operated onboard the airline’s newest fleet type, the Airbus A321XLR featuring the first Air Canada narrow-body aircraft to offer Signature Class lie-flat seats. 

Mark Galardo, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, and President of Cargo at Air Canada:

“With a comprehensive network spanning all six inhabited continents, Air Canada’s expanded winter schedule further cements our hubs as premier global gateways facilitating fast, convenient travel. These exciting new additions and enhancements are a catalyst to facilitating tourism, trade and connectivity, and deliver more compelling opportunities for our customers and Aeroplan Members to travel almost anywhere in the world to, from or via Canada.”

Air Canada currently operates seasonal four-times weekly flights between Manchester Airport and Toronto, Canada’s largest city and financial capital. Serving the route from Manchester year-round will boost the airline’s UK customers’ ability to benefit from onward connectivity from Toronto to destinations in Canada, the USA and Latin America, including Quito in Ecuador, which will be served by one flight per week from Toronto from December.

The airline is also expanding its schedule to Brazil, Peru and Chile from Winter 2026. Timings have been coordinated to facilitate easier travel from Europe.