Air Canada Keeps Copenhagen and Manchester Flying All Winter
Toronto–Copenhagen and Toronto–Manchester stay on Air Canada's A321XLR through the winter for the first time, and Lima and Rio return from Toronto six weeks earlier than last year.
From this week, Toronto has a nonstop to Copenhagen and to Manchester all winter. Air Canada is running both routes year-round on the single-aisle Airbus A321XLR where they used to be summer-only. Winter service to Manchester began on Sunday 25 October, and the first winter Copenhagen flight leaves Pearson on Tuesday 27 October.
The schedules
Air Canada published these timetables:
| Flight | Route | Departs | Arrives | Days | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC908 | Toronto–Manchester | 21:00 | 09:00 next day | Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun | 25 Oct |
| AC909 | Manchester–Toronto | 12:00 | 15:05 | Mon, Tue, Thu, Sat | 26 Oct |
| AC828 | Toronto–Copenhagen | 21:15 | 10:15 next day | Tue, Thu, Sat | 27 Oct |
| AC829 | Copenhagen–Toronto | 11:45 | 14:45 | Wed, Fri, Sun | 28 Oct |
All times are local. Air Canada notes that schedule times are subject to change.
South America restarts early
The same winter schedule brings Latin America back sooner than last year:
- Toronto–Rio de Janeiro resumed on 24 October, six weeks earlier than in 2025.
- Toronto–Lima resumed on 24 October, also six weeks earlier, and goes up to three flights a week from two.
- Montréal–Lima resumes on 25 October, six weeks earlier, with up to three weekly flights.
- Montréal–Santiago returns on 26 November with up to four weekly flights, up from three.
- Montréal–Bogotá goes up to four weekly flights from three, on the 787.
New this winter, Quito starts on 4 December from Montréal, three times a week, and on 5 December from Toronto, on Saturdays. Both use the Boeing 787-8.
Air Canada’s 20 October release on its winter network lists Rio and Lima among its long-haul winter options. Mark Galardo, Air Canada’s chief commercial officer, said the winter network is “designed to offer our customers more choice, more non-stop options.”
Why it matters
Air Canada used to fly both routes only in summer, so clients travelling to Copenhagen or Manchester between late autumn and spring had to take a connection on its network. Now there’s an overnight nonstop from Pearson three or four times a week. The A321XLR is a single-aisle aircraft, so each flight carries fewer seats than a widebody would. Expect the lower fare classes to go first on dates around Christmas.
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Lauren Smith writes Hotel Watch for Not An Atlas. She grew up in Glasgow and now works from Toronto, usually within reach of a pug, a laptop and a stack of McDonald's Monopoly vouchers. Her first flight was to Orlando, and she still remembers how kind everyone was. She's a window-seat loyalist (somewhere to rest your head), eats whatever the locals recommend (schnitzel and an Austrian beer, the moment she landed in Vienna), and always packs spare underwear. Just in case. Hallstatt on a sunny day is her “this is why I travel” moment, the Highlands are where she'd go back tomorrow, and South Korea or Japan is next. Friends say bubbly, caring and fun. Her mum says chaotic but organized.
