YHZ - LHR Flight Frequency Reductions & Operational Changes
Air Canada is making some major changes to its YHZ - LHR service in 2026/2027. From July 1, 2026 until November 30, 2026 they are switching the aircraft to the 177 seat AC Rouge Boeing 737 max 8 from the 169 seat mainline max 8. During this time the flight will operate daily. The seat pitch on these AC Rouge max 8’s is 29 inches, which is a one inch reduction from the mainline max 8 30 inch seat pitch. That is a long flight for an ever reducing legroom space.
From December 1, 2026 until March 27, 2027 the flight will operate four times weekly on the new 182 seat Airbus A321XLR. It will operate on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays over this time period.
From March 28, 2027 this route will revert back to a daily service. It will continue to be operated by the Airbus A321XLR.
https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/260515-acfy26lhr
Over the December to March time frame AC will be sharing this one Airbus A321XLR aircraft with YOW. AC will operate YOW - LHR on the three days the frame is not used from YHZ. While I am happy to see that AC are introducing the A321XLR to YHZ it is unfortunate that it is only four days a week for four months. AC have operated this route for decades on a daily basis year round with only a few exceptions over the winter months. It will be interesting to see how their scheduling develops for the winter 2027/2028 season.
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