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Air Canada Brings the Sun Next Winter! New Flights to the Canary Islands, Plus More Vacation Options from Coast-to-Coast

The airline is adding the only nonstop North America service to Tenerife and new winter routes to four other leisure destinations.

  • On Monday, April 06, 2026, Air Canada announced new winter vacation destinations for the 2026-27 season, including the only non-stop flights from North America to Tenerife in the Canary Islands.
  • The airline is expanding its global network, adding Roatán, Santo Domingo, Mérida, and Mazatlán as new destinations while introducing leisure routes from Edmonton, Winnipeg, Quebec, and Halifax.
  • Flights to Tenerife will operate using the new Airbus A321XLR aircraft, accommodating 182 passengers in a configuration of 14 Signature Class seats and 168 Economy Class seats.
  • Tenerife Tourism CEO Dimple Melwani said the direct flights provide a "strategic boost" for the island, positioning Tenerife as a global hub for business and corporate tourism.
  • The airline increased Latin American service from Vancouver, utilizing growing A220 and Air Canada Rouge bases to unlock non-stop routes to Costa Rica and Mexico.
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Latvian airline Airbaltic was successful in the tenth tender of the Ministry of Infrastructure for increased air connectivity with a new flight connection to Tenerife, and will also extend flights to Gran Canaria. The carrier was unsuccessful in its application to extend the connection to Riga, nor was Norwegian with its extension of the connection to Copenhagen.

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Tenerife South-Reina Sofia International Airport will add new connections to two international destinations at the end of the year, specifically with two Canadian cities: Toronto and Montreal, by Air Canada. Thus, it is the first flights that cross the Atlantic connecting the Canary Islands and North America without stopovers. From the Canary Islands to Canada in less than 9 hours.On the one hand, the Tenerife South-Montreal route will begin to …

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Air Canada Brings the Sun Next Winter! New Flights to the Canary Islands, Plus More Vacation Options from Coast-to-Coast

New flights from Toronto and Montréal to Tenerife, the only non-stop services between North America and the Canary IslandsNew Air Canada destinations of Roatán*, Santo Domingo, Mérida*, and Mazatlán*Significant expansion

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Air Canada is preparing a qualitative jump to the winter leisure segment by launching, in the winter of 2026-2027, the first non-stop flights from North America to Tenerife, in the Spanish Canary Islands, operated in the new generation Airbus A321XLR. At the same time, the company is strongly expanding its "sun" network with new services to Roatán (Honduras), Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), Mérida and Mazatlán (Mexico), as well as a series o…

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The Hamilton Spectator broke the news in Hamilton, Canada on Monday, April 6, 2026.
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