Air Canada fleet

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The Air Canada fleet consists of 216 mainline passenger aircraft, a mix of Airbus and Boeing narrow-body and wide-body jets. This list excludes aircraft from subsidiaries Air Canada Express, Air Canada Jetz, Air Canada Rouge and Air Canada Cargo.

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Current fleet

As of April 2026, Air Canada operates the following mainline aircraft:

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Air Canada mainline fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
J W Y Total
Airbus A220-300 42 23 12 — 125 137 Deliveries until 2027.[1][2]
5 options exercised on 20 December 2024.[3][4]
Order with 10 options.[2]
Airbus A320-200 16 2 12 — 132 146 8 aircraft to be retrofitted by the end of 2025.[5]
5 to be transferred from Air Canada Rouge by 2027.[5][6]
Airbus A321-200 16 13 — 16 180 196 13 aircraft to be transferred from Air Canada Rouge by 2027.[7]
5 8 176 184 Transferred from EVA Air with its configuration.
Airbus A321XLR 1[8] 29 14 — 168 182 Deliveries until 2029.[9][10][11]
Airbus A330-300 20 — 32 24 241 297
— 30 255 285
Airbus A350-1000 — 8 TBA Deliveries to start in 2030.[12]
Order with 8 options.[12]
Boeing 737 MAX 8 45[13] — 16 — 153 169 To be transferred to Air Canada Rouge.[14][15]
— 189 189
Boeing 777-200LR 6 — 40 24 236 300
Boeing 777-300ER 19 — 40 24 336 400
28 398 450
Boeing 787-8 8 — 20 21 214 255
Boeing 787-9 32 — 30 21 247 298
Boeing 787-10 — 14 42 28 262 332[16] Deliveries from 2026 until 2030.
Order with 12 options.[1][17]
Heart ES-30 — 30 TBA 30 Deliveries begin in 2029.[18][1]
Total 216 120
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Historical fleet

  • Air Canada's Douglas DC-8-63 fleet was withdrawn from passenger service in 1983. Six of these were converted to DC-8-73 with new CFM engines, converted to freighters (DC-8-73F) in 1984, and retained for use by Air Canada Cargo, eventually being sold off to DHL between 1990 and 1994.
  • Air Canada's Douglas DC-9-15s were used up to 1968. One DC-9-32CF was used for cargo flights until 1977. The McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32s were used from 1967 to 2002.
  • Air Canada's Canadair CRJ-100 aircraft were used from the mid-1990s until the early 2000s when they were transferred to regional affiliate Jazz Air LP operating as Air Canada Jazz.
  • Air Canada's Airbus A340-500s were retired in November 2007 and replaced by Boeing 777-200LRs.[19]
  • Air Canada's Airbus A340-300s were retired in November 2008 and replaced by Boeing 777-300ERs.[citation needed]
  • Air Canada's Boeing 767-200ERs were retired at the end of 2008 and replaced by Airbus A330-300s.
  • The McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 aircraft were operated from 1979 to 2000 by Canadian Pacific Air Lines and its successors Canadian Airlines International.
  • The Boeing 737-200 aircraft were operated from 1968 to 2000 by Canadian Pacific Air Lines and its successors Canadian Airlines International. After the merger with Canadian Airlines International, Air Canada operated these aircraft in a mainline two-class configuration, as well as in an all-economy class configuration with the Air Canada Tango and the Zip low-cost carrier brands.
  • In 2020, Air Canada retired their entire Boeing 767-300ER and Embraer E190 fleets. The Embraer E190 was replaced by the Airbus A220-300, while the Boeing 767-300ER was replaced by Boeing 787. As of December 2021, certain previously retired Boeing 767-300ER (legacy passenger variant) aircraft are being converted and reintroduced into the fleet as Boeing 767-300ER/BDSF cargo aircraft.[20] As of August 2024, Air Canada plans to reintroduce the Boeing 767-300ER type to its fleet sometime in 2025.
  • Air Canada additionally planned to completely retire its Airbus A319 fleet in May 2020, replacing them with further Airbus A220-300s. The mainline A319s were tentatively retired later than previously planned on February 7, 2021, with the final mainline A319 operating a flight from Calgary to Phoenix; however, Air Canada continued to operate A319s as part of its charter fleet under Air Canada Jetz. Subsequently, the mainline A319 service resumed in March 2022 until its retirement on September 7, 2025.

Aircraft that Air Canada has operated since 1937, but are no longer in the fleet:

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Previously operated
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes Refs
Airbus A319-100 48 1997 2025 17 aircraft remain in service with Air Canada Rouge.
Airbus A340-300 13 1995 2008 Replaced by Boeing 777-300ER. [21]
Airbus A340-500 2 2004 2007 Disposed to TAM Airlines.
Replaced by Boeing 777-200LR.		 [21]
Avro Lancastrian Unknown 1943 1947 [21]
BAe 146-200 5 1990 2005 Operated by Air BC. [21]
5 Operated by Air Nova.
Boeing 727-200 30 1974 1992 [21]
Boeing 737-200 44 1976 2004 Former Canadian Airlines International fleet. [21]
Boeing 747-100 5 1971 1998 [21]
Boeing 747-200M 3 1975 1999 [21]
Boeing 747-400 4 1990 2004 Former Canadian Airlines International fleet. [21]
Boeing 747-400M 3 1990 2004 [21]
Boeing 767-200 23 1983 2008 Replaced by Airbus A330-300.
C-GAUN, nicknamed Gimli Glider made an emergency landing at Gimli Industrial Park Airport on July 23, 1983 after running out of fuel at 41,000 ft.		 [21]
Boeing 767-300ER 44 1988 2020* Replaced by Boeing 787-9 and Boeing 777-300ER.
Six aircraft are reintroduced into the fleet as Boeing 767-300ER/BDSF cargo aircraft.[20]		 [21]
Bombardier CRJ100 26 1994 2002 Transferred to Jazz Aviation.
Bristol Freighter Unknown 1953 1955 [21]
Canadair North Star Unknown 1946 1961 [21]
Douglas DC-3 27 1945 1963 [21]
Douglas DC-8-40 11 1974 1979 [21]
Douglas DC-8-50 3 1968 1980 [21]
Douglas DC-8-50CF 7 1964 1985 [21]
Douglas DC-8-60 14 1970 1986 CF-TIW, operating as Air Canada Flight 621, crashed while attempting a second landing at Toronto.
Premature deployment of the spoilers on the first attempt resulted in a hard landing and structural damage.		 [21]
Douglas DC-8-70F 8 1974 1994 [21]
Embraer E175 15 2005 2013 Launch customer.
Transferred to Sky Regional Airlines.
Embraer E190 45 2005 2020 20 aircraft were bought by Boeing Capital as part of a deal with Boeing, the rest were later taken up by Beautech Power System and Nordic Aviation Capital.
Replaced by Airbus A220-300.		 [21][22]
Fokker F28 Fellowship 30 1986 2004 Operated by Canadian Regional Airlines. [21]
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 12 1973 1996 Replaced by Boeing 767-300ER. [21]
Lockheed L-1011-500 Tristar 6 1981 1992 Sold to Delta Air Lines and replaced by Boeing 767-300ER.
Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation Unknown 1953 1963 [21]
Lockheed Model 10 Electra Unknown 1937 1941 [21]
Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra Unknown 1941 1949 [21]
Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar Unknown 1941 1949 [21]
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-10 14 1966 1981 [21]
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 50 1967 2002 CF-TLU caught fire as Flight 797 in 1983 at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.
CF-TLV crashed as Air Canada Flight 189 in 1978 at Toronto Pearson International Airport after a high speed rejected takeoff due to landing gear issues.		 [21]
McDonnell Douglas MD-11F 3 2005 2008 Leased from World Airways. [21]
Stearman 4-EM Senior Speedmail Unknown 1937 1939 [21]
Vickers Viscount 51[23] 1955 1974 15 – model V.724, 36 – model V.757[24] [21]
Vickers Vanguard 23 1961 1972 23 – Type 952 [21]
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British Aerospace 146-200 and Fokker F28 jet aircraft were operated by regional airline affiliates of Air Canada via code sharing agreements.

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