Air Canada launches Montreal flights from Edinburgh

Air Canada has announced a new route from Edinburgh to Montreal.

It will only operate for part of the peak summer period. Flights will start on 27th June and end on 7th September.

There will be three flights per week, leaving Edinburgh on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday.

Interestingly, the airline is using a Boeing 737 MAX 8. This single aisle aircraft is configured with 16 Premium Economy seats and 153 economy seats – there is no business class. All seats have personal touch-screen TVs.

There is no change to the existing Air Canada route between Toronto and Edinburgh which launches for the season on 30th April.

Edinburgh will serve 11 cities in North America this summer, a rise which has come at the expense of Glasgow airport in recent years.

Air Canada is a Star Alliance member so the flights should be bookable with miles from any Star Alliance programme, including Lufthansa Miles & More.

The airline will operate 75 weekly flights from the UK during the peak summer period, with routes from London Heathrow, Manchester and Edinburgh to cities including Calgary, Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver.

You can check schedules and pricing on the Air Canada website here.

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None of the Star Alliance airlines currently have a UK credit card.

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