Air Canada will transition a number of mainline routes into the network of low-cost subsidiary Rouge beginning later this year, an expansion that will see Rouge’s Boeing 767-300ERs deployed to the USA and to more cities in Hawaii, the carrier confirms.
The expansion kicks off on 24 October, when Rouge will begin thrice weekly flights between Toronto and Sarasota in Florida using Airbus A319s, schedules show.
Later in winter Rouge will transition the service to once daily and also operate A321s on the route.
Then on 25 October, Rouge will begin flying A319s between Toronto and Fort Lauderdale three times daily, with frequencies increasing to up to five-times daily in December. It will also operate A321s and 767s on the route, schedules show.
That same day, Rouge will launch A319 service between Toronto and Panama City, which will initially operate twice weekly but transition to thrice weekly.
That will be followed on 16 December by up to five-times daily service between Montreal and Fort Lauderdale using A319s, A321s and 767s, schedules show.
The expansion continues on 19 December with the planned launch by Rouge of once- or twice-weekly 767 flights between Vancouver and Kona in Hawaii.
Then on 7 January the carrier will begin flying 767s once daily between Toronto and Bridgetown in Barbados, schedules show.
On 15 January, Rouge will begin flying A319s three- to four-times weekly between Montreal and Tampa, and three- to five-times weekly between Montreal and West Palm Beach.
Then on 17 January the carrier will begin flying twice weekly between Montreal and Nassau.
Rouge will launch another 767 route, a once-weekly service between Vancouver and Cancun, on 15 February, according to published flight schedules.
Air Canada and published flight schedules.
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