Air Canada resumes non-stop Ottawa to London-Heathrow route
Air Canada has announced it is further boosting its schedule serving Canada’s capital region with non-stop, international flights from Ottawa to London Heathrow.
Flights will be operated four-times weekly with Air Canada’s Dreamliner fleet offering a choice of three cabins beginning March 31, 2025.
“We are very pleased to solidify Air Canada’s leadership serving our country’s capital with the resumption of trans-Atlantic services beginning next spring,” said Mark Galardo, executive vice-president, revenue and network planning at Air Canada.
In addition to London being a top global destination, Heathrow is one of the world’s primary global gateways as well as home to Air Canada’s largest international operations. “Conveniently located together with our Star Alliance partner airlines in The Queen’s Terminal, Air Canada offers customers easy connections to a vast array of more than 30 destinations across Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa with our airline partners,” Galardo added. “With continued demand for visiting friends, relatives, leisure and tourism, as well as supporting business and corporate travel, this route gives customers from both the National Capital Region and abroad direct, convenient international travel options to and from Ottawa.”
Galardo also noted that Air Canada is looking forward to the future delivery of Air Canada’s new Airbus A321XLR fleet.
The economics, optimum cabin size and range of the XLR which is expected to begin arriving in late 2025, which “will enable us to consider operating this important international route with greater frequencies and potentially with year-round service,” concluded Mr. Galardo.
Significant Ottawa expansion
Air Canada’s Ottawa-London Heathrow flight resumption announcement follows its recent announcement significantly expanding services from Ottawa to points across Canada and sun leisure destinations this winter.
As Air Canada will operate up to 229 weekly flights to and from Ottawa next year across a range of regional, domestic, international and transborder flights, the carrier has designated Ottawa as a test location for trialing and refining new customer service initiatives designed to improve the customer journey.
