More Canadians may be opting to travel closer to home this summer, but apparently someone forgot to share that statistic with Air Canada. The airline, which has launched nearly a dozen new international routes this year, has just commenced new service between Toronto Pearson International Airport and London Gatwick on Air Canada rouge, the carrier’s leisure line.

Flight AC1924, a seasonal, non-stop route will operate daily during the summer season.

"London-Heathrow is already Air Canada's largest international gateway with flights to eight Canadian cities, so we are pleased to expand to London-Gatwick in time for the summer, when millions of vacationers are travelling between Canada and the U.K.,” said Benjamin Smith, President, Passenger Airlines at Air Canada. “With this new route, we become the only Canadian carrier serving the two largest airports in the London metropolitan region, which further solidifies our already market-leading position as the airline operating the most seats between Canada and U.K."

The new route is being services with Boeing 767-300ER aircraft with premium and economy class cabins.  The daily will continue throughout the summer until September 26, at which time the airline plans to reduce frequency until October 16.

This summer Air Canada is launching international services between Toronto-Prague, Toronto-Budapest, Toronto-Warsaw, Toronto-Glasgow, Toronto-Seoul, Montreal-Casablanca, Montreal-Lyon, Vancouver-Brisbane and Vancouver-Dublin. The new schedule comes on the heels of last year’s expansion of the international network, including new service between Toronto-Delhi, Toronto-Amsterdam, Toronto-Dubai, Montreal-Venice, Montreal-Mexico City and Vancouver-Osaka.

For more information, visit www.aircanada.com.

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