ACE Aviation Holdings Inc., through its subsidiary, Air Canada, provides domestic and international airline services. The company also provides scheduled passenger services in the Canadian market, the Canada-US transborder market and in the international market to and from Canada.
Air Canada
In 2008, Air Canada (including Jazz) operated, on average, approximately 1,374 average daily departures to 58 destinations in Canada, 48 destinations in the United States and 54 destinations in the Canada–...
ACE Aviation Holdings Inc., through its subsidiary, Air Canada, provides domestic and international airline services. The company also provides scheduled passenger services in the Canadian market, the Canada-US transborder market and in the international market to and from Canada.
Air Canada
In 2008, Air Canada (including Jazz) operated, on average, approximately 1,374 average daily departures to 58 destinations in Canada, 48 destinations in the United States and 54 destinations in the Canada–Europe, Canada–Pacific, Canada– Caribbean/Central America and Canada–South America markets. In 2008, Air Canada's current route network extended to 39 countries and territories.
In 2008, Air Canada, together with Jazz, carried approximately 33 million passengers and provided direct passenger service to 160 destinations and, through commercial agreements with other unaffiliated regional airlines, to an additional 11 destinations, for a total of 171 direct destinations on five continents.
Air Canada's hubs are located in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal and Calgary, each of which provides extensive access to domestic, transborder and the international markets.
Domestic Services
Air Canada, together with Jazz, operates short-haul routes, including Rapidair routes, linking Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa. Air Canada, together with Jazz, also offers frequent service linking major centres within Western Canada, and operates flights including Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver. In addition to transcontinental and commuter routes, Air Canada, together with Jazz, provides service between and within Central Canada, the Prairies and the Atlantic provinces.
Transborder Services
Air Canada, together with Jazz, directly served 48 U.S. destinations (including five seasonal destinations) in 2008. In 2008, regional carriers, operating flights under Air Canada's designator code, provided service to an additional nine U.S. transborder destinations.
International Services
In 2008, Air Canada provided scheduled service directly to 54 destinations in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, the Caribbean and Central America and South America. Air Canada offers year-round trans-Atlantic services to the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Switzerland, Israel, and seasonal services to Ireland, Italy and Spain.
Air Canada also offers services to the Asia–Pacific market via its Vancouver and Toronto hubs. Air Canada operates non-stop flights to Japan (Vancouver and Toronto to Tokyo), China (Vancouver and Toronto to Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong) and Korea (Vancouver to Seoul). Air Canada provides service directly to six destinations in South America, one in Australia, seven in Central America and 23 in the Caribbean.
Jazz
Jazz operates both domestic and transborder services for Air Canada under the Jazz CPA. Jazz operates scheduled passenger service on behalf of Air Canada with approximately 817 departures per weekday to 56 destinations in Canada and 30 destinations in the United States, as of December 31, 2008.
History
ACE Aviation Holdings Inc. was founded in 1937.