YXUFlyboy

Stranger

There are: YYC-NRT, YYZ-MXP, YOW-LHR. Then perhaps a few YUL and YYZ routes than have been going back and forth.

I suspect the first started with local YYC subsidy, all about getting tourists from Japan. Continued existence may well depend on continued subsidy.

MXP is not always 763. I would expect 788/789 or 333 eventually. Ditto for YOW-LHR.

PointWeasel

YYZ-MAD is back to 767 service these days, which is unfortunate.

YOWCDNFF

...and let's not forget the seasonal YOW-FRA - which has been using a 767 most summers, except one year when they used an A330. MXP is reverting back to 788 service next summer. MAD is reverting to 789 service. Into next Fall, the only three routes that I see in the schedule using 767 services are YOW-LHR, YOW-FRA and YYC-NRT (other than domestic operations)

ACYYZ/SD

Guessing that most 767 International Routes will transition to 788/789 from YYZ/YOW as most A330 routes will migrate to YUL. The 4-A330's being brought in will operate in a PY/Y configuration until refurbishment/makeover time. Thus far, it looks like YVR-DUB, YUL-DUB & YUL-ALG will get these birds.

YXUFlyboy

YOWCDNFF

My read as well. I think that the fear in YOW is that traffic/yield on LHR combined with general aircraft availability may mean a 7M8 on a go forward basis - or at least maybe on a seasonal basis.

ridefar

Isn't YYZ-MXP seasonal and 788 in high season? It was a 78x when I flew that route in spring 2018.

marke190

Not if YYC-NRT is continued post-763 retirement since this flight originates in YYZ as AC 009. But as discussed here before this route seems to be marginal so a jump in capacity to the 788 or 330 may be too much.

mellon

What will happen to the 767 that fly for Rouge? Some of these planes must also be ready for expensive checks AC wont pay for. Perhaps AC can pick up WestJets 767?

pitz

The Rouge planes were deliberately selected to be the best of the fleet, hence receiving upgrades like winglets. But eventually their time will come as well. I suspect Rouge, like Tango and Zip, will eventually just fade away. As it stands, there is very little difference in product between Rouge and Mainline, unlike the situation when Rouge just started in which many recoiled at the horrors of the infamous 777HD whose standards have been adopted across the rest of the refurbished or newly delivered fleet. An economic downturn, probably already in progress (due to collapsing housing markets) probably will give AC's management enough cover to re-negotiate a uniform contract across the entire fleet. Alternatively, if the economy gets better, the unions will kill Rouge off.

Symmetre

I think I'd rather have the 330 than the 788/789. Just always been a fan of the big bus.

marke190

I have always wondered why some of the Rouge 763s didn't get the winglet upgrade

The Lev

Rouge got the "younger" 763's (average fleet age is 22 years). AC will probably fly them for another 7 or so years and then replace them by being a launch customer for the Boeing NMA if/when it is officially launched (likely delivery in 2026/2027). If that plane doesn't happen, then Rouge might get a combination of 768's and 321ULR.

ACYYZ/SD

Like FCO, MXP is going year-round with a brief interruption period in January/February. While not a Star hub, MXP has great onward and reasonable connections with EasyJet.