Toronto Pearson International Airport

[BermudaTO37]

Iberia makes it official. June 2026 return.

Iberia Resumes Toronto Service From June 2026 — AeroRoutes

Published at 2000PST 18NOV25 / 0400GMT 19NOV25 Iberia during Northern summer 2026 season plans to resume service to Canada, where the oneWorld member schedules Madrid – Toronto route. From 13JUN26, Airbus A321XLR aircraft to serve this route 5 times weekly. IB367 MAD1200 – 1500YYZ 32Q x24 IB368

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[Amare]

Great news, my only gripe is that the service is with a narrow-body. Sure they make previously economically nonviable routes more serviceable, but i'm no fan of seeing narrow bodies on transatlantic routes between major cities

 

[Tim MacDonald]

Great news, my only gripe is that the service is with a narrow-body. Sure they make previously economically nonviable routes more serviceable, but i'm no fan of seeing narrow bodies on transatlantic routes between major cities

I'd take an A321XLR any day of the week over any widebody (or anything for that matter) that rolls out of a Boeing plant in Seattle or Charleston. Faster boarding and deplanement times, better bag times, likely better seat to curbside times; I'd love to take one across the pond. Boeing has been a lost cause for decades now. Hell, they can't even make derivative models without completely effing it up.

I'm not sure how Iberia will do on this route. They couldn't make it work in the 90s when they had the market all to themselves even as a tag on with Montreal with a DC10 full of freight. I don't think the economics will shine when they are up against daily Air Canada 787s, 777s or A330s.

 

[nfitz]

Great news, my only gripe is that the service is with a narrow-body. Sure they make previously economically nonviable routes more serviceable, but i'm no fan of seeing narrow bodies on transatlantic routes between major cities

I much prefer lying a single-aisle jet - quicker to load. Especially the ones with 2x2 seating instead of 3x3 seating - always seems quick on the 2x2; lots of overhead space and no middle seats! I'm thinking of the Airbus A220 (the former Bombardier C series) and the Embraer jets (E195) that Porter flies.

Would love to see Porter flying these over the Atlantic - though Toronto to London is just at (or just beyond) it's range, so I doubt they could do that. Though the A220 has a slightly longer range - so maybe Air Canada?

 

[allabootmatt]

The number of recent additions of international carriers at YYZ has been incredible. Virgin, Qatar, Air China, Swiss, Royal Air Maroc and I'm sure others I'm forgetting.

It's almost at the point where pretty much every global airline of size serves Toronto at least seasonally. The only obvious absence I can think of is JAL (and ANA, though they codeshare with Air Canada's many Tokyo services). And then a couple of airlines (Singapore Air, Qantas), for whom it would be an extreme ultra-long haul, and will probably never serve anywhere in eastern North America except NYC.

 

[Tim MacDonald]

The number of recent additions of international carriers at YYZ has been incredible. Virgin, Qatar, Air China, Swiss, Royal Air Maroc and I'm sure others I'm forgetting.

It's almost at the point where pretty much every global airline of size serves Toronto at least seasonally. The only obvious absence I can think of is JAL (and ANA, though they codeshare with Air Canada's many Tokyo services). And then a couple of airlines (Singapore Air, Qantas), for whom it would be an extreme ultra-long haul, and will probably never serve anywhere in eastern North America except NYC.

Interestingly, both Qantas and Singapore served YYZ in the past. Singapore ran 747-400s a couple of times a week starting in June of 1991 through Europe. I know one was via Amsterdam but I can't recall if the other was Frankfurt or Vienna. It didn't last long after Air Canada whined. AC had also served Singapore starting in 1985 for a period of time using L1011s on a YYZ-LHR-BOM-SIN with local traffic rights out of London. I think SQ were gone from YYZ by 1993 at the latest.

Qantas ran 767s in 2000. If I recall it was the same type of service that Canadian ran on the YYZ-HNL-SYD but I'm not 100 percent sure on the routing. I think that may have ended in 2001 either before 9/11 or as a result.

Here's a shot of Singapore It was just a dirty scan from a 35mm slide that I took while working at T3. I need to find the slide tray holding this slide so I can look at the date.

 

[Tim MacDonald]

I much prefer lying a single-aisle jet - quicker to load. Especially the ones with 2x2 seating instead of 3x3 seating - always seems quick on the 2x2; lots of overhead space and no middle seats! I'm thinking of the Airbus A220 (the former Bombardier C series) and the Embraer jets (E195) that Porter flies.

Would love to see Porter flying these over the Atlantic - though Toronto to London is just at (or just beyond) it's range, so I doubt they could do that. Though the A220 has a slightly longer range - so maybe Air Canada?

I don't think either of those two aircraft are etops certified or over water ready so to speak. Aside from that, nobody should be operating E295s or A220s on flights that long as the economics are just suicidal. Unit costs climb like a homesick angel and those aircraft are best suited short haul/high utilization or routes that are not currently served that can command a high yield. Flying them on high traffic routes like Toronto to Vancouver or even Toronto to Cancun where everybody else is flying much bigger aircraft with better revenue streams will just result in horrendous losses, especially when not charging premium fares.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

The number of recent additions of international carriers at YYZ has been incredible. Virgin, Qatar, Air China, Swiss, Royal Air Maroc and I'm sure others I'm forgetting.

It's almost at the point where pretty much every global airline of size serves Toronto at least seasonally. The only obvious absence I can think of is JAL (and ANA, though they codeshare with Air Canada's many Tokyo services). And then a couple of airlines (Singapore Air, Qantas), for whom it would be an extreme ultra-long haul, and will probably never serve anywhere in eastern North America except NYC.

The ongoing "issues" with the US probably has shaken the desirability of their airports for international airlines?

AoD

 

[urbanclient]

I don't think either of those two aircraft are etops certified or over water ready so to speak.

Come on man, a simple google search would've immediately told you both are ETOPS certified. A220 ETOPS-180 in 2019 and EJ195-E2 (E2s only) ETOPS-120 in 2024.

Aside from that, nobody should be operating E295s or A220s on flights that long as the economics are just suicidal.

Everything else you said is basically correct though.

 

[Tim MacDonald]

Come on man, a simple google search would've immediately told you both are ETOPS certified. A220 ETOPS-180 in 2019 and EJ195-E2 (E2s only) ETOPS-120 in 2024.

Everything else you said is basically correct though.

Well that's a relief. I can leave the dinghy at home then.

 

[BermudaTO37]

New Toronto to Accra starting in June 2026 by Air Transat.

Air Transat Adds Toronto – Accra Service From June 2026 — AeroRoutes

Published at 1400PST / 2200GMT 20NOV25 Air Transat on Thursday (20NOV25) announced new service expansion to Ghana, where the airline plans Toronto – Accra nonstop service. The airline will operate 2 weekly flights from 17JUN26, on board Airbus A330-200 aircraft. TS522 YYZ1800 – 0905+1ACC 332 37

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[Adjei]

New Toronto to Accra starting in June 2026 by Air Transat.

Air Transat Adds Toronto – Accra Service From June 2026 — AeroRoutes

Published at 1400PST / 2200GMT 20NOV25 Air Transat on Thursday (20NOV25) announced new service expansion to Ghana, where the airline plans Toronto – Accra nonstop service. The airline will operate 2 weekly flights from 17JUN26, on board Airbus A330-200 aircraft. TS522 YYZ1800 – 0905+1ACC 332 37

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A direct flight to Accra. I will use this but I wish Air Canada starts this route as I mostly fly with them.

 

[Mihairokov]

New Toronto to Accra starting in June 2026 by Air Transat.

Expect more of this in the future. Africa is the growth area...

The ongoing "issues" with the US probably has shaken the desirability of their airports for international airlines?

International airlines generally like having ATCs, i'd imagine.

 

[rdaner]

Saw this today and am assuming that this is a bus connection but may be a diverted flight. Thoughts?

 

[Tim MacDonald]

Diversion to yyz due to no flap landing. It closed runway 23 for about an hour and change. Originally timmins to billy bishop