# Air Canada fleet

As of February 2025, the Air Canada fleet consists of 202 mainline passenger aircraft, a mix of Airbus and Boeing narrow-body and wide-body jets.
Additionally, Air Canada's various brands each have smaller fleets. Air Canada Cargo operates a fleet of six Boeing 767-300F freighter aircraft, Air Canada Express, as of February 2025, has a fleet of 46 turboprop aircraft and 60 regional jets, Air Canada Jetz operates four Airbus A320 aircraft in an all-business class configuration, and leisure brand Air Canada Rouge has 40 jets from the Airbus A320 family of narrow-body aircraft.

## Current fleet

As of February 2025, Air Canada operates the following mainline aircraft:
Air Canada mainline fleet :
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Passengers | Passengers | Passengers | Notes |
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | J | W | Y | Total | Notes |
| Airbus A220-300 | 34 | 31 | 12 | — | 125 | 137 | Deliveries until 2027. 5 options exercised on 20 December 2024. Order with 10 options. |
| Airbus A319-100 | 1 | — | 14 | — | 106 | 120 | |
| Airbus A319-100 | 2 | — | 12 | — | 124 | 136 | Transferred from Air Canada Rouge with its configuration. |
| Airbus A320-200 | 18 | — | 12 | — | 132 | 146 | 8 aircraft to be retrofitted by the end of 2025. |
| Airbus A321-200 | 15 | — | 16 | — | 174 | 190 | To be retrofitted to 196 seats by the end of 2025. |
| Airbus A321-200 | 15 | — | 16 | — | 180 | 196 | To be retrofitted to 196 seats by the end of 2025. |
| Airbus A321-200 | 5 | — | 8 | — | 176 | 184 | Transferred from EVA Air with its configuration. |
| Airbus A321XLR | — | 30 | 14 | — | 168 | 182 | Deliveries from the end of 2025 until 2029. |
| Airbus A330-300 | 20 | — | 32 | 24 | 241 | 297 | |
| Airbus A330-300 | 20 | — | 30 | — | 255 | 285 | |
| Boeing 737 MAX 8 | 43 | 9 | 16 | — | 153 | 169 | 7 leases expected Q4 2024 to be put into service 2025. 5 leases announced in Q4 2023 to enter service in 2026. All to be transferred to Air Canada Rouge by 2028. |
| Boeing 767-300ER | 2 | — | 24 | — | 187 | 211 | Return to service planned for 1 April 2025. |
| Boeing 777-200LR | 6 | — | 40 | 24 | 236 | 300 | |
| Boeing 777-300ER | 19 | — | 40 | 24 | 336 | 400 | |
| Boeing 777-300ER | 19 | — | 28 | 24 | 398 | 450 | |
| Boeing 787-8 | 8 | — | 20 | 21 | 214 | 255 | |
| Boeing 787-9 | 31 | 1 | 30 | 21 | 247 | 298 | Deliveries until 2025. |
| Boeing 787-10 | — | 18 | 42 | 28 | 262 | 332 | Deliveries begin from early 2026 to 2030. Includes options for 12 more aircraft |
| Heart ES-30 | — | 30 | — | — | — | 30 | Deliveries begin in 2029. |
| Total | 202 | 121 | | | | | |

### Gallery

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* Airbus A220-300
* Airbus A319-100
* Airbus A320-200
* Airbus A321-200
* Airbus A330-300
* Boeing 737 MAX 8
* Boeing 777-200LR
* Boeing 777-300ER
* Boeing 787-8
* Boeing 787-9

## Historical fleet

* Air Canada's Douglas DC-8-63 fleet was withdrawn from passenger service in 1983. Six of these were converted to DC-8-73 with new CFM engines, converted to freighters (DC-8-73F) in 1984, and retained for use by Air Canada Cargo, eventually being sold off to DHL between 1990 and 1994.
* Air Canada's Douglas DC-9-15s were used up to 1968. One DC-9-32CF was used for cargo flights until 1977. The McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32s were used from 1967 to 2002.
* Air Canada's Canadair CRJ-100 aircraft were used from the mid-1990s until the early 2000s when they were transferred to regional affiliate Jazz Air LP operating as Air Canada Jazz.
* Air Canada's Airbus A340-500s were retired in November 2007 and replaced by Boeing 777-200LRs.
* Air Canada's Airbus A340-300s were retired in November 2008 and replaced by Boeing 777-300ERs.
* Air Canada's Boeing 767-200ERs were retired in the end of 2008 and replaced by Airbus A330-300s.
* The McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 aircraft were operated from 1979 to 2000 by Canadian Pacific Air Lines and its successors Canadian Airlines International.
* The Boeing 737-200 aircraft were operated from 1968 to 2000 by Canadian Pacific Air Lines and its successors Canadian Airlines International. Subsequent to the merger with Canadian Airlines International, Air Canada operated these aircraft in a mainline two-class configuration, as well as in an all-economy class configuration with the Air Canada Tango and the Zip low-cost carrier brands.
* In 2020, Air Canada retired their entire Embraer E190 and Boeing 767-300ER fleets. The Embraer E190 was replaced by the Airbus A220-300, while the Boeing 767-300ER was replaced by Boeing 787. As of December 2021, certain previously retired Boeing 767-300ER (legacy passenger variant) aircraft are being converted and reintroduced into the fleet as Boeing 767-300ER/BDSF cargo aircraft. As of August 2024, Air Canada plans to reintroduce the Boeing 767-300ER type to its fleet sometime in 2025.
* Air Canada additionally planned to completely retire its Airbus A319 fleet in May 2020, replacing them with further Airbus A220-300s. The mainline A319s were tentatively retired later than previously planned on February 7, 2021, with the final mainline A319 operating a flight from Calgary to Phoenix; however, Air Canada continued to operate A319s as part of its charter fleet under Air Canada Jetz. Subsequently, mainline A319 service resumed in March 2022. As of February 2024, Air Canada operates 4 A319s as part of its mainline fleet.
Aircraft that Air Canada has operated since 1937, but are no longer in the fleet:
Previously operated :
| Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired | Notes |
| Airbus A340-300 | 13 | 1995 | 2008 | Replaced by Boeing 777-300ER. |
| Airbus A340-500 | 2 | 2004 | 2007 | Disposed to TAM Airlines. Replaced by Boeing 777-200LR. |
| Avro Lancastrian | Un­known | 1943 | 1947 | |
| BAe 146-200 | 5 | 1990 | 2005 | Operated by Air BC. |
| BAe 146-200 | 5 | 1990 | 2005 | Operated by Air Nova. |
| Boeing 727-200 | 30 | 1974 | 1992 | |
| Boeing 737-200 | 44 | 1976 | 2004 | Former Canadian Airlines International fleet. |
| Boeing 747-100 | 5 | 1971 | 1998 | |
| Boeing 747-200M | 3 | 1975 | 1999 | |
| Boeing 747-400 | 4 | 1990 | 2004 | Former Canadian Airlines International fleet. |
| Boeing 747-400M | 3 | 1990 | 2004 | |
| Boeing 767-200 | 23 | 1983 | 2008 | Replaced by Airbus A330-300. C-GAUN, nicknamed Gimli Glider made an emergency landing at Gimli Industrial Park Airport on July 23, 1983 after running out of fuel at 41,000 ft. |
| Boeing 767-300ER | 44 | 1988 | 2020* | Replaced by Boeing 787. *Certain aircraft are being reintroduced into the fleet as Boeing 767-300ER/BDSF cargo aircraft. To be put into passenger service on February 1, 2025. |
| Bombardier CRJ100 | 26 | 1994 | 2002 | Transferred to Jazz Aviation. |
| Bristol Freighter | Un­known | 1953 | 1955 | |
| Canadair North Star | Un­known | 1946 | 1961 | |
| Douglas DC-3 | 27 | 1945 | 1963 | |
| Douglas DC-8-40 | 11 | 1974 | 1979 | |
| Douglas DC-8-50 | 3 | 1968 | 1980 | |
| Douglas DC-8-50CF | 7 | 1964 | 1985 | |
| Douglas DC-8-60 | 14 | 1970 | 1986 | CF-TIW, operating as Air Canada Flight 621, crashed while attempting a second landing at Toronto. Premature deployment of the spoilers on the first attempt resulted in a hard landing and structural damage. |
| Douglas DC-8-70F | 8 | 1974 | 1994 | |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-11F | 3 | 2005 | 2008 | Leased from World Airways. |
| Embraer 175 | 15 | 2005 | 2013 | Launch customer. Transferred to Sky Regional Airlines. |
| Embraer 190 | 45 | 2005 | 2020 | Aircraft were leased to Nordic Aviation Capital and were later sold to Breeze Airways. Replaced by Airbus A220-300. |
| Fokker F28 Fellowship | 30 | 1986 | 2004 | Operated by Canadian Regional Airlines. |
| Lockheed L-1011 TriStar | 12 | 1973 | 1996 | Replaced by Boeing 767-300ER. |
| Lockheed L-1011-500 Tristar | 6 | 1981 | 1992 | Sold to Delta Air Lines and replaced by Boeing 767-300ER. |
| Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation | Un­known | 1953 | 1963 | |
| Lockheed Model 10 Electra | Un­known | 1937 | 1941 | |
| Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra | Un­known | 1941 | 1949 | |
| Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar | Un­known | 1941 | 1949 | |
| McDonnell Douglas DC-9-10 | 14 | 1966 | 1981 | |
| McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 | 50 | 1967 | 2002 | CF-TLU caught fire as Flight 797 in 1983 at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. CF-TLV crashed as Air Canada Flight 189 in 1978 at Toronto Pearson International Airport after a high speed rejected takeoff due to landing gear issues. |
| Stearman 4-EM Senior Speedmail | Un­known | 1937 | 1939 | |
| Vickers Viscount | 51 | 1955 | 1974 | 15 – model V.724, 36 – model V.757 |
| Vickers Vanguard | 23 | 1961 | 1972 | 23 – Type 952 |
British Aerospace 146-200 and Fokker F28 jet aircraft were operated by regional airline affiliates of Air Canada via code sharing agreements.