Air Canada fleet
Air Canada operates a fleet of narrow body and widebody aircraft from Airbus and Boeing making a total fleet of 174 aircraft as of 30th June 2020
Current fleet
, the Air Canada mainline fleet consists of the following registered aircraft:Historical fleet
- Air Canada's Douglas DC-8-63 fleet was withdrawn from passenger service in 1983. Six of these were converted to DC-8-73F freighters in 1984 and retained for use by Air Canada Cargo eventually being sold off 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 Regional Jet 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 was the only North American airline to operate the A340.
- Air Canada's Airbus A340-300s were retired in November 2008 and replaced by Boeing 777-300ERs.
- Air Canada's Boeing 767-200ER fleet was retired from service by the end of 2008.
- The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 aircraft were operated from 1979 to 2000 by Canadian Pacific Airlines and its successors CP Air and Canadian Airlines.
- The Boeing 737-200 aircraft were operated from 1968 to 2000 by Canadian Pacific Airlines and its successors CP Air and Canadian Airlines. Subsequent to the merger with Canadian Airlines, 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.
Type | Total | Introduced | Retired | Notes | Refs |
Airbus A340-300 | 13 | 1995 | 2008 | ||
Airbus A340-500 | 2 | 2004 | 2007 | Disposed to LATAM Brasil | |
Avro Lancastrian | 1943 | 1947 | |||
British Aerospace 146-200 | 1990 | 2005 | Operated by Air BC and Air Nova | ||
Boeing 727-200 | 30 | 1974 | 1992 | ||
Boeing 737-200 | 44 | 1976 | 2004 | Taken over from merged Canadian Airlines | |
Boeing 747-100 | 5 | 1971 | 1998 | ||
Boeing 747-200M | 3 | 1975 | 1999 | ||
Boeing 747-400 | 4 | 1990 | 2004 | Taken over from merged Canadian Airlines Fleet sold to other airlines due to bankruptcy caused by 9/11 attacks. | |
Boeing 747-400M | 3 | 1990 | 2004 | Fleet sold to other airlines due to bankruptcy caused by 9/11 attacks. | |
Boeing 767-200 | 23 | 1983 | 2008 | ||
Boeing 767-300ER | 44 | 1988 | 2020 | 25 aircraft operated by Air Canada Rouge Fleet replaced by Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. | |
Bombardier CRJ100 | 26 | 1994 | 2002 | Transferred to Jazz Aviation | |
Bristol Freighter | 1953 | 1955 | |||
Canadair North Star | 1946 | 1961 | |||
Douglas DC-3 | 1945 | 1963 | |||
Douglas DC-8 family | 43 | 1960 | 1983 | ||
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-10 | 64 | 1966 | 1986 | ||
Embraer 175 | 15 | 2005 | 2013 | Transferred to Sky Regional Airlines | |
Embraer 190 | 45 | 2005 | 2020 | ||
Fokker F28 Fellowship | 1986 | 2004 | Operated by Canadian Regional | ||
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar Series | 1973 | 1996 | Fleet replaced by Boeing 767-300ER. | ||
Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation | 1953 | 1963 | |||
Lockheed Model 10 Electra | 1937 | 1941 | |||
Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra | 1941 | 1949 | |||
Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar | 1941 | 1949 | |||
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 | 1967 | 2002 | |||
Stearman 4-EM Senior Speedmail | 1937 | 1939 | |||
Vickers Viscount | 1955 | 1974 | |||
Vickers Vanguard | 1961 | 1972 |
British Aerospace 146-200 and Fokker F28 jet aircraft were operated by regional airline affiliates of Air Canada via code sharing agreements.