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

Aircraft that Air Canada has operated since 1937, but are no longer in the fleet:

TypeTotalIntroducedRetiredNotesRefs
Airbus A340-3001319952008
Airbus A340-500220042007Disposed to LATAM Brasil
Avro Lancastrian19431947
British Aerospace 146-20019902005Operated by Air BC and Air Nova
Boeing 727-2003019741992
Boeing 737-2004419762004Taken over from merged Canadian Airlines
Boeing 747-100519711998
Boeing 747-200M319751999
Boeing 747-400419902004Taken over from merged Canadian Airlines
Fleet sold to other airlines due to bankruptcy caused by 9/11 attacks.
Boeing 747-400M319902004Fleet sold to other airlines due to bankruptcy caused by 9/11 attacks.
Boeing 767-2002319832008
Boeing 767-300ER441988202025 aircraft operated by Air Canada Rouge
Fleet replaced by Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.
Bombardier CRJ1002619942002Transferred to Jazz Aviation
Bristol Freighter19531955
Canadair North Star19461961
Douglas DC-319451963
Douglas DC-8 family4319601983
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-106419661986
Embraer 1751520052013Transferred to Sky Regional Airlines
Embraer 1904520052020
Fokker F28 Fellowship19862004Operated by Canadian Regional
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar Series19731996Fleet replaced by Boeing 767-300ER.
Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation19531963
Lockheed Model 10 Electra19371941
Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra19411949
Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar19411949
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-3019672002
Stearman 4-EM Senior Speedmail19371939
Vickers Viscount19551974
Vickers Vanguard19611972


British Aerospace 146-200 and Fokker F28 jet aircraft were operated by regional airline affiliates of Air Canada via code sharing agreements.