Air Canada to resume Ottawa-London Heathrow flights in spring 2025

Air Canada is giving Canada's capital region another connectivity boost, announcing Wednesday (Aug. 14) that it will resume non-stop, international flights from Ottawa to London Heathrow.

Flights will be operated four-times weekly with Air Canada's Dreamliner fleet beginning March 31, 2025. Seats are on sale now.

"We are very pleased to solidify Air Canada's leadership serving our country's capital with the resumption of trans-Atlantic services beginning next spring. In addition to London being a top global destination, Heathrow is one of the world's primary global gateways as well as home to Air Canada's largest international operations,” said Mark Galardo, executive vice president – revenue and network planning at Air Canada, in a press release.

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“Conveniently located together with our Star Alliance partner airlines in The Queen's Terminal, Air Canada offers customers easy connections to a vast array of more than 30 destinations across Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa with our airline partners. With continued demand for visiting friends, relatives, leisure and tourism, as well as supporting business and corporate travel, this route gives customers from both the National Capital Region and abroad direct, convenient international travel options to and from Ottawa.”

Air Canada, meanwhile, looks forward to the future delivery of its new Airbus A321XLR fleet

“The economics, optimum cabin size and range of the XLR which is expected to begin arriving in late 2025, will enable us to consider operating this important international route with greater frequencies and potentially with year-round service," stated Galardo.

Ottawa a "test location"

This is the second boost Ottawa has received from Air Canada this year.

In May, the airline increased Ottawa’s schedule by almost 60 per cent with flights to Calgary and Winnipeg, now operating year-round, increased capacity to Halifax and Quebec City, and with the addition of widebody service to Vancouver.

More flights to popular leisure destinations like Fort Lauderdale, Tampa, Orlando, Cancun and Punta Cana, were also added.

Air Canada will operate up to 229 weekly flights to and from Ottawa next year across a range of regional, domestic, international and transborder flights. 

The carrier says it has designated Ottawa as a "test location" for trialing and refining new customer service initiatives designed to improve the customer journey.

Ottawa-London Heathrow schedule

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