A "difficult decision": Air Canada to downsize its management team

Air Canada is cutting management positions, the airline confirmed in an email to CTV News on Thursday (Oct. 23).

Reports say the company has cut around 400 management positions, or one per cent of its workforce and a spokesperson said the airline is “communicating directly with impacted employees.”

“As a global company, Air Canada regularly reviews its resources and processes to ensure they are optimized to efficiently support business operations and its customers,” Christophe Hennebelle said in a statement.

“Following an extensive review, we arrived at the difficult decision to reduce some management positions.”

The announcement coincides with Air Canada’s unveiling of major U.S. and domestic service expansions at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport earlier Thursday.

At a press conference, Mark Galardo, executive vice president and chief commercial officer, described it as the airline’s “most significant expansion at Toronto Island since Air Canada began serving the airport 35 years ago.”

Beginning in Spring 2026, Air Canada will launch new, non-stop return service four-times-daily to New York’s LaGuardia Airport, three-times-daily to Boston Logan International Airport, twice-daily to Chicago O’Hare International Airport, and daily to Washington Dulles International Airport.

The airline is set to present its third quarter results on Nov. 5. 

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