8 leases expected Q4 2024 to be put into service 2025. 5 leases announced in Q4 2023 to enter service in 2025.[13] All to be transferred to Air Canada Rouge by 2028.[14]
Air Canada's Douglas DC-8-63 fleet was withdrawn from passenger service in 1983.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 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.[18]
Air Canada's Airbus A340-300s were retired in November 2008 and replaced by Boeing 777-300ERs.[19]
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.[20] 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 September 2023, Air Canada operates 5 A319s as part of its mainline fleet.
Aircraft that Air Canada has operated since 1937, but are no longer in the fleet:
Replaced by Boeing 787. *Certain aircraft are being reintroduced into the fleet as Boeing 767-300ER/BDSF cargo aircraft.[20] To be put into passenger service on February 1, 2025.[22]
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.