Effective October 28, 2018, Etihad Airways will increase its flights from Abu Dhabi to Canada’s largest city, Toronto, from three to five weekly services.

The flights will be operated by Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, featuring 40 seats in Business Class and 340 in Economy Class.

Etihad Airways inaugurated services to Toronto on October 2005, and since then the route has proved very successful for the airline, recording consistently strong demand to and from both cities.

Approximately 45,000 Canadian citizens reside in the UAE, with over 150 Canadian companies registered across the country. Citizens of both countries now enjoy visa-free entry for business and tourism on stays of up to six months.

Etihad Airways has a codeshare partnership in place with Air Canada, with the Canadian flag carrier placing its ‘AC’ code on Etihad services from Toronto to Abu Dhabi and from London Heathrow to Abu Dhabi. Under the agreement, Etihad Airways places its ‘EY’ code on Air Canada’s multiple daily services from Toronto to points across Canada including Montreal, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, St.Johns, Halifax, Regina, and Fort McMurray.

The additional frequencies will also benefit Etihad Cargo customers who can expect greater schedule flexibility and a 60 per cent cargo capacity increase on the route.

Abu Dhabi – Toronto schedule:

Effective 28 October 2018 (Timings local):

LONDON — Primera Air’s just announced London Stansted winter schedule includes transatlantic flights to Toronto starting Oct. 31.

The Toronto route, as well as New York and Washington, D.C. routes, will operate with Primera’s new fleet of Airbus A321neo aircraft.

The low-cost airline says it has now received its full fleet of A321neo planes.

Last month Primera Air suspended its summer flights between both Toronto and New York and Birmingham, England, blaming “severe delays” with the delivery of its A321neo fleet.

The winter 2018/19 schedule has three flights per week to Toronto, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, as well as four flights per week for the anticipated Washington D.C. route starting in August and daily service out of New York. Primera’s seasonal London Stansted – Boston route will make its return to the schedule in early 2019.

“The demand we’ve seen so far shows there is a lot of interest in the catchment area of London Stansted, including Greater London, Essex and surrounding cities such as Cambridge and Peterborough,” says Primera Air Chief Commercial Officer Anastasija Visnakova. “There is clearly a huge amount of appetite for low-fare transatlantic flights and we’ve seen more than 70,000 passengers booking flights on our new transatlantic routes.”

The LCC broke into the Canadian market in spring 2018 with flights from Toronto to England as well as Paris. The winter route to London Stansted is scheduled to run through March 30, 2019.