Air Service One – Bitesize Analysis of the Day – 16th June 2026 – Europe – Canada 2015- 2026

Seat capacity between Europe and Canada is set to grow by 5% in 2026 (versus 2025) and be an impressive 21% higher than in 2019. Canadian carriers (Air Canada, Air Transat and WestJet) account for 60% of seats this year, pretty much the same percentage as a decade earlier, according to AIR SERVICE ONE analysis of Cirium schedules data.

This summer will see Air Canada launch a total of seven new European routes (bringing its total to 56), Air Transat will add six new routes (now 40 in total) while WestJet now has a record 26 routes to Europe, having added eight new routes this summer. In addition, Air Serbia (from Belgrade) and Iberia (from Madrid) have launched new routes to Toronto this summer, while Finnair has resumed service after over a decade.

European airports with non-stop service to Canada this summer, which did not have such service last summer are Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, Budapest Airport, Cardiff Airport, Catania, Finavia‘s Helsinki, Aena‘s Palma de Mallorca and Tirana International Airport.

Montreal is the best connected Canadian airport with non-stop service to 38 European airports, Toronto has 37, Halifax 14, Calgary 11, Vancouver 10, Ottawa, Quebec City and St John’s three each, Edmonton two and Winnipeg one.