Air Canada will fly to Budapest?

Air Canada, the flag carrier of the North American country, has announced that they regard Budapest as a potential destination for their Airbus A321XLR plane in the future.

According to Budflyer, a Hungarian air travel news Facebook page, the Canadian airline talked about that in a presentation. Of course, the material got its way to the press from the annual summit of the Canadian travel agencies. Budflyer learned that the presentation involved future goals and developments of Canada’s flag carrier.

Air Canada has ordered the new type of plane from Airbus before, but the first aircraft will only arrive in Q1 2025. However, they showed the summit participants where they would like to fly with them. Among the destinations, there were some Central European cities, including Budapest, Hungary’s capital. Other destinations in the region were Berlin and Prague. You may check out the relevant page of Air Canada’s presentation by clicking HERE.

Since the route is under the Toronto HUB, it might happen that Air Canada is thinking about reestablighing a Toronto-Budapest direct flight. Interestingly, such a move would not be surprising. In February 2022, Air Canada announced the launch of a Toronto-Budapest direct flight. However, a couple of days later, Russia invaded Ukraine. Afterwards, the Canadian airline said they postponed establishing a direct flight.

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Air Canada will come to Budapest in 2025?

The first flight between Toronto and the Hungarian capital took off in 2016. Air Canada’s subsidiary specialised in holiday travel operated the route. Rouge flew until 2019 summer, offering a direct connection during summertime. The link broke after the COVID-19 pandemic and was not reestablished because of the war.

So far, Air Canada has not talked about returning to Central or Eastern Europe in 2024. However, experts are working on it in Prague and Budapest because the routes and the additional links they provides have potential. Furthermore, the new A321XLR planes offer flexibility for the airline to maintain the route even during the low-traffic winter season.