Air Canada continues evacuation of Canadians from abroad

Posted by On March 30, 2020 0 Comment

Air Canada announced that, in collaboration with the Government of Canada, it will operate its first special flight from Algiers on Tuesday. Additional flights from Peru and Ecuador are also planned to depart in the coming days.

Since March 21st, Air Canada has operated nine special flights in collaboration with the Government of Canada to bring back Canadians home. On March 28th alone, Air Canada operated 59 flights back to Canada carrying approximately 8,500 passengers. Over the period between March 27 to 29, Air Canada carried approximately 22,500 passengers back to Canada on 175 flights from Asia, Europe, Caribbean/South America and the United States.

MMP