Summary Air Canada will begin flying from Montreal to Porto next summer. It will become the carrier's longest narrowbody and Boeing 737 MAX-operated service. When all airlines are considered, 34 other Canadian narrowbody routes will cover the same or greater distance next summer.
Air Canada recently added three routes to its summer 2025 European network. There's Toronto to Prague (last served by Rouge in October 2019), Montreal to Naples (an airport pair not previously served by any airline), and Montreal to Porto (which will compete directly with Air Transat's Airbus A321LRs). Only Montreal-Porto will be on Air Canada's narrowbodies.
Portugal's second most populous city was served by Rouge from Toronto until October 2019. Air Canada's longest narrowbody route At 2,780 nautical miles (5,149 km) on a Great Circle basis, Montreal-Porto will become the Star Alliance member's longest narrowbody-operated route, although any future addition could change it. It will be on the carrier's two-class, 169-seat Boeing 737 MAX 8 .
It will cover more distance than flydubai's new longest European MAX-operated service . The route will take off from Canada on June 4 and operate four times weekly. It is scheduled as follows, with all times local.
Its maximum block time back to North America, with headwinds, is 7h 20m. Montreal to Porto : AC928, 21:55-09:45+1 (6h 50m block) Porto to Montreal : AC929, 12:15-14:35 (7h 20m) Want tickets? Search for them here! The airline's five longest MAX routes A.