Air Canada is bringing two Boeing 767-300Ers out of retirement in 2025. The airline revealed this in an investor presentation last week. Guess who's back? Back again Last week during an investor presentation, Air Canada revealed something that caught many people off guard, that it would bring a couple of Boeing 767-300ERs out of retirement.
The airline retired the type from passenger service in 2020 and even converted some of its aircraft to freighters. Now, the airline expects to bring two of those aircraft out of retirement. In its investor overview for the third quarter of 2024 (Q3 2024), Air Canada published its incoming aircraft through the decade's end.
On it, there is one aircraft that no one expected, the 767-300ERs. All of the other aircraft on the list are brand-new, factory-delivered aircraft. Air Canada expects to expand its fleet by 90 planes in the next five years, including the two 767s.
This breaks down by the following types: Aircraft type Number of aircraft Boeing 787-9 1 Boeing 787-10 18 Boeing 767-300ER 2 Boeing 737 MAX 12 Airbus A321XLR 30 Airbus A220 27 The airline's report does not cite the reason for bringing the old widebodies back to service, but it has experienced increased demand, leading it to shop in the used aircraft market. Additionally, Air Canada has faced delivery delays on aircraft, which is likely another factor in choosing to return the 767s to its fleet. Iberia completed the world's first passenger flight with the Airbus A321XLR, touchin.