{"id":531096,"date":"2026-09-06T00:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T14:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/air-canada-launches-new-8-hour-xlr-heathrow-route\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T00:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T14:00:13","slug":"air-canada-launches-new-8-hour-a321xlr-heathrow-route-but-theres-a-twist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=531096","title":{"rendered":"Air Canada Launches New 8-Hour A321XLR Heathrow Route: But There’s A Twist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Air Canada<\/a><\/span> is adding an exciting new ‘daytripper’ service between Toronto Pearson International Airport<\/a><\/span> (YYZ) and London Heathrow Airport<\/a><\/span> (LHR). The airline’s brand-new Airbus A321XLR<\/a><\/span> will be deployed on the route, adding up to 33 weekly flights on the city pair. From June 1, 2027, the Star Alliance<\/a><\/span> carrier plans to provide even more choice for travel to the British capital, nonstop from Canada’s largest city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Early morning departures deliver late evening London arrivals and seamless US preclearance via Toronto hub connections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[940,1778,396,476,713,1022,240,20969,15477],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-531096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-air-canada","category-airbus-a321xlr","category-aircraft","category-airlines","category-canada","category-london-heathrow-airport","category-north-america","category-sf-insight","category-sf-routes-analysis"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t