Air Canada has been busy adding international routes, but a look at its schedule data reveals the other side of the coin: five long-haul routes have been dropped from the timetable, and some of them will change how Canadians fly to Asia, the Middle East and North Africa.
The biggest loss for travellers is Vancouver–Singapore. Launched in April 2024, it was the airline's longest route and a rare nonstop between Canada and Southeast Asia. Scheduled up to five times weekly on a Boeing 787-9, it will end with final departures on January 24 and 26, 2027. Air Canada said the route simply never hit its business targets, and with cheap one-stop options via Hong Kong, Taipei and Tokyo, it's easy to see why. Once it stops, there will be no nonstop link between Canada and Singapore at all — though Vancouver–Bangkok survives.
India has also taken a hit. Two fifth-freedom routes routed through London Heathrow are gone: Calgary–Heathrow–Delhi, which ran daily through winter 2024/25, and Toronto–Heathrow–Mumbai, a winter service four times weekly that won't return for the 2026/27 season despite being on the calendar. The Mumbai route has history — it flew nonstop from Toronto until March 2025, but the loss of Russian airspace after the Ukraine invasion made the long routing impractical. Calgary–Delhi had real demand behind it: roughly 50,000 people of Indian heritage live in the Calgary area, and about 128,000 passengers flew that city pair in 2025.
Dubai is another casualty. Vancouver–Dubai launched in October 2023 alongside Air Canada's partnership with Emirates, but after two winter seasons the route was shelved — booking data showed only a small share of passengers actually connected through Dubai, with most choosing other hubs. Air Canada is now consolidating UAE flying through Toronto, though even that daily Dubai service has been suspended since March 2026 due to Middle East tensions, with cancellations running until at least the end of March 2027.
The fifth cut is Montréal–Algiers, a summer seasonal service four times weekly that last flew in September 2025 and isn't coming back.
Why it matters: if you're in Western Canada and heading to Singapore, South Asia or the Gulf, nonstop options just got thinner. One-stop itineraries via Tokyo, Hong Kong, Istanbul or Frankfurt will be the norm, and travellers with flexible dates should compare connections carefully — sometimes two stops can be dramatically cheaper. The silver lining for Canada–Southeast Asia flyers is that Bangkok remains reachable nonstop from Vancouver, and Star Alliance partners fill many of the gaps the national carrier is leaving behind.
