Seville is about to get its first-ever nonstop link to North America. On October 14, Air Canada announced a new route from Montreal to the Andalusian capital, launching September 8, 2027 — an unusually long 11 months of lead time, and a genuine first for the city.
The route will run 3,008 nautical miles (about 5,571 km) each way, operated by Air Canada's Airbus A321XLR, the long-range narrow-body built precisely for thin transatlantic routes like this. It starts with three flights a week, rising to four from October 1, 2027. Eastbound, you'll depart Montreal around 8:30 pm and land in Seville at 9:30 am the next day; the return leg is a daytime flight of just under eight hours. Service pauses in early January 2028, resumes February 19, and runs through early June.
Notice what's missing: summer. Air Canada is deliberately skipping the peak season because Seville's extreme heat can restrict the A321XLR's payload — the same issue that pushed the airline to swap in a Boeing 787 on its Palma route, even though Palma is actually farther from Montreal. Seville gets even hotter, so shoulder-season flying it is.
Strategically, the pick makes sense. Seville is the capital of Andalusia, Spain's tourist heartland, and its metro area is bigger than Malaga's — yet Malaga already has nonstops from Air Transat and United. Seville offers similar demand with far less competition. It also joins a growing Air Canada Spanish portfolio that already includes Barcelona, Madrid, Palma and Tenerife South.
The Seville announcement is part of a much bigger narrow-body play: from January 2027, Air Canada has scheduled 20 A321XLR routes to Europe — 12 from Montreal, six from Toronto, plus two from Halifax and Ottawa. More than half of all its transatlantic XLR flights will be Montreal-based. New and returning destinations on the XLR map include Basel, Nantes, Oslo, Shannon and Tenerife South, with quirky outliers like Amsterdam served only on a handful of April dates.
Spain is the overall winner. Once all airlines are counted, 11 Spanish destinations will have nonstop service from the US or Canada next year — from the classics (Madrid, Barcelona, Palma) to newer entries like Bilbao, Gran Canaria, Santiago de Compostela, Ibiza, Valencia and now Seville. Tenerife South briefly lost its North America link when United pulled out in May 2025; Air Canada's return restores it.
For travellers, the practical takeaway is simple: if Seville is on your list, you'll be able to fly there directly from Montreal in roughly seven hours — but book for spring (February to early June) or autumn (September to December), since the summer months are simply not served. The daytime return is a nice bonus for anyone who dreads red-eyes home.
