Photo: Air Canada Express Jazz 50-seat Bombardier CRJ jet. Courtesy Air Canada website.

YQG Introduces Air Canada Daily Windsor Montreal Non Stop Flights

Windsor International Airport (YQG) has announced the launch of new Air Canada Daily Windsor Montreal Non Stop Flights. 

Flights are timed to provide connections between Windsor and Atlantic Canada including Saint John, Fredericton, Moncton, Halifax and St. John’s, and Windsor to Europe, including Brussels, Rome, Geneva, Barcelona, Lisbon, Paris, Lyon and Frankfurt, as well as Casablanca, Morocco.

The daily Montreal-Windsor flights will commence July 2, 2018 and will be operated by Air Canada Express Jazz using the 50-seat Bombardier CRJ jet. 

“This is an important step in the evolution of Windsor International Airport and the city of Windsor. The Montreal-Windsor route is the first daily year-round passenger service from Windsor to a destination other than Toronto, as well as the first daily year-round service from Windsor with scheduled jet service. The new non-stops flights to Montreal along with the additional Air Canada connections that will now be available will be a great advantage for both Windsor’s business and leisure travelers.”  Drew Dilkens, Windsor Mayor, Chair of YQG Board

Air Canada simultaneously announced the launch of the Windsor flights with similar flights from London to Montreal.

“We are pleased to expand Air Canada’s domestic network from Montreal into the growing Southern Ontario markets of Windsor and London by offering new non-stop daily flights to Montreal, as we continue to strategically expand our already extensive domestic network,” said Benjamin Smith, President, Passenger Airlines at Air Canada. “With the continued growth in the Southern Ontario market, we see the opportunity to add new non-stop services and provide additional convenient travel options to cities across Atlantic Canada as well several European destinations,” said Smith.

“The addition of flights to London and Windsor strengthens Montreal’s position as an international hub by facilitating the movement of travelers from this region to destinations in Europe or Asia,” said Philippe Rainville, President and Chief Executive Officer of Aéroports de Montréal. Not only is it contributing to the phenomenal growth of passenger traffic at Montréal-Trudeau, it is also enabling us to further develop our air service and increase the frequency of interesting flights.”

The schedule for the Windsor/Montreal flights is as follows:

Flight #	Depart	Time	Arrive	Time
AC8183	Montreal	08:50	Windsor, ON	10:39
AC8184	Windsor, ON	11:10	Montreal	12:55

Flights are now available for purchase along with introductory promotional fares via the Air Canada app and through travel agents. Prices are in the range of $300, round trip, per person. Flight time is approximately one hour, 25 minutes to Montreal and one hour 49 minutes from Montreal to Windsor. According to the Air Canada website, this aircraft does not have an onboard wheelchair or a wheelchair accessible lavatory.

All flights are timed to connect conveniently with Air Canada’s global schedule in Montreal, provide for Aeroplan accumulation and redemption, Star Alliance reciprocal benefits, and for eligible customers, priority check-in, Maple Leaf Lounge access at mainline Canadian airports, priority boarding and other benefits.

Windsor International Airport (YQG) is owned by the City of Windsor and operated by Your Quick Gateway (Windsor) Inc. The airport had grown from 116,781 passengers when the City took over operations in 2007, to 311,444 in 2017.

Air Canada is Canada’s largest domestic and international airline serving more than 200 airports on six continents.  Canada’s flag carrier is among the 20 largest airlines in the world and in 2017 served approximately 48 million customers.  Air Canada provides scheduled passenger service directly to 64 airports in Canada, 60 in the United States and 98 in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Australia, the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America and South America. Air Canada is a founding member of Star Alliance, the world’s most comprehensive air transportation network serving 1,317 airports in 193 countries.