Air Canada will fly to Budapest?

Air Canada, the flag carrier of the North American country, has announced that they regard Budapest as a potential destination for their Airbus A321XLR plane in the future.

According to Budflyer, a Hungarian air travel news Facebook page, the Canadian airline talked about that in a presentation. Of course, the material got its way to the press from the annual summit of the Canadian travel agencies. Budflyer learned that the presentation involved future goals and developments of Canada’s flag carrier.

Air Canada has ordered the new type of plane from Airbus before, but the first aircraft will only arrive in Q1 2025. However, they showed the summit participants where they would like to fly with them. Among the destinations, there were some Central European cities, including Budapest, Hungary’s capital. Other destinations in the region were Berlin and Prague. You may check out the relevant page of Air Canada’s presentation by clicking HERE.

Since the route is under the Toronto HUB, it might happen that Air Canada is thinking about reestablighing a Toronto-Budapest direct flight. Interestingly, such a move would not be surprising. In February 2022, Air Canada announced the launch of a Toronto-Budapest direct flight. However, a couple of days later, Russia invaded Ukraine. Afterwards, the Canadian airline said they postponed establishing a direct flight.