Air Canada operates 210 mainline passenger aircraft, a mix of Airbus and Boeing narrow-body and wide-body jets. This list excludes aircraft from subsidiaries Air Canada Express, Air Canada Jetz, Air Canada Rouge and Air Canada Cargo.

Current fleet , Air Canada operates the following mainline aircraft:

+ Air Canada mainline fleet Aircraft In service Orders Passengers NotesTotal471812—125137Deliveries until 2027.5 options exercised on December 20, 2024.Order with 10 options.16—12—1561688 aircraft to be retrofitted by the end of 2025.5 to be transferred from Air Canada Rouge by 2027.1813—1618019613 aircraft to be transferred from Air Canada Rouge by 2027.38176184Transferred from EVA Air with its configuration.62414—168182Deliveries until 2029.20—3224241297—30255285Airbus A350-1000—8TBA Deliveries begin in 2030.Order with 8 options.35—16—153169To be transferred to Air Canada Rouge through 2026.—1891896—4024236300To be retrofitted with new cabin standard starting in 2029.19—4024336400283884408—202121425532—3021247298—144228262332Deliveries from 2026 until 2030.Order with 12 options.—30TBA30Deliveries begin in 2029.Total210107

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Historical fleet

Air Canada's Douglas DC-8-63 fleet was withdrawn from passenger service in 1983. Six of these were converted to DC-8-73 with new CFM engines, converted to freighters (DC-8-73F) in 1984, and retained for use by Air Canada Cargo, eventually being sold off to DHL between 1990 and 1994. Air Canada's Douglas DC-9-15s were used up to 1968. One DC-9-32CF was used for cargo flights until 1977. The McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32s were used from 1967 to 2002. Air Canada's Canadair CRJ-100 aircraft were used from the mid-1990s until the early 2000s when they were transferred to regional affiliate Jazz Air LP operating as Air Canada Jazz. Air Canada's Airbus A340-500s were retired in November 2007 and replaced by Boeing 777-200LRs. Air Canada's Airbus A340-300s were retired in November 2008 and replaced by Boeing 777-300ERs. Air Canada's Boeing 767-200ERs were retired at the end of 2008 and replaced by Airbus A330-300s. The McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 aircraft were operated from 1979 to 2000 by Canadian Pacific Air Lines and its successors Canadian Airlines International. The Boeing 737-200 aircraft were operated from 1968 to 2000 by Canadian Pacific Air Lines and its successors Canadian Airlines International. After the merger with Canadian Airlines International, Air Canada operated these aircraft in a mainline two-class configuration, as well as in an all-economy class configuration with the Air Canada Tango and the Zip low-cost carrier brands. In 2020, Air Canada retired their entire Boeing 767-300ER and Embraer E190 fleets. The Embraer E190 was replaced by the Airbus A220-300, while the Boeing 767-300ER was replaced by Boeing 787. As of December 2021, certain previously retired Boeing 767-300ER (legacy passenger variant) aircraft are being converted and reintroduced into the fleet as Boeing 767-300ER/BDSF cargo aircraft. As of August 2024, Air Canada plans to reintroduce the Boeing 767-300ER type to its fleet sometime in 2025. Air Canada additionally planned to completely retire its Airbus A319 fleet in May 2020, replacing them with further Airbus A220-300s. The mainline A319s were tentatively retired later than previously planned on February 7, 2021, with the final mainline A319 operating a flight from Calgary to Phoenix; however, Air Canada continued to operate A319s as part of its charter fleet under Air Canada Jetz. Subsequently, the mainline A319 service resumed in March 2022 until its retirement on September 7, 2025.

Aircraft that Air Canada has operated since 1937, but are no longer in the fleet:

+ Previously operated fleet Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes RefsAirbus A319-100481997202512 aircraft remain in service with Air Canada Rouge.Airbus A340-3001319952008Replaced by Boeing 777-300ER.Air Canada Historical Fleet Date accessed: 27 January 2009Airbus A340-500220042007Disposed to TAM Airlines.Replaced by Boeing 777-200LR.Avro Lancastrian19431947BAe 146-200519902005Operated by Air BC.5Operated by Air Nova.Boeing 727-2003019741992Boeing 737-2004419762004Former Canadian Airlines International fleet.Boeing 747-100519711998Boeing 747-200M319751999Boeing 747-400419902004Former Canadian Airlines International fleet.Boeing 747-400M319902004Boeing 767-2002319832008Replaced by Airbus A330-300.C-GAUN, nicknamed Gimli Glider made an emergency landing at Gimli Industrial Park Airport on July 23, 1983 after running out of fuel at 41,000 ft. Boeing 767-300ER4419882020*Replaced by Boeing 787-9 and Boeing 777-300ER.Six aircraft are reintroduced into the fleet as Boeing 767-300ER/BDSF cargo aircraft.Bombardier CRJ1002619942002Transferred to Jazz Aviation.Bristol Freighter19531955Canadair North Star19461961Douglas DC-32719451963Douglas DC-8-401119741979Douglas DC-8-50319681980Douglas DC-8-50CF719641985Douglas DC-8-601419701986CF-TIW, operating as Air Canada Flight 621, crashed while attempting a second landing at Toronto.Premature deployment of the spoilers on the first attempt resulted in a hard landing and structural damage.Douglas DC-8-70F819741994Embraer E1751520052013Launch customer.Transferred to Sky Regional Airlines.Embraer E190452005202020 aircraft were bought by Boeing Capital as part of a deal with Boeing, the rest were later taken up by Beautech Power System and Nordic Aviation Capital.Replaced by Airbus A220-300.Fokker F28 Fellowship3019862004Operated by Canadian Regional Airlines.Lockheed L-1011 TriStar1219731996Replaced by Boeing 767-300ER.Lockheed L-1011-500 Tristar619811992Sold to Delta Air Lines and replaced by Boeing 767-300ER.Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation19531963Lockheed Model 10 Electra19371941Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra19411949Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar19411949McDonnell Douglas DC-9-101419661981McDonnell Douglas DC-9-305019672002CF-TLU caught fire as Flight 797 in 1983 at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.CF-TLV crashed as Air Canada Flight 189 in 1978 at Toronto Pearson International Airport after a high speed rejected takeoff due to landing gear issues.McDonnell Douglas MD-11F320052008Leased from World Airways.Stearman 4-EM Senior Speedmail19371939Vickers Viscount511955197415 – model V.724, 36 – model V.757Vickers Vanguard231961197223 – Type 952

British Aerospace 146-200 and Fokker F28 jet aircraft were operated by regional airline affiliates of Air Canada via code sharing agreements.

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