Air Canada cancels 10 B737-8s and 12 A220-300s

After presenting its 2020 third quarter results, which showed a significant loss, Air Canada announced it has further reduced its future capital expenditure by cancelling ten additional B737-8s as well as twelve A220-300s.

In March, the airline cancelled eleven B737-9s it had on order and now added another ten B737-8s. As a result, Air Canada now has a backlog of sixteen B737-8s with Boeing, with 24 B737-8s already delivered. Originally, Air Canada ordered 61 B737MAXs in 2013, but will now only have a fleet of 40 B737-8s and not a single B737-9. The remaining sixteen B737-8s are expected now for delivery between 2021 and 2023.

Air Canada has also amended its A220-300 order with Airbus. First it reached an agreement to defer the delivery of eighteen A220s and rescheduling these between 2021 and 2022. The airline also cancelled twelve A220-300s, reducing the total planned A220-fleet from 45 to 33. So far eleven A220-300s have been delivered, with five more to follow this year.

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