{"id":209859,"date":"2026-06-30T06:35:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T10:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/?p=209859"},"modified":"2026-06-26T15:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T19:03:10","slug":"air-canada-celebrating-the-best-of-canada-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/air-canada-celebrating-the-best-of-canada-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Canada celebrating the best of Canada this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-209860\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Air-Canada-2026-Summer_1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Air-Canada-2026-Summer_1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Air-Canada-2026-Summer_1024x768-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Air-Canada-2026-Summer_1024x768-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Air Canada reports that it\u2019s expecting to welcome over 1 million customers on board over the course of the next week as it kicks off the summer season with a full schedule of flights across Canada.<\/p>\n<p>With more than 50 destinations across Canada, the airline is celebrating the very best of the country coast-to-coast-to-coast and beyond, connecting Canadians with the people, places and experiences that make Canada a very special place for all of us.<\/p>\n<p>And with Canada Day arriving this week, the airline says that customers can expect special touches throughout the travel experience that reflect the pride that every employee at the airline feels as the flag carrier for our country.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Stevens, Vice President of Customer Experience and Service Operations at Air Canada, said that: \u201cFor many Canadians,\u00a0summer\u00a0vacation\u00a0is when they explore, discover, and share experiences with each other, whether it\u2019s across Canada or at historically relevant sites abroad, like Juno Beach in France, and we\u2019re proud of the role we play in the travel lives of Canadians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And Stevens continued: \u201cWe\u2019re ready for the busy summer season and our teams are focused on guiding our customers with a very real sense of Canadian pride as we share the very best of the country with the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As well, Air Canada\u2019s digital tools help customers travel with confidence throughout every stage of their journey. Through the Air Canada mobile app, customers can check in, access boarding passes, receive real-time flight updates, track\u00a0baggage\u00a0and mobility aids where available, and manage their Aeroplan account, all from one convenient place.<\/p>\n<p>Carlos Faxas, Vice President of Digital Products at Air Canada, said that: \u201cSummer is when Canadians reconnect with family, explore new places, and create lasting memories, and our goal is to make every step of that journey feel easier and more connected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Faxas continued: \u201cThe Air Canada mobile app gives customers access to real-time information throughout their trip, from check-in and boarding to flight updates and baggage tracking, helping them travel with greater confidence. Behind the scenes, technology is also supporting our airport and in-flight teams, allowing them to focus on what matters most: delivering a smooth, caring and distinctly Canadian travel experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aircanada.com\">www.aircanada.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Air Canada reports that it\u2019s expecting to welcome over 1 million customers on board over the course of the next week as it kicks off the summer season with a full schedule of flights across Canada. With more than 50 destinations across Canada, the airline is celebrating the very best of the country coast-to-coast-to-coast and<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/air-canada-celebrating-the-best-of-canada-this-summer\/\">more &#8250;<\/a>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":209874,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"kia_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1391,1],"tags":[1118],"front_page":[113],"class_list":["post-209859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-airlines","category-canada","category-news","tag-air-canada","front_page-lede-story"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":209861,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209859\/revisions\/209861"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209859"},{"taxonomy":"front_page","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelpress.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/front_page?post=209859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}