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Report of Bilateral Air Relations Between Canada and Other Countries
Prepared by:
International Agreements
Licensing, Charters and Agreements Directorate,
Air and Accessible Transportation Branch,
Canadian Transportation Agency
Note: This report is for reference purposes only.
Please note that you are accessing the NON-CONFIDENTIAL VERSION of the report. As such, while the existence of Confidential and ad referendum documents is noted, the information presented is from publicly available documents only.
To access summary information on specific countries, click on Bilateral Air Agreements and Designated Air Carriers.
Copies of documents (Agreements and Exchanges of Notes) referred to in the report may be available from:
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(The online catalogue only contains those documents published after January 1991.)
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- Explanatory Notes
- Bilateral Air Agreements and Designated Air Carriers
- Airports identified for the carriage of international cargo shipments
OTHER INSTRUMENTS - This report contains non-confidential information only. The
existence of confidential documents is noted in this section, however the contents are not
disclosed. Please note that ad referendum information is generally regarded as confidential.
CHARACTERIZATION OF BILATERAL AGREEMENT- This section contains a brief
summary of the main features of the bilateral air agreement including traffic rights, designation,
tariffs and capacity. In some air transport agreements all traffic rights are granted initially, using
the annex to restrict the available rights. In other air transport agreements only the traffic rights
specified in the annex are granted.
ROUTES AUTHORIZED AND ASSOCIATED RIGHTS - The specified routes and the
rights available are in general a reiteration of the wording of the actual agreements and related
bilateral instruments.
ROUTES OPERATED - The routes operated are based primarily on service schedules
submitted by air carriers to the Canadian Transportation Agency.
For further non-classified information on the actual treaty documents for each country, please
consult the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's website at the following
address: http://www.treaty-accord.gc.ca
Country |
Agreement |
Designated Canadian Airline(s) |
Designated Foreign Airline(s) |
Algeria |
06/07/05 |
Air Canada (code-sharing services) |
Air Algérie |
Antigua* |
49/08/19 |
Air Canada |
|
Argentina |
79/05/08 |
Air Canada |
Aerolineas Argentinas |
Aruba |
00/01/25 |
Air Canada WestJet |
|
Australia |
88/07/05 |
Air Canada Harmony Airways (code-sharing services) |
Qantas |
Austria |
93/06/22 |
Air Canada Air Transat |
Austrian Airlines |
Bahamas* |
49/08/19 |
Air Canada |
|
Barbados |
85/10/18 |
Air Canada |
|
Belgium |
86/05/13 |
Air Canada Air Transat Skyservice |
Brussels Airlines |
Brazil |
86/05/15 |
Air Canada |
VARIG-Vaiçao Varig Logistica |
Bulgaria |
91/04/12 |
Air Canada |
Balkan Bulgarian Airlines 1 |
Chile |
03/12/04 |
Air Canada |
Lan Airlines S.A. |
China |
05/09/09 |
Air Canada Cargojet Harmony Airways |
Air China China Eastern |
Colombia** |
|
Air Canada |
Avianca |
Costa Rica |
96/11/22 |
Air Canada |
Lineas Aereas Costarricensas, S.A. (LACSA) |
Croatia |
06/12/01 |
Skyservice Air Canada |
|
Cuba |
98/02/12 |
Air Canada Air Transat |
Cubana |
Czech Republic |
96/03/13 |
Air Canada |
Czech Airlines |
Denmark |
89/02/17 |
Air Canada |
Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) |
Dominican Republic |
86/06/18 |
Air Canada Air Transat Skyservice Zoom Airlines WestJet Sunwing |
Dominicana 1 |
Egypt |
87/04/03 |
Air Canada |
Egypt Air Egyptair Cargo1 |
El Salvador |
96/11/22 |
Air Canada |
|
Fiji |
74/04/30 |
Air Canada Harmony Airways (code-sharing services) |
Air Pacific |
Finland |
90/05/28 |
Air Canada |
Finnair |
France |
76/06/15 |
Air Canada Air Transat Zoom Airlines Skyservice |
Air France Aeris 1 Corsair Air St. Pierre |
Germany |
73/03/26 |
Air Canada Air Transat |
Lufthansa Condor Flugdienst LTU International Airways |
Greece |
84/08/20 |
Air Canada Air Transat |
Olympic Airlines |
Grenada |
extra-bilateral
authority |
Air Canada |
|
Guatemala* |
96/11/22 |
Air Canada |
|
Guyana |
05/01/18 |
Air Canada |
TravelSpan GY Inc. E-Jet-Inc. |
Haiti |
78/10/12 |
Air Canada |
|
Hong Kong |
88/06/24 |
Air Canada |
Cathay Pacific |
Hungary |
98/12/07 |
Air Canada |
MALEV Hungarian
Airlines |
Iceland |
07/07/11 |
|
Icelandair |
India |
82/07/20 |
Air Canada |
Air India Jet Airways 1 |
Indonesia |
95/12/05 |
Air Canada |
Garuda 1 |
Ireland |
07/04/27 |
Air Canada Air Transat Skyservice |
Aer Lingus |
Israel** |
Agreed Minute |
Air Canada |
El Al |
Italy |
02/05/16 |
Air Canada Air Transat Skyservice |
Alitalia |
Ivory Coast |
87/09/03 |
Air Canada |
Ivoire Aero Services
(IAS) |
Jamaica |
85/10/18 |
Air Canada Sunwing Airlines WestJet Skyservice |
Air Jamaica |
Japan |
55/01/12 |
Air Canada |
Japan Airlines All Nippon |
Jordan |
90/05/10 |
Air Canada |
Royal Jordanian |
Korea |
89/09/20 |
Air Canada |
Korean Airlines Asiana Airlines |
Kuwait |
07/05/08 |
Air Canada |
Kuwait Airways Corporation Jazeera Airways Company |
Lebanon* |
99/04/10 |
Air Canada1 |
Middle East Airlines1 |
Malaysia |
95/05/26 |
Air Canada |
Malaysia Airlines |
Mexico |
61/12/21 |
Air Canada Air Transat Zoom Airlines Harmony Airways |
Mexicana Aerovias |
Morocco |
75/02/14 |
Air Canada |
Royal Air Maroc |
Netherlands |
89/06/02 |
Air Canada Air Transat |
KLM Martinair |
Netherlands Antilles |
74/06/17 |
Air Canada |
|
New Zealand |
85/09/04 |
Air Canada |
Air New Zealand |
Nicaragua |
96/11/22 |
Air Canada |
|
Norway |
89/02/17 |
Air Canada |
Scandinavian Airlines
System (SAS) |
Pakistan |
96/01/15 |
Air Canada |
Pakistan International
Airlines (PIA) |
Panama |
68/05/07 |
Air Canada |
|
Peru |
54/02/18 |
Air Canada |
Lan Peru |
Philippines |
97/01/14 |
Air Canada |
Philippine Airlines |
Poland |
01/04/05 |
Air Canada Air Transat |
LOT Polish Airlines |
Portugal |
06/06/08 |
Air Canada Air Transat Skyservice |
TAP Air Portugal |
Romania |
83/10/27 |
Air Canada |
TAROM S.A. |
Russia |
00/12/18 |
Air Canada Skyservice |
Aeroflot Transaero |
Saint Lucia |
84/01/06 |
Air Canada |
British West Indies
Airways (BWIA) |
Saudi Arabia |
90/11/14 |
Air Canada |
|
Serbia |
06/12/07 |
Skyservice Air Canada |
|
Singapore** |
Agreed Minute |
Air Canada |
Singapore Airlines |
Spain |
88/09/15 |
Air Canada Air Transat |
Iberia Spanair Air Comet |
St. Kitts & Nevis |
85/10/18 |
Air Canada |
British West Indies
Airways (BWIA) |
Sweden |
89/02/17 |
Air Canada |
Scandinavian Airlines
System (SAS) |
Switzerland |
75/02/20 |
Air Canada |
Swiss International Air
Lines |
Taiwan** |
99/02/25 |
Air Canada |
China Airlines EVA Airways |
Thailand |
89/05/24 |
Air Canada |
Thai Airways |
Trinidad & Tobago |
88/07/20 |
Air Canada |
British West Indies
Airways (BWIA) |
Ukraine |
99/01/28 |
Air Canada |
Air Ukraine AeroSvit Ukrainian-Mediterranean Airlines 1 |
United Arab Emirates |
99/05/28 |
Air Canada |
Etihad Airways Emirates Airlines 1 |
United Kingdom |
06/04/12 |
Air Canada Air Transat Skyservice Zoom Airlines WestJet Airlines |
British Airways Virgin Atlantic British Midland Airfreight Express Ltd.1 Trade Winds1 Thomas Cook Astraeus Ltd. Globespan Airways Ltd. |
United States of America |
07/03/12 |
Various |
Various |
Venezuela |
90/06/26 |
Air Canada |
VIASA Aeropostal1 |
Vietnam |
03/06/24 |
Air Canada |
|
1 carrier does not hold a licence to operate air services to Canada
* Canada-UK Air Services Agreement, by succession
** Other instrument in lieu of an Agreement
- Mirabel (1982)
- Hamilton (1987)
- Windsor (1993)
- Gander (2000)
- Winnipeg (2004)
- Edmonton (2006)
- Calgary (2007)
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