Jul 14, 2007

Air Canada Cheap One Way Airfares

Many travellers visit Air Canada's website to book the lowest-costing airfares. Booking online at AirCanada.com saves consumers at least US$22 (CDN$21) per passenger. In addition, the site enables visitors to reserve discounted hotel rooms, car rentals and city attractions.

Partly to take advantage of the high loonie, Canadian tourists from Toronto are the target of a recent Air Canada promotion offering discounts to major American cities. The sale applies to travel up to mid-December 2007 and must be booked by August 22, 2007.

Below are Air Canada's one-way Tango airfares from Toronto to the Canadian cities shown:

  • Calgary/Edmonton ... $179
  • Deer Lake ... $124
  • Halifax/Moncton ... $120
  • Montreal/Ottawa ... CDN$79
  • Regina/Saskatoon/Vancouver ... $204
  • St. John's, NFLD ...$144
  • Thunder Bay ... $114
  • Victoria ... $224
  • Winnipeg ... $134.

Below are Air Canada's one-way Tango or Tango Plus airfares from Toronto to the American cities shown:

  • Boston ... $151
  • Chicago ... $157
  • Dallas ...$178
  • Los Angeles ... $214
  • Orlando ... $164
  • San Diego ... $242
  • San Francisco ... $237
  • Seattle ... $217
  • Washington/Baltimore ... $134.

Air Canada is also focusing on each-way disount fares to international destinations. However, these promotions require round-trip tickets be purchased. Availability of discounts for international trips vary.

This seasonal promotion come at a time when Air Canada is forced to offer travel discounts as a means to feed its international routes with Canadian passengers. The airline industry in Canada is a duopoly with two major airlines, yet Air Canada faces strong price competition from WestJet particularly to and from the most heavily travelled destinations in Canada, the U.S. and the Caribbean.

Do WestJet's bargain prices undercut Air Canada's? To find out, read our WestJet blog.