Gallery: Behind the Scenes at Air Canada Operations

An Air Canada Boeing 777-300ER prepares to return-to-service in August 2023, after being damaged by fire from a ground vehicle at Montreal Pierre Trudeau International Airport the prior month.
 

A CAE7000 XR Airbus A220 Full Flight simulator at CAE Aviation Training and Services Toronto. The facility houses Air Canada’s fleet of simulators as well as four CAE-owned and operated FFs. CAE and Air Canada share management responsibility for the training center. Air Canada has 33 A220-300s delivered its fleet with 27 on order.
 

Air Canada CEO Mike Rousseau conferring with maintenance onboard an aircraft.

Air Canada’s first delivered Airbus A220, C-GROV named after former company chief executive Calin Rovinescu undergoes an engine swap of its Pratt & Whitney GTF 1500G at the company’s Montreal Pierre Trudeau International Airport base on August 28, 2023. This first of Air Canada’s 60 A220s entered service in January 2020.
 

An Air Canada cabin door trainer at the carrier’s Montreal base.

An emergency life raft at the carrier’s Montreal base, on dry land versus ditch pool.
 

Air Canada performs much of its engine overhauls in-house at its engine shops, including this one at Montreal Pierre Trudeau International Airport.
 

Air Canada employs the Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engine on its 18 strong Airbus A330-300 fleet. The engine was photographed in the engine shop at the carrier's MRO base at Montreal Pierre Trudeau International Airport.
 

Air Canada’s real-time flight operations are seen on this real-time flight monitor on August 28, 2023.
 

Halifax based Jazz Aviation is Air Canada’s exclusive provider of regional lift. One of its 39 De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400s is seen undergoing line maintenance at the carrier's MRO base at Montreal Pierre Trudeau International Airport on August 28, 2023.
 

A Pratt & Whitney GTF 1500G Turbofan used on the Airbus A220 awaits inspection on August 28, 2023 at the Montreal MRO, following the latest airworthiness bulletin (AD) from Pratt.
 

A full motion cabin crew safety trainer awaits its next exercise at the carrier’s Montreal training facility.
 

Air Canada’s state-of-the-art, just inaugurated System Operations Center in Toronto, is the nerve center of the airline’s worldwide operations.
 

Air Canada’s Călin Rovinescu Museum, named after its legendary former CEO, at its Montreal Airport headquarters showcases the company’s history going back to the company’s founding as Trans Canada Airlines in 1937 to the present.
 

Air Canada’s Călin Rovinescu Museum displays include a large display model of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. 
 

Inside Air Canada’s Călin Rovinescu Museum are photos of Air Canada’s branding and logo lineage.
 

Air Canada's full fleet on display at the museum.

Inside the Călin Rovinescu Museum.

Air Canada’s Călin Rovinescu Museum displays the airline’s uniform history.