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A list of all our featured airports in Canada can be found below, together with an overview of how to find cheap flights to Canada.
Featured Cities in Canada:
Calgary Deer Lake Edmonton Halifax La Sarre Moncton Montreal Ottawa Quebec City St Johns Toronto Any Vancouver Winnipeg
Flights to Canada - Overview
Unlike neighbouring USA, the market for flights to Canada is much more open to competition, with a wide range of options, including traditional scheduled airlines, charter flights, and also some "no-frills" services on offer with airlines such as Zoom. The main gateway for flights to Canada is Toronto, which has regular inbound scheduled links from London and Manchester, as well as less frequent services from a wide range of UK departure airports, including Exeter, Cardiff, Belfast and Manchester. Although regional flights to Canada are much less widely available outside Toronto, direct flights from London are available to Ottawa, St. John's, Montréal and Halifax in eastern Canada, as well as Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton in the west.
There is some variation in the availability of flights to Canada throughout the year, with many services oriented towards the ski market - especially flights to western Canada. A number of services to the east coast are more geared towards summer only operations, especially as they carry significant numbers of Canadians coming to visit the UK. Flights to Toronto are more likely to be available year-round, although there are also a number of seasonal services. For the summer 2007 season, the Scottish airline Flyglobespan have added new cheap flights to Toronto Hamilton from numerous airports throughout the UK.
Connecting Flights
Although there are many UK airports which offer cheap flights to Toronto, airlines like Flyglobespan and Thomas Cook are predominately interested in point to point services, rather than offering their passengers any onward connections. Continental Airlines offer onward connections via New York, but we generally advise avoiding traveling via the USA if you can. Flying via the States means you will have to deal with time consuming US immigration and security procedures, even if you are just transferring from one flight to another within the same airport. A less stressful option is to look at flights to Canada via France. Air France has particular strong links with cities in French-speaking Quebec, especially Montreal.
Domestic Flights
A huge range of domestic flights is available within Canada, with several low-cost operators complementing Air Canada's own vast network. Note that despite Canada's size, the majority of the population live on the eastern seaboard, with cities such as Ottawa and Montréal being within reasonably easy reach of Toronto. Flying around Canada is the best option if you have time constraints, but there are also some pectacular train journeys which are well worthy of consideration. The Rocky Mountain train between Vancouver and Banff is particularly impressive.
Note that unlike the UK or the USA, most cities in Canada are served by just one airport - in fact the sprawling Mirabelle airport outside Montréal was recently closed after years of under-use. However, there are several airports which claim to serve the Toronto metro region. Most flights to Toronto from the UK will arrive into Pearson International airport (YYZ), which is one of North America's most important hubs.
Flyglobespan has started a programme of flights to Toronto Hamilton airport (YHM), which is 50 miles from downtown Toronto. The marketing department at Hamilton airport claim that passengers can still reach the centre of Toronto in less time than they can from Pearson airport, due to their compact and efficient terminal facilities. There are also a few shuttle flights to nearby cities within eastern Canada from Toronto's city centre airport (YTZ) – its not much use for transfers, but if you're already in Toronto, then it offers superb views of the Toronto cityscape on takeoff and landing. Abbotsford (YXX) is also an alternative to Vancouver for domestic flights within Canada.
We hope that you have found this information about flights to Canada useful.
Mini guide to Canada
Those news reports of disgruntled Democrats fleeing America for its northern
neighbour after the 2004 Presidential election have some grounding in reality.
Canada as a nation is widely admired for its laid-back, liberal-minded, clean
and efficient way of life, making a pleasant alternative to the clutter and
spectacle of most major American destinations. Here lies a range of cultural
and sporting activities, alongside an appreciation of all things natural,
as you’d only expect from those living on the banks of Lakes Ontario,
Erie and the Niagara Falls.
The friendly Canadian way of mixing and matching different creeds and races
(and mostly without strife - take that, America!) finds its most complete expression
in Montreal: not just the second largest French-speaking city in the world,
it’s a real melting pot of diverse influences. Also popular are Vancouver,
where the sports-mad locals are kept on ice (with skiing, snowboarding, hockey),
and Toronto, the country’s centre of commerce, currently undergoing something
of a renaissance following its downtown and harbour front development.
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