Las Vegas: More flights from Canada on jumbo and small planes

More than a million Canadians visit Las Vegas each year, and more and more airlines are adding the theme park to their routes, whether on large capacity aircraft like the Boeing 787 Dreamliner or the Embraer E195-E2 that can carry just over 100 aircraft. Passengers.

In the case of the former, it is Air Canada that has deployed new flights to Las Vegas this winter from its base in Toronto on board its Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. The airline will operate daily flights between Toronto and Las Vegas, and in November the majority of these flights will be carried out on the largest model: the 787-9, according to data from Cirium.

Las Vegas will see a total of 37 Air Canada Dreamliner flights next month. According to Aeroroutes, these Dreamliner services will begin on October 29 and will continue throughout the winter until March 30, 2024.

The Embraer E195-E2 is a low-cost Porter Airlines plane that will operate daily flights between Toronto and Las Vegas next spring. Starting March 5, 2024, the Canadian airline will fly from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Harry Reid International Airport (LAS).

Porter became the first airline to operate in the United States with the E195-E2 in December 2022. Since then, the company has significantly expanded its fleet and currently includes 19 of these aircraft and 29 more on order. Each Porter Airlines E195-E2 can carry up to 132 passengers in an all-economy configuration, Simpleflying reports.