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Air Canada has announced that from June 2026, it will resume its previously very popular direct flight between Budapest and Toronto. The airline will operate the route with 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, offering passengers a choice of three travel classes and an even higher level of service. Starting next June, the Budapest-Toronto route will connect the Hungarian capital with Canada’s largest city four times a week during the summer season. The new link will contribute to the further growth of premium overseas passenger traffic in Hungary and offer outbound travelers excellent transfer options to many other destinations on the American continent.

    Following several months of preparatory work and discussions with the airline, Air Canada will resume its Budapest-Toronto flight in the summer of 2026, operating four times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays from the Hungarian capital to the Canadian city, until the end of October. Air Canada will operate the route with a wide-body Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, offering passengers a choice of Business Class, Premium Economy and Economy Class, ensuring that both leisure and business travelers will find the service that suits their needs.

    The flight will operate between Ferenc Liszt International Airport and Toronto Pearson International Airport from 6 June to 24 October 2026. The modern, world-class, 298-seater aircraft will depart from Budapest at 13:15 local time and arrive in Toronto at 15:15, while the return flight will depart from the Canadian city at 21:55 and land in the Hungarian capital at 11:25 the following day. Air Canada will provide 47,680 seats between the two cities during the summer season and offer excellent transfer options  in Toronto, that will connect Budapest with  other regions of Canada, major cities in North America and certain exotic destinations, such as the Caribbean, Hawaii, and several South American countries.

    “With Air Canada’s Budapest-Toronto flight, we announced our second direct North American destination this summer, which clearly demonstrates the success of our aviation development activities. With Budapest returning to the map of the largest North American carriers with two connections this year, we can provide a further boost to the already extremely lively interest that the Hungarian capital enjoys among overseas travelers,” emphasized Francois Berisot, the CEO of Budapest Airport.

    “The announcement of this new transatlantic flight is an important outcome of Visit Hungary’s overseas marketing activities, which played a significant role in establishing demand for the connection. The direct Budapest-Toronto route could further boost inbound leisure travel and MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) tourism in Budapest, from our third-highest spending market amongst major sending countries,” said Olivér Csendes, the CEO of Visit Hungary, commending the significance of Air Canada’s announcement.

    The connection is expected to attract considerable interest once again, as it will serve an already high demand with the launch of the direct flight; currently, nearly 90,000 passengers travel between the two countries annually. As a simple, convenient and fast alternative to connecting, the direct flight is expected to further stimulate this demand among leisure passengers (such as the passengers of the very popular river cruises departing from Budapest), those visiting friends and relatives, business travelers and the MICE segment (those arriving for conferences, incentive trips, exhibitions and other business-related meetings) as well.