Overview
- The service will run four times a week between Cardiff and Toronto Pearson starting May 23, 2026, during the summer season only.
- Flights will be operated by Boeing 737-8 MAX aircraft with about 174 seats, keeping weekly capacity below 700 seats each way.
- Cardiff Airport is providing undisclosed financial support for the route, which the Welsh Government has publicly welcomed.
- Airport officials forecast 20,000 to 30,000 passengers in the first summer as Cardiff pursues recovery and a broader catchment into southwest England.
- Bristol Airport’s legal appeal over Cardiff’s wider subsidy programme is scheduled at the Competition Appeal Tribunal in February.