Edelweiss inaugurates Airbus A340 service between Zurich and Halifax

Halifax currently has nonstop flights to Europe operated by Air Canada, Discover, Edelweiss, Icelandair, and WestJet. These carriers provide 42 weekly departures across the North Atlantic without any overnight departures. Despite losing Condor in October 2024, flight numbers have increased by 40% compared to last July and by 75% since before the pandemic in July 2019.

This year saw significant additions such as Amsterdam (with a high frequency due to WestJet's codeshare with KLM), Barcelona (Halifax's longest Canadian carrier-operated route), and Zurich. Paris CDG is also set for a return after its last service in 2022.

In July, daily operations include London Heathrow with Air Canada's Boeing 737 MAX 8. Other routes include six weekly services to Amsterdam with WestJet's Boeing 737 MAX 8 and Frankfurt with Discover's A330-200/A330-300 aircraft.

Three Canadian airports will host Airbus A340 flights in July/August. Edelweiss will use the quadjet for Calgary and Halifax services while Montreal hosts Tunisair’s leased A340-300 from Universal Sky Carrier for Tunis-Montreal flights due to Francophone connections.

Tunisair has flown approximately 105,000 passengers between Tunis and Montreal last year; New York JFK was the next largest market but significantly smaller at under 14,000 passengers annually.