Air Canada'smainline narrowbody fleet consists of 123 aircraft. Ch-aviation shows it has 47 Boeing 737 MAX 8s, 37 Airbus A220 ...

Where the Aircraft Went: WestJet & Air Canada Step In After Lynx’s collapse, there was immediate interest in its fleet of nine Boeing 737 MAX 8s, all of which were leased.

Air Canada plans to transfer its Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to its low-cost leisure subsidiary Rouge and create a base for a portion of those aircraft at Vancouver International Airport in 2026.

We are offended by this deal, and we will challenge this." FILE- In this March 14, 2019, file photo a worker walks next to a Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane parked at Boeing Field in Seattle.

Following the Covid-19 pandemic, Air Canada retired many of its older A320-family jets and its entire fleet of Embraer E190s, favouring newer Boeing 737 Max 8s and A220-300s.

Late last year, a similar incident occurred on another 737 Max 8 flight traveling from New Orleans to Tampa, Florida. This flight also made an emergency landing back at the New Orleans airport.