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2008 Air Canada Annual Report
34
8. FLEET
Air Canada’s operating fleet at December 31, 2008 (excluding aircraft operated by Jazz under the Jazz CPA) was as follows:
Total Seats
Numberof
Operating
Aircraft (1) Average Age Owned (2)
Capital
Lease (2)
Consolidated
Under
AcG-15 (2)
Operating
Lease
Air Canada
Widebody Aircraft
Boeing 777-300 349 10 1.1 6 - - 4
Boeing 777-200 270 6 1.1 4 - - 2
Boeing 767-300 191-213 30 15.3 1 8 6 15
Airbus A330-300 265-274 8 8.2 - 8 - -
Narrowbody Aircraft
Airbus A321 174 10 6.8 - - 5 5
Airbus A320 140-146 41 15.7 - - - 41
Airbus A319 120 35 11.0 - 17 15 3
Embraer E190 93 45 1.8 45 - - -
Embraer E175 73 15 3.3 15 - - -
Total 200 8.8 71 33 26 70
(1) Excludes aircraft which have been removed from service.
(2) Owned aircraft as well as capital leases and leases consolidated under AcG-15 are carried on Air Canada’s statement of financial position. Owned aircraft include
aircraft financed under conditional sales agreements.
In 2008, Air Canada took delivery of the last three Embraer 190 aircraft on order bringing the total of Embraer 190 aircraft
in its fleet to 45.
In 2008, Air Canada introduced five Boeing 777-300ER aircraft and three 777-200LR aircraft into its fleet. As at December
31, 2008, 15 of the 16 Boeing 777 firm aircraft under the purchase agreement with The Boeing Company (“Boeing”) had
been delivered, with the remaining aircraft firm delivery expected in the first quarter of 2009. In the third quarter of 2009,
Air Canada expects to take delivery of one Boeing 777-300ER on a 10-year operating lease with International Lease Finance
Corporation (“ILFC”).
In 2008, Air Canada retired its fleet of Boeing 767-200 aircraft, consisting of 10 aircraft. These older aircraft are high unit
cost aircraft from both a fuel consumption and maintenance perspective.
Pursuant to the Jazz CPA, Jazz operates an operating fleet of 133 aircraft with an average age of 13.4 years comprised of
the following aircraft:
• 24BombardierCRJ-100aircraft;
• 33BombardierCRJ-200aircraft;
• 16BombardierCRJ-705aircraft;
• 26Dash8-300aircraft;and
• 34Dash8-100aircraft.