Air Canada

79.4IVCA

Canadá · North America

#15global
#3North America
100%confidence
Operations and fleet punctuality · fleet · environment
65
Perception globally awarded recognitions
84
Network and track record fleet · destinations · continents · years · alliance
91

How it is made up

Continents served our own
6 continents (published network) · weight 5%
100
Global alliance our own
Star Alliance · founder (1997) · weight 4%
100
Destination network our own
208 destinations (published network) · weight 4%
86
Track record our own
89 years (founded in 1937) · weight 4%
100
Fleet size our own
200 or more aircraft (published fleet) · weight 3%
56
Punctuality external data
73.26% on time (Cirium 2025) · weight 23%
52
Wide-body fleet our own
85 wide-body aircraft (published fleet) · weight 7%
98
Environmental certification register
Independent environmental certification in force (until 2028) · weight 2%
100
Global airline recognition award
Among the world's 25 best airlines (2026) · weight 15%
94
On-board experience rating award
Five stars · global (2026) · weight 11%
90
Frequent-flyer programme award
Air Canada Aeroplan: among the world's 10 best (international listing 2025) · 2026 indus… · weight 6%
96
Product rating (stars) award
4 stars (product certification) · weight 4%
80
Regional recognition (best in its region) award
Best Airline in North America (international recognition 2026) · weight 3%
100

#15 worldwide · #3 in North America. IVCA 79.4. Strong in regional recognition, presence by continent, track record. Weak in punctuality, fleet size. Confidence 100%. Not listed in international assessment (worth 50).

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Third-party recognitions are used only as an input to the calculation; their listings and placings are not republished. See the methodology (IVCA v2.5).

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