Air Canada Carry-on Changes

Effective May 25, 2015 all customers on Air Canada flights will need to make sure their carry-on luggage meets sizing regulations.

Air Canada is pleased to offer a generous carry-on baggage allowance. Travel comfortably, safely and on time respecting our existing carry-on baggage regulations. The following procedures, applicable to all Air Canada customers, including Business Class customers and Air Canada Altitude™ members, will reduce congestion at security check-points and help with smooth boarding and sufficient stowage on board the aircraft:

• Effective May 25, 2015, all customers departing from Toronto Pearson will have their carry-on baggage checked for compliance with
existing Air Canada carry-on baggage regulations

• All compliant carry-on baggage will be tagged by our agents with a new ‘Approved Carry-on Baggage’ tag’; oversize and/or excess bags
will be checked and fees may apply

• All other airports worldwide served by Air Canada will implement this process by the end of June.

There is a 2 week grace for Altitude Members and for Business Class travellers:

 

City	Compliance (to existing carry-on regulations) monitoring begins	Business Class/Altitude monitoring begins
Toronto	May 25	June 8
Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver	June 8	June 22
All other airports	June 15	June 29

 

There is no change to the existing Carry-On policy which allows for two pieces of carry-on baggage (one standard and one personal article):

	Standard article	Personal article
AC	9”x15.5”x21.5”	6”x13”x17”

Information on Air Canada's carry-on baggage allowance may be found here.