Air Transat will launch weekly nonstop service between Quebec City Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB) and Lyon Saint-Exupery Airport (LYS) from June 8 to October 26, 2027, using an Airbus A321LR. The route was announced on October 29, 2026, as part of a five-route Summer 2027 expansion, according to Aviation Week.
The Lyon service will increase Air Transat's European network from Quebec City to five destinations, alongside existing routes to Paris Charles de Gaulle, Marseille, Nantes and the new Barcelona service (also launching in Summer 2027). The A321LR is a long-range narrowbody well-suited for thinner transatlantic routes, enabling Air Transat to serve markets that cannot support widebody aircraft.
Simple Flying confirmed the five-route Summer 2027 announcement in its coverage of Air Transat's October 29 activities, listing the Quebec City-Lyon route with a June 8, 2027 start date and weekly A321LR operations.
The five new routes were announced alongside the launch of Air Transat's Montreal-Istanbul nonstop service on October 29, 2026, underscoring the Canadian carrier's pivot toward broader year-round transatlantic flying beyond its traditional Caribbean leisure base.
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