(Montreal) A significant number of travelers who recently returned from sun destinations in Montreal and Quebec City may have been exposed to the coronavirus because there was at least one confirmed case of COVID-19 on board their flight.
The list of international flights of concern to public health authorities in Canada has continued to grow since the start of January, according to data compiled by the federal government in its update on Saturday.
As recently as last week, Air Transat had two flights where all of its passengers may have been exposed to the coronavirus, but this time from Port-au-Prince, Haiti. These planes landed in Montreal on January 10 and 13. Ten days earlier, it was six-row passengers on an Air Transat flight arriving from the Haitian capital who were exposed to COVID-19.
Quebecers who have traveled to Mexico, Cuba, the United States and France also had to watch for symptoms, a little more closely, because they had been exposed to the virus when they returned home.
This is particularly the case for passengers on three Air Canada flights from Cancún, Mexico, which landed in Montreal from January 3 to 5. Passengers in a total of 27 rows were exposed.
Other travelers returning from Fort Lauderdale, Florida were also exposed aboard six other Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge flights until last week.
Two Sunwing flights, from Varadero (Cuba) and Cancún, also carried people who had COVID-19, on January 3, until the aircraft landed in Montreal, according to statistics compiled by the federal government.
This was also the case for the passengers of an Air Transat flight returning to Quebec, from Cancún, on January 6. Passengers in six rows are affected.
Four flights from Paris were also affected by carriers Air Canada and Air France on January 5 and 6.
In short, these are just a few recent examples, among a larger number of monitored flights across Canada, demonstrating the importance for travelers to respect the 14-day quarantine after their arrival in Canada.
List of the few international flights with confirmed cases of COVID-19:
– Air Canada, AC989, from Cancún to Montreal, January 3, 2021, rows 18 to 21 and 43 to 51
– Air Canada, AC1883, from Cancún to Montreal, January 4, 2021, affected rows 20 to 26
– Air Canada, AC989, from Cancún to Montreal, January 5, 2021, affected rows 22 to 28
– Air Transat TS467, from Cancún to Quebec, January 6, 2021, rows 19 to 24
– Air Canada, AC901, from Fort Lauderdale to Montreal, January 6, 2021, rows 22 to 28 and 37 to 43
– Air Canada, AC901, from Fort Lauderdale to Montreal, January 10, 2021, unknown
– Air Canada / Rouge, AC1607, from Fort Lauderdale to Montreal, January 4, 2021, rows 21 to 27
– Air Canada / Rouge, AC1601, from Fort Lauderdale to Montreal, January 4, 2021, rows 20 to 26
– Air Canada / Rouge, AC1601, from Fort Lauderdale to Montreal, January 5, 2021, affected rows 3 and 12 to 15
– Air Canada / Rouge, AC1607, from Fort Lauderdale to Montreal, January 6, 2021, rows 1 to 4 and 13 to 19
– Air Canada / Rouge, AC1987, from Punta Cana to Montreal, January 10, 2021, rows 33 to 39
– Sunwing, WG653, from Varadero to Montreal, January 3, 2021, rows 20 to 30
– Sunwing WG538, from Cancún to Montreal, January 3, 2021, affected rows 19 to 25
– Air Transat, TS467, from Cancún to Québec, January 6, 2021, rows 19 to 24
– Air Transat, TS663, from Port-au-Prince to Montreal, January 3, 2021, rows 44 to 49
– Air Transat, TS663, from Port-au-Prince to Montreal, January 10, 2021, all rows
– Air Transat, TS665, from Port-au-Prince to Montreal, January 13, 2021, all rows
– Air France, AF344, from Paris to Montreal, January 5, 2021, rows 14 to 20
– Air France AF344, from Paris to Montreal, January 6, 2021, rows 27 to 33
– Air Canada, AC871, from Paris to Montreal, January 5, 2021, rows 18 to 23
– Air Canada, AC871, from Paris to Montreal, January 7, 2021, rows 36 to 42
