The New Aspire Air Canada Café at Toronto Billy Bishop Airport

Air Canada has unveiled its latest lounge concept, the Aspire | Air Canada Café at Billy Bishop Toronto City Centre Airport (YTZ). The airline’s newest lounge opened on June 1, 2023, in a collaboration between Air Canada and Aspire, Swissport’s premium lounge brand.

This unique concept offers eligible passengers the choice of hot and cold buffet items, grab-and-go meals, fresh bread and pastries, and a bar with both complimentary and paid premium drinks. 

I’ll be attending the opening event later on today, and I’ll update this article with pictures and more information as it becomes available.

The New Aspire | Air Canada Café at Billy Bishop Toronto City Centre Airport

Earlier this week, Air Canada executives hinted at the upcoming launch of a new lounge in Toronto in Summer 2023. What wasn’t specified at the time was in what airport the lounge would open, which we now know is Billy Bishop Toronto City Centre Airport (YTZ).

This is the newest lounge for Air Canada, and the only airline lounge at Billy Bishop Airport. 

The Aspire | Air Canada Café collaboration is Air Canada’s 27th lounge, and the fifth currently operating Canadian Aspire lounge. Air Canada maintains lounges in most major Canadian airports, and Aspire has lounges in Calgary (YYC), Montreal (YUL), and Ottawa (YOW).

It’s worth noting that in late 2022, Swissport had announced that it would open an Aspire lounge at Billy Bishop Airport. The lounge didn’t ever open, and it appears that it collaborated with Air Canada prior to finalizing everything.

The lounge is billed as a “café-style executive lounge”, and is unique in that it’s a hybrid between the Air Canada Café that debuted at Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) and Aspire lounges. 

In total, the lounge has a 367 square metres of space. The Aspire | Air Canada Café offers seating for 133 guests in the domestic departures terminal at Billy Bishop Airport.

In the lounge, you’ll find quiet workspaces and a private meeting room, as well as food and drinks to enjoy in the lounge or on the go. There are separate workspaces for taking calls, which are separated from other working spaces where guests might appreciate less noise.

Wireless chargers are available at just about every seat in the…