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Air Canada vs Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines scores 8.8/10 against Air Canada at 8.5/10 on seat, screens, lounge and fare.

By Jon Miksis · cabin data verified · fares for travel November 8–14, 2026

Best product each one flies

Scored on what can be verified. Service, food and ground recovery are absent deliberately: they need someone in the seat, and they live in the reviews rather than here.

One caveat on the Value line, stated rather than buried: Value is computed from business fares, and a carrier with too few of them does not get a Value score at all. Where you see a dash, we have fewer than three priced business routes for that airline and did not want to invent a figure from one or two — so its product score is the mean of three dimensions rather than four, and it is not directly comparable to a score built on hundreds of fares. The airlines with the most fares behind them are named on the business-class ranking.

Air Canada

777-300ER / 787-9 / A330-300 (Signature)

Seat
8/10
IFE
8/10
Lounge & bags
10/10
Value
8/10
Product score
8.5/10

Turkish Airlines

787-9 / A350-900

Seat
8/10
IFE
8/10
Lounge & bags
10/10
Value
9/10
Product score
8.8/10

Dimension by dimension

  • Seat: level

    8/10 on the 777-300ER / 787-9 / A330-300 (Signature) against 8/10 on the 787-9 / A350-900.

  • IFE: level

    Screens, connectivity and power: 8/10 against 8/10.

  • Lounge & bags: level

    What the fare includes before you board: 10/10 against 10/10.

  • Value: Turkish Airlines

    Median premium over the cheapest carrier on the same route: 8/10 against 9/10.

Where both were priced on the same dates

Every fare is November 8–14, 2026, so a difference between two rows is a difference between two airlines and nothing else. These are economy fares, while the cabin scores above describe the business product — read them as how each airline prices against its competitors, not as what its business seat costs.

RouteCabinAir CanadaTurkish AirlinesCheaper
DEN → ZRHeconomy$788$740Turkish Airlines by $48
BOS → ATHeconomy$747$1033Air Canada by $286
IAH → MXPeconomy$756$859Air Canada by $103
ORD → ZRHeconomy$866$759Turkish Airlines by $107
ORD → FCOeconomy$769$760Turkish Airlines by $9
ORD → MXPeconomy$781$760Turkish Airlines by $21
ORD → ATHeconomy$837$761Turkish Airlines by $76
DEN → ATHeconomy$919$761Turkish Airlines by $158
DEN → BCNeconomy$781$762Turkish Airlines by $19
IAH → DUBeconomy$767$882Air Canada by $115
DEN → MXPeconomy$767$781Air Canada by $14
SFO → MXPeconomy$776$904Air Canada by $128
LAX → ZRHeconomy$777$859Air Canada by $82
DEN → FCOeconomy$825$781Turkish Airlines by $44
DTW → LISeconomy$798$873Air Canada by $75
ORD → LISeconomy$799$825Air Canada by $26
SEA → BCNeconomy$801$972Air Canada by $171
IAH → FCOeconomy$804$860Air Canada by $56
SEA → MXPeconomy$805$879Air Canada by $74
DFW → LISeconomy$807$893Air Canada by $86
IAH → ZRHeconomy$815$881Air Canada by $66
SEA → LISeconomy$825$1002Air Canada by $177
SEA → ZRHeconomy$827$831Air Canada by $4
SFO → FCOeconomy$835$961Air Canada by $126
SEA → DUBeconomy$836$902Air Canada by $66
DEN → LISeconomy$836$853Air Canada by $17
IAH → LISeconomy$837$968Air Canada by $131
DEN → AMSeconomy$837$862Air Canada by $25
DEN → DUBeconomy$838$916Air Canada by $78
DTW → FRAeconomy$1083$848Turkish Airlines by $235
DFW → ATHeconomy$942$859Turkish Airlines by $83
SFO → ATHeconomy$889$860Turkish Airlines by $29
ATL → MXPeconomy$1032$860Turkish Airlines by $172
LAX → ATHeconomy$914$891Turkish Airlines by $23
DFW → FRAeconomy$990$896Turkish Airlines by $94
IAH → MUCeconomy$920$897Turkish Airlines by $23
IAH → FRAeconomy$1123$898Turkish Airlines by $225
ATL → ATHeconomy$902$910Air Canada by $8
LAX → MANeconomy$912$954Air Canada by $42
DTW → MANeconomy$1020$918Turkish Airlines by $102
MIA → ATHeconomy$1024$922Turkish Airlines by $102
SFO → CDGeconomy$1314$931Turkish Airlines by $383
DEN → MANeconomy$1032$942Turkish Airlines by $90
DFW → MANeconomy$982$1002Air Canada by $20
DEN → CDGeconomy$1314$987Turkish Airlines by $327
IAH → MANeconomy$1172$1002Turkish Airlines by $170
ORD → ZRHbusiness$6800$3929Turkish Airlines by $2871
IAH → AMSbusiness$5886$4006Turkish Airlines by $1880
ORD → FRAbusiness$6877$4017Turkish Airlines by $2860
ATL → DUBbusiness$4830$4337Turkish Airlines by $493
ORD → MANbusiness$7069$4388Turkish Airlines by $2681
DTW → MANbusiness$5983$4488Turkish Airlines by $1495
SEA → AMSbusiness$6062$4506Turkish Airlines by $1556
ORD → FCObusiness$4614$4574Turkish Airlines by $40
IAH → FCObusiness$5307$4691Turkish Airlines by $616
ATL → ATHbusiness$5994$4788Turkish Airlines by $1206
LAX → FCObusiness$4790$4961Air Canada by $171
LAX → MXPbusiness$4846$5535Air Canada by $689
ATL → BCNbusiness$5983$4857Turkish Airlines by $1126
DFW → ATHbusiness$7424$5018Turkish Airlines by $2406
IAH → LISbusiness$6498$5376Turkish Airlines by $1122
IAH → FRAbusiness$6415$5429Turkish Airlines by $986
DTW → AMSbusiness$5710$5928Air Canada by $218
DTW → LISbusiness$5724$5857Air Canada by $133
BOS → ATHbusiness$5751$8428Air Canada by $2677
DFW → AMSbusiness$6837$5806Turkish Airlines by $1031
IAH → MXPbusiness$6349$5825Turkish Airlines by $524
IAD → MANbusiness$7126$5978Turkish Airlines by $1148
SEA → MXPbusiness$5993$6476Air Canada by $483
ORD → BCNbusiness$7581$5997Turkish Airlines by $1584
SEA → ZRHbusiness$6010$6079Air Canada by $69
DEN → AMSbusiness$6844$6061Turkish Airlines by $783
DEN → LISbusiness$7201$6166Turkish Airlines by $1035
SEA → LISbusiness$6215$6716Air Canada by $501
DEN → CDGbusiness$12567$6448Turkish Airlines by $6119
DEN → ATHbusiness$6483$7718Air Canada by $1235
IAH → MANbusiness$6673$6798Air Canada by $125
DEN → MXPbusiness$6770$6985Air Canada by $215
SFO → ATHbusiness$6786$8968Air Canada by $2182
IAH → ZRHbusiness$6788$6844Air Canada by $56
IAH → ATHbusiness$6794$9368Air Canada by $2574
DEN → ZRHbusiness$6810$6844Air Canada by $34
DEN → DUBbusiness$6835$7546Air Canada by $711

What happens if the aircraft swaps

Both carriers are paying-the-same-fare-either-way propositions on some frames. The worst product each one flies:

Air Canada

777-300ER / 787-9 / A330-300 (Signature)

Seat
8/10
IFE
8/10
Lounge & bags
10/10
Value
8/10
Product score
8.5/10

Turkish Airlines

777-300ER (legacy)

Seat
5/10
IFE
8/10
Lounge & bags
10/10
Value
9/10
Product score
8/10

Turkish Airlines: The cabin the retrofit is replacing, on the aircraft Turkish flies most from the US.

Common questions

Is Air Canada or Turkish Airlines better to Europe?
Turkish Airlines scores 8.8/10 against Air Canada at 8.5/10 on seat, screens, lounge and fare. On the four dimensions we can verify, Air Canada wins 0 and Turkish Airlines wins 1. Service and food are not scored here because they cannot be read off a spec sheet.
Which is cheaper, Air Canada or Turkish Airlines?
On the 83 routes where both were priced for the same week (November 8–14, 2026), Air Canada was cheaper on 40 and Turkish Airlines on 43. Every pair of fares is the same departure and return date in the same cabin, so the difference is the airline rather than the dates or the cabin.
Does the aircraft change the answer?
Yes. Turkish Airlines scores 8/10 on the 787-9 / A350-900 and 5/10 on the 777-300ER (legacy). Check the equipment on your date before deciding.
Has Jon flown either of these?
Neither, so this page is product facts and fares only. Any review we publish of either will be labeled Researched until that changes.

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