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AIR Canada Cargo will offer customers more belly capacity to key European cities following Air Canada's decision to extend passenger service to year-round on routes that were previously summer operations, reports London's Air Cargo News.

Key routes that will remain available for customers throughout the winter include Montreal to Rome, Toronto to Copenhagen and Toronto to Madrid.

The cargo carrier will also offer customers service to Lyon with the restart of Air Canada's passenger route in mid-October.

"The belly capacity of Air Canada's passenger network complements our freighter service, and these new routes together with additional passenger schedule frequencies will bolster the offering over the Atlantic," said Matthieu Casey, managing director, commercial, at Air Canada Cargo.

In addition to the new year-round routes, Air Canada Cargo will also benefit from increased frequencies on routes out of either Toronto or Montreal to Barcelona, Casablanca, Paris, Lisbon, Athens, Rome and Edinburgh.

The increased capacity offering follows a difficult second quarter for Air Canada Cargo. The period saw operating revenues drop 24 per cent year on year.