Route · LHR → YVR
Flights from London to Vancouver
London Heathrow to Vancouver International is a long-haul transatlantic crossing of roughly 7,580 km, with typical block times sitting just over nine hours westbound and closer to nine and a half heading back into prevailing headwinds. Air Canada operates the most direct service and typically deploys wide-body equipment such as the Boeing 787 Dreamliner on the route, while carriers including Lufthansa, Iberia, and American Airlines serve the pairing via their respective hubs, adding connection time for travellers in exchange for occasionally sharper fares. A practical note worth knowing: Vancouver clears US pre-clearance for some onward connections, but arriving international passengers at YVR should budget time for Canada Border Services, particularly during summer peak hours when queues can stretch considerably. On fares, shoulder-season travel in late March through April and again in October tends to surface the most competitive economy pricing, while Air Canada's Signature business cabin is a frequent target for Aeroplan redemptions, making points-based bookings particularly worthwhile on this corridor.
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Cheapest dates to fly
Live prices · powered by AviasalesThe calendar below pulls live fares from our search partner for London (LHR) → Vancouver (YVR). Use the year view… to spot the cheapest week to fly, the day-of-week patterns most travellers miss, and any shoulder-season dips worth shifting your trip around. Prices refresh every few hours, so what you see is what your booking page should look like a moment later — click any date to jump straight to the fare on Aviasales.
Airlines on this route
5 carriersThe 5 carriers we currently track on the London–Vancouver route, from full-service flag carriers to low-cost competitors. Tap any airline for its full profile, baggage… rules, fleet context, and a live fare search pre-filtered to that carrier — useful if you're loyal to a frequent-flyer programme, want to compare onboard product on the same dates, or are weighing a cheaper one-stop against a pricier nonstop.
Flights from London to Vancouver
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from London to Vancouver — the actual flight numbers, departure and arrival times your… booking page will pull from. Use it to plan around departure preferences (early morning vs late evening), see which carriers fly on which weekdays, or pick a connection that lets you sleep in your own bed before a long-haul leg. Click any row to load it directly in the search.
Airport guides
Quick links into the airport profiles at both ends of the route. Each guide covers terminal layout, the airlines that base hubs at LHR and… YVR, the other routes those airports serve, and the ground-transit options most travellers wish they'd read about before landing — the practical context you only really need to know once you've booked, but want to skim before you do.