CanAm Airways has taken an important public step: the concept has been featured and discussed by aeroTELEGRAPH, one of the leading aviation industry publications in the German-speaking market.
The article in English language translation can be found here: https://www-aerotelegraph-com.translate.goog/airlines/boeing-747-mit-reiner-business-class-deutscher-will-usa-kanaren-und-afrika-verbinden/11e6k7q?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wapp
In the article, aeroTELEGRAPH describes CanAm Airways as a new aviation project based in Gran Canaria, aiming to connect North America, the Canary Islands and selected African markets through a premium long-haul concept.
The article outlines the initial operational idea clearly: CanAm is examining the possible use of Airbus A340-600 aircraft in an ACMI structure with USC, before later moving towards its own Air Operator Certificate and a dedicated Boeing 747-400 fleet.
As the CanAm founder, Klaus J. Lauth, explained to aeroTELEGRAPH:
“In the start-up phase, we are examining the use of Airbus A340-600 aircraft within a possible ACMI structure with USC.”
The importance of this point was strengthened by the fact that USC Managing Director Klaus-Dieter Martin confirmed to aeroTELEGRAPH that discussions with CanAm are taking place.
A possible first route mentioned in the article is Washington, D.C. – Las Palmas – Abuja. This connection reflects the strategic logic behind CanAm: linking political and diplomatic travel, business traffic, the African diaspora in North America, tourism to the Canary Islands and the growing relevance of West Africa as an economic region.
As Mr. Lauth told aeroTELEGRAPH:
“One possible first route could be Washington, D.C. – Las Palmas – Abuja.”
The article also highlights the broader market logic behind CanAm’s “Atlantic Diagonal”: North American travellers to the Canary Islands, ethnic traffic to and from Africa, cruise guests, business travellers, diplomats and cargo. Belly cargo, in particular, is described as an important additional factor for large long-haul aircraft.
In a later phase, CanAm plans to build its own fleet around the Boeing 747-400, configured not as a conventional mixed-class aircraft, but as a pure premium long-haul platform. On the planned routes, CanAm would deliberately do without an Economy Class cabin and focus instead on a very large Business Class product.
As Mr. Lauth explained:
“On the intended routes, we would deliberately do without Economy Class and offer a pure Business Class cabin.”
According to aeroTELEGRAPH, CanAm is considering 280 to 340 seats per aircraft. This would make it, by far, the largest Business Class cabin in the world. The planned cabin concept is based on wide, spacious 2-2-2-2 seating on the main deck, using the sheer volume of the Boeing 747 to create a different kind of long-haul experience.
Asked why a start-up would attempt a concept that even major global airlines do not currently offer, Mr. Lauth’s answer was simple:
“Such a project only works if you think differently and do things differently from what others have done so far.”
The article also refers to CanAm’s internal analysis model, which uses around 200 parameters to evaluate route economics, yields, cargo contribution, ACMI costs, aircraft type, cabin layout and route profile.
For the launch timetable, Mr. Lauth described the winter schedule 2026/27 as ambitious, but possible under the right conditions:
“If all essential requirements come together, the winter schedule 2026/27 would, from my point of view, be an ambitious but achievable target.”
At the same time, CanAm is clear about the realities ahead. The start of operations depends on investors, the ACMI structure, regulatory approvals and operating partners.
The aeroTELEGRAPH article marks an important moment for CanAm Airways. It brings the project out of private discussions of some airline professionals and into the public aviation debate — not as a finished airline, but as a serious, technically driven and strategically quite unusual aviation concept.
CanAm is now public enough to be visible.
And still early enough for the right partners to shape what comes next.
Link to the article in English: https://www-aerotelegraph-com.translate.goog/airlines/boeing-747-mit-reiner-business-class-deutscher-will-usa-kanaren-und-afrika-verbinden/11e6k7q?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wapp
Original: https://www.aerotelegraph.com/airlines/boeing-747-mit-reiner-business-class-deutscher-will-usa-kanaren-und-afrika-verbinden/11e6k7q