Bengaluru: Canada will re-launch the direct non-stop Delhi–Toronto air link on November 1, which should increase the number of Indians travelling to that country.
Duncan Bureau, Air Canada’s vice-president, Global Sales, said it would deploy a new Boeing 787-900s on the route, four times a week.
The airline had stopped the service in 2007 saying it was uneconomical. He said, later, it would increase the flight frequency, expand to Mumbai and beyond and improve the traffic numbers, which grew 20 per cent between 2013 and 2014.
Air Canada is acquiring 50 787-900 aircraft and “India is the first market where the airline will operate the newly delivered aircraft”, he told a news conference here on Thursday. At present, travellers between the two countries fly on Asian or European carriers. The shorter direct flight lasting around 13 hours, he said, would also weigh in its favour.
28/03/15 The Hindu
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Duncan Bureau, Air Canada’s vice-president, Global Sales, said it would deploy a new Boeing 787-900s on the route, four times a week.
The airline had stopped the service in 2007 saying it was uneconomical. He said, later, it would increase the flight frequency, expand to Mumbai and beyond and improve the traffic numbers, which grew 20 per cent between 2013 and 2014.
Air Canada is acquiring 50 787-900 aircraft and “India is the first market where the airline will operate the newly delivered aircraft”, he told a news conference here on Thursday. At present, travellers between the two countries fly on Asian or European carriers. The shorter direct flight lasting around 13 hours, he said, would also weigh in its favour.
28/03/15 The Hindu
