Air Canada has relaunched its non-stop Toronto-Delhi flight after a gap of 7 years. The first 787-900 Dreamliner flight from Toronto touched down at Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport on November 2. Air Canada will operate 4 weekly flights on the route (Toronto-Delhi on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday and the return leg on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday). According to Arun Pandeya, Country, Manager–Air Canada, the airline will convert the existing frequency of 4 weekly to daily operations from September next year.
The airline has deployed brand new Boeing 787-900 aircraft with 3-cabin configuration on the route. Out of the 287 seats on offer, 237 are Economy, 21 in Premium Economy and 29 Business Class seats. Speaking to the media in Delhi, Duncan Bureau, Vice President-Global Sales, Air Canada, said that the 787-9 is a world-class product suited for non-stop service. “This is a very strong product especially for business travellers because of the network connectivity, lounge services, frequent flyer programmes, and above all the frequency of service,” he said. He said that Air Canada wanted to send the message to the market that it is not the non-stop value proposition between India and Canada that the airline is offering, but its extremely seamless connectivity to 52 destinations in the US, Mexico, Caribbean, Havana and destinations in the South America.“While providing this non-stop value proposition, we are sure that there is a strong market for it here,” he said.
