Air Canada heads for Delhi

Air Canada on the way to Dubai and Delhi in 2015

Calin Rovinescu, President and Chief Executive Officer of Air Canada, said, "Air Canada's strategy to grow its Toronto Pearson hub and international presence is taking a major step forward with the addition of Delhi to our extensive global network."

Air Canada will introduce non-stop services from Toronto to Delhi and Dubai in November 2015. The routes, the first to be dedicated to Air Canada's Boeing 787-9 series aircraft.

Calin Rovinescu, President and Chief Executive Officer of Air Canada, said, "Air Canada's strategy to grow its Toronto Pearson hub and international presence is taking a major step forward with the addition of Delhi to our extensive global network.  

"We will be offering the only non-stop flight from Canada to India using our newest Boeing 787 Dreamliners, which are revolutionising long haul air travel."

"The operating economics of these new aircraft make this service feasible and it will be the first route dedicated to the larger, 787-9 version of this aircraft, which begin entering our fleet in 2015."

Rovinescu said the service would appeal both to customers visiting and doing business in Delhi, and to those customers making onward connections within India and throughout Southeast Asia on Star Alliance partner, Air India or other interline partners.