Air Canada to Launch Vancouver - Delhi Flights

Air Canada is to launch thrice weekly non-stop flights between Vancouver and Delhi, India on 20 October 2016.

The new route will complement Air Canada's Toronto-Delhi non-stop flights launched last fall.

Flights will operate from 20 October 2016 to 8 April 2017 with Air Canada's Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft featuring 30 International Business Class lie-flat pod suites, 21 Premium Economy and 247 Economy Class seats with upgraded in-flight entertainment at every seat throughout the aircraft.

"Customer response to our Toronto-Delhi service has been extremely positive, and with this new seasonal Vancouver route, we are strategically increasing our presence in the important Asia Pacific market in time for Diwali festival celebrations. Our non-stop Dreamliner flights from our Vancouver hub will also offer the shortest elapsed flying time from Calgary, Edmonton, Seattle, Portland and Los Angeles to Delhi," said Benjamin Smith, President, Passenger Airlines at Air Canada. "Together with our extensive western Canada domestic and western US transborder network combined with the seamless connection experience through YVR's US in-transit pre-clearance facilities, position YVR to be the preferred gateway hub for trans-Pacific travel to and from North America."

To promote the new Vancouver-Delhi route, Air Canada is offering special introductory fares starting as low as $999 round trip, all-in.

"The cultural ties between India and British Columbia reach back 100 years, and with increasing trade and investment links, those ties are growing stronger every year," said Premier Christy Clark. "Air Canada's new Vancouver-Delhi route reflects the increasing importance of our relationship with India."

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