VANCOUVER – – Air Canada recently announced that its current seasonal non-stop Vancouver-Delhi flights will become year-round starting June 8, 2018. These flights are now available for purchase at aircanada.com, through the Air Canada app and through travel agents.
“Customer response to our nonstop Vancouver-Delhi seasonal flights initially launched in 2016 has been extremely positive, and we are very pleased to extend the only flights between Western Canada and India to year-round beginning in June. Our flights to Delhi from our YVR trans-Pacific hub onboard our state-of-the-art Boeing 787 Dreamliner offers the shortest elapsed flying time from Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Seattle, Portland and Los Angeles to the Indian subcontinent, and coupled with our streamlined and seamless connections process at YVR, means a savings of 3-5 hours compared to journeys connecting in Europe or Asia,” said Benjamin Smith, President, Passenger Airlines at Air Canada.
“Our non-stop Vancouver to Delhi flights together with our nonstop Toronto to Delhi and Mumbai flights represent three year-round routes to India launched within the last two and a half years. Air Canada is committing close to $1.5 billion worth of aircraft between Canada and India, underscoring our
“Air Canada’s decision to extend their Delhi service throughout the year is fantastic news! Our local community will now have the opportunity to travel on the revolutionary Dreamliner year-round,” said Craig Richmond, President & CEO, Vancouver Airport Authority. “I’d like to extend congratulations for this accomplishment—it is no easy feat to secure year-round service so soon after launching seasonal service. We are thrilled that Air Canada is seeing such great success at YVR, their preferred trans-Pacific hub.”
