Mumbai, July 05: Montreal-based Air Canada is to resume flights to India with a daily non-stop service between Toronto and Delhi effective October 27. The flight between India and North America would cut at least three hours of travelling time.
The service would be operated by a 282-seater airbus A340 aircraft and to promote this new service the airline is offering a special introductory fare till July 17 for travel until November 2003 starting as low as Rs 47,500, the airline said in a release here today. The flight (AC051) would leave Toronto at 5.15 pm and arrive Delhi at 5.45 pm the next day. On the return leg the flight (AC052) would depart at 1.10 am and arrive at Toronto at 6.10 am the same day.
Airline vice president (international & alliances) Ross Maccormack said, "The service is consistent with the strategy to re-deploy aircraft while capitalising on market opportunities by providing a non-stop link between the two countries." Air Canada, which is a founding member of the Star Alliance, had earlier operated flights between Toronto and Delhi. It had plans for a non-stop service two years ago, which had to be dropped after the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre. Bureau Report