Air Canada is looking at boosting the business as well as leisure traffic travelling between the two countries, says Duncan Bureau, VP, Global Sales, Air Canada.
Tell us about the new India connections on Air Canada.
At Air Canada, there is a lot of growth happening primarily related to international market. Indian market is very exciting for us. Last year, we started the Delhi-Toronto service, which has done extremely well and starting November 6, 2016, it will be a daily service. We have also announced the new service between Delhi and Vancouver from October 20, which would give the fastest elapse time between India and all across Canada as well as to Northwest US. We have also announced a new connection between Mumbai and Delhi starting July 1, 2017.
What made you start the Delhi-Vancouver flight services?
As you know there are around 1.3 million Indian nationals living in Canada, which is one of the largest in the world. There are a lot of family ties between India and Canada and a large part of that group lives in Western Canada. There is no direct service and no good connections out of western Canada to India. We believe that the non-stop service out of Delhi will service that market and will provide a new option for people to get into India out of not only Western Canada but also the US, which would give one of the fastest elapse times.
This story is from the November 2016 edition of MICE Talk.
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