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The significant amount of mutual investments happening between Indo-Canadian businesses topped by the growing academic exchange that has trebled in recent years have presented (travel) opportunities to Air Canada to expand its base into India. “Access to the Indian market was the missing link in the ongoing global expansion strategy that Air Canada has been pursuing since 2012,” explains Howlett. “And the acquisition of 787 aircraft has enabled us to enter the Indian market and do so on a economically viable basis.” Though the Indo-Canadian cultural and community relations have existed for long, trade and investments in new and promising opportunities have triggered Air Canada’s commitments to establish more and frequent connections between the two countries.
A year ago, it introduced the Delhi-Toronto direct flight which is scheduled to become a daily service from next month.
From July next year, it plans to introduce another direct connection between Mumbai- Toronto. Analysts feel that the moment good connectivity is established between the two cities, passenger traffic will follow automatically as people seek shorter and convenient connections.
Direct flight to Vancouver would cater to three price points namely business, premium economy and the economy class.