Air Canada announces Vancouver-Delhi nonstop

Air Canada has officially announced that due to high market demand plus the availability of wide boy Boeing 787-9s in its operational flying program during the winter season, it will be launching new nonstop flights from YVR-Vancouver to Delhi effective 20OCT16.

Services will be operated 3 times per week nonstop using the B789 using the below mentioned schedule:

Days: 2/4/6

AC 72 Dep YVR 2140 Arr DEL 0120+2
AC 73 Dep DEL 0630 Arr YVR 0655

The P2P demand between YVR and DEL in 2015 was 141,000 passengers and its main aim with this new flight is 3 fold i.e. catering towards the high P2P market segment + feeder traffic originating from Alberta province (YYC/YEG) + from U.S. West Coast (SEA SFO LAX LAS).