Air Canada’s direct New Delhi service to aid incentive traffic

INDIA-BOUND incentive movement from Canada is expected to get boost from Air Canada’s new direct service to New Delhi from November 2.

The four weekly service from Toronto will be served by Boeing 787-9 series aircraft, offering three cabin options and the airline’s next generation lie-flat seat in international business class.

Flights are timed for convenient connections both within Air Canada’s North American network and in India on its Star Alliance partner Air India to cities like Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad.

Jennifer Glynn, managing partner of Canada based Meeting Encore, welcome the new link. She said: “At present the traffic from Canada to India is mainly corporate with little incentive travel. One of the prime reasons that has turned incentive groups away from India is the long flight. This new direct connection will reduce travelling time to about 14 hours, and we can promote India for incentive travel.”

Amaresh Tiwari, managing director, Seasons & Vacations Travels, added: “As of now not much Canadian incentive travel is happening in India, although we have been attracting conference delegates in fields like agriculture. With Air Canada’s direct flights we expect that the incentive market to flourish.”

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