Air India doubling Delhi-Toronto flights

Airline to fly Delhi-Toronto on all days except Tuesday

BY A CORRESPONDENT
April 11, 2006

Air India is doubling its Delhi-Toronto services from May 1. This was reported by Talking Tarmac on March 20. The doubling of flights follows a year of successful operations on this route.

According to an Air India official talking in Toronto, the flights would be doubled to every day except Tuesday, stopping over at Amritsar and Birmingham. He announced this at a function to award travel agents in Canada. Air India is also recruiting more personnel for the additional flights.

Air India was also planning to start flights to India from more North American cities, said Air India official PK Gupta, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Jammu may get more flights to the US and Canda starting this year, he said. For a long time, Air India has been hard-pressed to start new flights due to shortage of aircraft. With the mega order for 68 Boeings getting cleared, Air India hopes to start more flights with the additional plane. Some of them will be deployed to serve more American and Canadian cities.

Said Indian Consul General Satish Mehta said: "The key to a thriving city is having a successful airport which provides excellent air transport links throughout the world. Toronto is a truly multicultural city so I welcome this news on behalf of Toronto's Asian community, and urge people to make use of Air India travel, and enjoy authentic Indian cuisine, the latest Indian films, and encourage Canadians to spend their vacations in India."