Air Canada to launch flights to Bangkok and Mumbai

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Air Canada has announced a new four times per week flight to Bangkok, Thailand and the resumption of flights to Mumbai. Both routes will be winter seasonal with Toronto to Mumbai (via London) launching on October 29 and Vancouver to Bangkok starting up on December 1. 

 

New Bangkok flight

The Bangkok flight will be Air Canada’s first non-stop service to southeast Asia and also marks the only direct flight between North America and Bangkok. The route will operate 4x weekly on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner with three classes of service and are already available for purchase from Air Canada.

Flight

From

To

Days of
Week

Departs

Arrives

Aircraft

Season

AC65

YVR
(Vancouver)

BKK
(Bangkok)

Mon,
Wed,
Fri, Sun

23:00

05:55 +2
days

Boeing
787

Dec. 1 –
Apr. 14

AC66

BKK
(Bangkok)

YVR
(Vancouver)

Tue, Wed,
Fri, Sun

08:30

06:35

Boeing
787

Dec. 4 –
Apr. 17

 

Mumbai returns

Air Canada returns to Mumbai with flights out Toronto via London Heathrow that will operate on a daily basis. These flights will also be operated with three class Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

Flight

From

To

Days of
Week

Departs

Arrives

Aircraft

Season

AC856

YYZ
(Toronto)

LHR
(London)

Daily

20:30

08:30 +1
day

Boeing
787

Oct. 29-
Mar. 24

LHR

(London)

BOM
(Mumbai)

Daily

11:10 +1 day

01:40 +2
days

AC855

BOM

(Mumbai)

LHR
(London)

Daily

04:50

09:20

Boeing
 787

Oct. 31-
Mar. 26

LHR
(London)

YYZ
(Toronto)

Daily

12:00

14:55

 

Additional routes

In today’s news release Air Canada also announced increased service for the winter season between Vancouver and Australia as well as the resumption of flights to Lima, Peru from both Toronto and Montreal.

Wrapping it up

Air Canada is continuing to expand its international presence and the highlight from their latest news is definitely the addition of Bangkok to their network.  At the moment, the Aeroplan redemption rates are quite high but that can be expected as the route just went on sale and is not being discounted at this time. It will be one to watch however once prices are adjusted to meet demand to see if some good redemption options come from it so that you can use your points to visit the popular southeast Asian destination!

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