Air Canada to launch flights to Bangkok and Mumbai

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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