MONTREAL- Canadian flag carrier Air Canada (AC) is planning to launch new flights between Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM), Mumbai via Frankfurt Airport (FRA), Germany from December 6 to February 1, 2025.
However, the return flight from Mumbai to Toronto from December 6 to February 1 will be non-stop.
Air Canada Toronto to Mumbai Flight
According to details shared by the Indian Aviation Guy on X, Air Canada will operate a direct flight from Toronto to Frankfurt and it will be a fuel stop. The flight will be operated by Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.
The plane will remain on the ground in Frankfurt for one hour and 15 minutes and after that, it will depart for Mumbai.
Overall, the connecting flight will take around 17 hours to cover the distance of 12,480 km (7,755 miles).
However, from February 2, 2025, both flights will be direct, i.e., Toronto to Mumbai and Mumbai to Toronto, with no fueling stop at Frankfurt. They will be operated by Boeing 777-200LR.
YYZ-BOM Flight Schedule
The schedule of non-stop flights is as follows:
- AC46 will depart Toronto at 20:15 and arrive in Mumbai at 22:00 local time after being airborne for 15 hours and 15 minutes.
- The return flight AC47 will leave Mumbai (on Feb 3, 2025) at 23:50 (a turnaround time of one hour and 50 minutes, sufficient for 777-200LR) and will arrive in Toronto at 6:45 local time, after being airborne for 17 hours and 25 minutes.
The schedule details for flights between Toronto and Mumbai via Frankfurt will be shared soon after confirmation.
With these flights, Air Canada is set to operate 25 weekly flights to and from India this Winter. The Canadian airline will operate 11 weekly flights from Toronto to Delhi (DEL) and Mumbai, daily flights from Montreal (YUL) to Delhi, and daily flights to Delhi from Western Canada, Calgary (YYC) via London Heathrow (LHR).
Mark Galardo, Executive Vice President for revenue and network planning at Air Canada said earlier in a press statement while announcing the flight schedule for winter 2024-2025.
India is an important market for Air Canada, reflecting long-standing and growing family and trade ties between our two countries. We are thrilled to expand our network to Mumbai and Delhi by building additional scale at our hubs in time for Diwali festivities this fall.”
Mark Galardo, Executive Vice President for revenue and network planning at Air Canada
The Montreal-based carrier will operate 40 percent more flights to India this winter compared to the previous year’s schedule.
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