Air Canada ties up with Jet to protect its India traffic

Toronto: After Ottawa's refusal to grant additional flights to Emirates Airline last year to protect traffic on the India-Canada corridor for its national carrier, Air Canada has entered into a sharing agreement with Jet Airways till it gets long-haul Boeing 787 Dreamliner to resume India operations.
Under a three-year agreement starting February 21, passengers booking for India will travel on Air Canada flights to London's Heathrow Airport where they will be connected to Jet flights for Mumbai.
Air Canada stopped its direct India flights via Zurich in 2007 after it faced severe economic crunch. It entered into a sharing agreement with Lufthansa with Frankfurt as the hub for passenger transfer on the Canada-India sector.
With its deal with Jet Airways, Air Canada aims to safeguard its traffic on the growing India-Canada corridor till it gets its fuel-efficient, long-haul Boeing 787 Dreamliner in 2013 to re-start direct operations to India, according to reports.
08/02/11 IANS/Sify.com

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