Air Canada reconnects Dubai to Toronto from 1st June

Air Canada announced that it will once again resume its non-stop operations from Dubai to Toronto starting 1st June 2021. There will be three flights weekly connecting the two destinations on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Speaking to TTME, Deepu Cyriac – Country Manager for Dubai, Qatar, Kuwait and Oman stated that they will be operating Dreamliner 787-900 to Canadian cities and US cities. “At present Canada has restrictions, therefore Canadian citizens, PR holders, students and immigrants from Dubai and a small category of visit visa holders will be allowed to enter, also if there are any visit visa holders with an immediate relative who is a citizen or PR holder is also able to visit. There is a mandatory three day hotel stay to be complied where the traveller needs to stay in a government approved hotel for three days and 11 days in home quarantine for everyone entering Canada. Students were the most affected during the pandemic and Canada has taken the initiative to open it to them, hence we expect a huge student movement to Canada.”

Sharing about the necessity of PCR test to board the aircraft Cyriac reiterated, “it is mandatory to carry a negative PCR taken 72 hours prior to departure and upon arrival in Toronto there will be another PCR test conducted. Air Canada clean care plus programme where “safety first always” slogan;  customers can travel with piece of mind as it provides ease of cancellations etc, however, customers are advise to have their own insurance policy to arrive in Canada.”

Ending the conversation Cyriac appreciated all the efforts taken by the travel trade and thanked all travel industry partners for all the support extended over the past pandemic. He also reiterated that there will be special introductory fare as low as 3500 AED return on economy class (all inclusive) but needs to be booked before the end of May 2021 but travel allowed until 31st December 2021. Same way there is another special fare for those travelling from Canada to Dubai as well.